Lucy Emily Lewin

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• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Glencaly, Wicklow, Ireland; Age: 30; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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Lucy Lewin was one of the five daughters of Frederick Thomas Lewin of Castlegrove, Co. Galway, and Cloghans, Co. Mayo. Lucy’s grandfather Thomas Lewin served with the 30th Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars and her father was a prominent magistrate in Counties Galway and Mayo. Her brother Brigadier General Arthur Lewin, DSO, commanded the 40th Infantry Brigade during the catastrophe of Gallipoli and later emigrated to Kenya. Another brother, Captain Frederick Lewin of the Connaught Rangers, died of wounds received in 1915. Wilfred and Lucy lived at Ballina Park outside Rathnew where they raised four sons – Dan, Charles, Toby and Lester - and a daughter, Noreen Una.

Lucy married Wilfred Tighe on 21 Apr 1898. Wilfred was born on 6 Jun 1868 in Ambala, Khulna, Bangladesh; died on 21 Sep 1945 in Rossanagh Cottage, Rathnew, Wicklow, Ireland; was buried in Nun's Cross, Wicklow, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dan Charles Frederick Tighe was born on 13 Mar 1899 in Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland; died on 21 Jan 1988 in Winchester, Hampshire.