Lewis Marcus Lyons is the brother of Brenda Margaret Lyons, known as Peggy, who was the wife of my maternal great uncle, Simon Bernard Levin. Lyons family tree HERE
Born: 30 April 1894 in Swansea, Wales
Occupation: Managing director of a radio and wireless company for 33 years. His brother Claude established an electronics firm in Liverpool in 1918. Lewis, joined him in the business in November 1919, taking charge of the accounting and administrative side of the operation. Two years later, in 1921, the business was turned into a partnership. The firm was incorporated as Claude Lyons Ltd in 1927, the shareholders and management comprising Claude and Lewis Lyons, Cedric Smith and Alfred Kneen as Company Secretary.
Married: Tillie Rubin in (July to September) 1924 in Liverpool, England. They had no children
Census details
1901
Lewis's parents, Abraham and Augusta are living at 52 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Abraham is 39, a pawnbroker and jeweler and has his own shop. Augusta is 28. The children are Gladys Ella age 8, Lewis Marcus age 6, Claude Lipman age 5 and Dorothy Winifred age 3. They have two helpers, Eunice Williams age 20, the cook and Margaret Jones also age 20 and a nurse
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1911
The family are still at "Milverton", 52 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Abraham is 49, a pawnbroker and jeweler and has his own shop. Augusta is 37 and is an antique dealer also with her own shop. The children are Gladys Ella age 18, Lewis Marcus age 16, Claude Lipman age 15, Dorothy Winifred age 13, and Brenda Margaret age 1 year old. They have two servants, Elizabeth McIndoor, a widow age 41 who is the cook and Elizabeth Lewis age 21 who is the housemaid. The house has 12 rooms
The family are still at "Milverton", 52 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Abraham is 49, a pawnbroker and jeweler and has his own shop. Augusta is 37 and is an antique dealer also with her own shop. The children are Gladys Ella age 18, Lewis Marcus age 16, Claude Lipman age 15, Dorothy Winifred age 13, and Brenda Margaret age 1 year old. They have two servants, Elizabeth McIndoor, a widow age 41 who is the cook and Elizabeth Lewis age 21 who is the housemaid. The house has 12 rooms
1939
Lewis and Tillie are living at 'Beech Lodge" Allerton Road, Liverpool, England. Lewis is the managing director of a wireless and electrical company. Also living on the property are the Peters family, undertaking domestic and gardening duties
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Electoral register extract
An electoral register from 1935
Travel
Lewis travelled from Liverpool to Boston, USA on the 'Britannic' for business, arriving 16 September 1934. He gave his occupation as a radio distributer
Lewis and Tillie travelled from Southampton to New York on 10 June 1946 aboard the "Argentina", arriving on 18 June 1946
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Death
1 September 1953 in Liverpool, England at 59 years of age. Buried in the Broadgreen Cemetery, Liverpool, England, plot no L-02-006. He was buried on 2 September 1953
Liverpool Jewish Burial Record for Lewis Lyons
Tombstone inscription: In loving memory of Lewis Marcus Lyons who passed away 1 September 1953. Deeply mourned and sadly missed by his wife Tillie, family and friends. His days were days of pleasantness and all the ...
Obituary
Lewis Marcus Lyons, chairman of the board of Claude Lyons,
Ltd., died on September Ist at the age of 59. He had been with the company for
33 years. Claude Lyons also suffered earlier this year the loss of another
director, Louis Cedric Smith, who was also chief engineer. He was 65 years old.
Probate
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Lewis Marcus Lyons Probate dated 5 November 1953. He was living at The Bungalow, 233 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. The value of his estate was £22,297 7s and his beneficiaries were his wife Tillie, his son-in-law Simon Bernard Levin and Alfred Gell Kneen
Residences
In the 1920s and 1930s Lewis and Tillie were living at 8 York Avenue, Liverpool, England
