Need help with British Subject born in France

[ET in the USA]

I am looking for the birth/marriage/death of Harry E. Levick.
The 1871 census [Ref: RG10 Piece: 3359 Folio: 10 Page: 13] - Shows him at age 7, born about 1864 in France. All of his brothers & sisters were born in England & his parents were English, so I would have expected to find his birth in the Overseas birth records on Find My Past. BTW – the father was not in the Army, but I even looked at those births.
The 1881 census [ Ref: Rg11 Piece: 304 Folio: 91 Page: 7] shows him at home, age 16, born about 1865 – France. [Family transcribed as Lovick]
It is possible that he is the Mr. Harry E. Levick shown on an 1883 passenger list [on Ancestry ] on the ship “Arizona” bound for New York, however the estimated date of birth is 1860 instead of 1864. I do know that his brother Hemsworth Robert Levick [born about 1856] is on the 1900 – 1930 US census records for Massachusetts [1900 & 1910] and New Jersey [1920 & 1930] & that the 1920 census indicates that his arrival date in the US was 1882. I haven’t been able to look for Hemsworth’s passenger record yet & I can find no sign of Harry E. Levick in the US.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks,
Elaine

[christanel]

Have you seen this?
Birth FreeBMD
Harry Ernest Levick June 1/4 Grantham vol 7a page 421

Now why his family should say born France I don't know but all the details fit.

This may be the same bloke in 1891 RG12, Piece 391, Folio 131, Page 4

A surgeon and physician no less!

[ET in the USA]

Have you seen this?
Birth FreeBMD
Harry Ernest Levick June 1/4 Grantham vol 7a page 421

Now why his family should say born France I don't know but all the details fit.

This may be the same bloke in 1891 RG12, Piece 391, Folio 131, Page 4

A surgeon and physician no less!

That is really tempting, however -
Harry Lewick [Transcription of the the 1891 census ref on FMP. It sure looks like Levick to me !] age 25 is a lodger & living with another lodger [bottom of previous page] named Byron Levick age 28 & also born Gratham. Harry didn't have a brother by that name - so if it is correct - it would have to be a cousin. If fact, Harry doesn't have any brothers still living except Hemsworth who is in America.
As for the birth - only GBP 9.25 to the GRO will tell me for sure.
Thanks anyway.
ET

[christanel]

Hi ET
I have been trying to puzzle out some of the Harry Levicks in 1871 compared to 1881. Henry and Annie are the parents of your Byron Levick born 1863 and his brother Harry was born 1868.
Rg11 Piece: 3232 Folio: 60 Page: 21

[christanel]

1871 RG10, Piece 3359, Folio, 47, Page 14
This is Henry and Annie with their family.
Byron is William A. B. (Augustus Byron) birth reg June 1/4 1863 Grantham.
Only trouble is I now can't see his brother Harry with them!
However in this census Henry and Annie have all their children born Little Gonerby.

[christanel]

Have you seen this?
Birth FreeBMD
Harry Ernest Levick June 1/4 Grantham vol 7a page 421

This may be the same bloke in 1891 RG12, Piece 391, Folio 131, Page 4

Are we discounting this birth registration? Could Harry have been born in France and registered in England?

[AdeleE]

Are we discounting this birth registration? Could Harry have been born in France and registered in England?

I haven't been discounting it, but I must admit that unfortunately I haven't been paying attention to or considering what could be a very valuable clue that you presented earlier.

[AdeleE]

And especially since his sister Clara Emily Levick marries John Chester Porter and one of their two sons is son named Ernest Chester Porter.

[ET in the USA]

And especially since his sister Clara Emily Levick marries John Chester Porter and one of their two sons is son named Ernest Chester Porter.

An interesting observation. I hadn't considered before the origins of the names for John Chester Porter & Clara Emily Levick's children.
Percival John Porter b. 1885 could have been after Clara's brother Percival who died in 1872 & John Chester Porter - or John Chester's Uncle John Porter b. 1819- there are plenty of John's in the Porter line.
Ernest Chester Porter could be after John Chester's mother Hannah Chester from whom he got the middle name Chester & Clara's brother Harry E. Levick.

Robert Levick's parents were James Levick & Hannah [something]. Mary Levick nee Jones' parents were Edwin Jones & Mary Jones nee Crinage. Not an Ernest anywhere that I have found. By rights, John Chester Porter & Clara Emily Levick should have named their sons something like - Isaac or Robert after their grandfathers, or James & Moses after their GrGrandfathers.
Maybe they intended to, but John Chester Porter died in 1895 at the age of 40 - when the children were aged about 10 & 7 years old.
ET

[AdeleE]

Darn! It doesn't work.

Harry Ernest Levick appears to die in the same year as his birth:

Death Registration:
Name: Harry Ernest Levick
Year: 1864
Quarter: Dec
District: Grantham
Volume: 7a
Page: 263

And the Harry Levick (surgeon) that you found on the 1891 census is Henry Driffield Levick, as per this birth registration:

Name: Henry Albert Driffield Levick
Year: 1862
Quarter: Mar
District: Grantham
Volume: 7a
Page: 417

found on the 1901 census at RG13; Piece: 4579; Folio: 149; Page: 40, now married, still a surgeon.....