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Does anyone have any info on Hannah (Annie) Lever, later to become Baker? Hannah always maintained she was part of the Lever Brothers Soap family but we all thought it was wishful thinking on her part. She was born in Liverpool 30/5/1891. I believe her father was John Lever c1856 and her mother was Mary Hignet/Hignat c 1856. She had several siblings: Thomas 1880, Mabel 1882, John 1885, Mary 1887, Alice 1889, James 1894, and Elsie 1896. Any help would be much appreciated.
Jenny

1901 England Census
about Hannah Lever
Name: Hannah Lever
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary J
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: West Derby
Ecclesiastical parish: Edge Hill St Cyprian
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: West Derby, Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 180
Household Members: Name Age
Elsie M Lever 4
Hannah Lever 10
James Lever 6
John Lever 44
John E Lever 15
Mabel Lever 18
Mary E Lever 13
Mary J Lever 43
Thomas Lever 71
Thomas W Lever 20

1881 England Census
about John Lever
Name: John Lever
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary J.
Gender: Male
Where born: Old Swan Lpool

Civil Parish: West Derby
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 6 Eustace St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Engineer Loco

Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: West Derby (Municipal)
ED, institution, or vessel: 33
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Lever 24
Mary J. Lever 23
Thomas W. Lever
Henry H. Webster 16

Thank you so much, that verifies some of what I only thought I knew. I'm assuming that the Thomas Lever aged 71 could be John Lever's father then, so at least I now have a name. Thank you.
Jenny

Thomas Lever IS stated as being John's father. He is stated as married, and born Liverpool..

Kath. x

Thanks very much Kath, it was good of you to go to the trouble of looking for me :)
Jenny

perhaps you should get a birth cert to confim parents names ,or doyou have marriage cert giving fathers name?

That's the problem Janice, I don't have anything, only family hearsay and gossip! I haven't seen anything in writing or print!
However, I will persevere now I know most of it is right.
Jenny

Lever family ---soap info
William Lever was born in 1851, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, and educated at the Bolton Church Institute. After training with his father's wholesale grocery business, in 1886 he established a soap manufacturing company called Lever Brothers (now part of Unilever) with his brother James. It was one of the first companies to manufacture soap from vegetable oils, and in conjunction with Lever's business acumen and marketing practices, produced a great fortune. James Lever never took a major part in running the business.

you might like to have a look at this site
http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/lever/messages/32.html

1891 England Census
about Thomas W Lever
Name: Thomas W Lever
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary J
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool; West Derby

Civil Parish: West Derby
Ecclesiastical parish: St Cyprian
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: West Derby (Municipal)
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice J Lever 1
John Lever 24
John E Lever 5
Mabel Lever 8
Mary E Lever 3
Mary J Lever 23
Thomas W Lever 10

? marriage if this is the index are you sure she was Hannah
Mar quarter 1916

Baker George W /Annie Lever
W.Derby
volume 8b
page 403

Hannah was also known as Annie. I have info that she married George William Baker at St Cyprians, Edge Hill, Liverpool in 1916 so it sounds right.
Regards
Jenny

Lever soap family in 1871 (matches info above)Name: William H Lever
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Little Bolton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Bolton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England


Household Members: Name Age
Ellen Hartley 29
Alice Lever 21
Eliza Lever 52
Emily Lever 23
James Lever 61 ---wholesale grocer employing ?17 men and 4 boys i think thats what the image says
Jane Lever 25
Lucy A Lever 12
Samuel D Lever 17
William H Lever 19

A marriage cert will give father's name/occupation

Well, it doesn't look as if Hannah was a `soap' Lever does it. I think her father may have been a railway man so he'd certainly have a use for soap!
Regards
Jenny

You might want to start by getting the marriage cert then
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
offical siteto get certs.Cost £7 using index details i posted