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  • Levien Thompson

    Have been researching the family tree for 6 months now and the family on my maternal grandfather's side all have the name Levien inserted before Thompson. Even my great-grandfather's first wife has the name on her headstone.
    Is there a way I can trace where and when this name originated?
    Di

  • #2
    Hello Di. Going back in time, do you have any Jewish ancestry in your background?
    Levien can be a Sephardic name originating from Spain, Portugal and Arabia/Persia.
    It can also be Levi etc and you'll often see it in the same way as yours.
    It is also a middle English name originating from the first name Lefwine, and originates from Shropshire Levien Family Crest This site mentions Leuun in the Domesday Book as another option
    Levien Coat of Arms / Levien Family Crest

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    • #3
      First thing to do is to track back through the Thompsons and see if the "Levien" name comes to the family by marriage. Many families, especially my Scottish ones, kept using mothers and grandmothers maiden names,for both girls and boys, we have Robert Inglis Whyte, William Inglis Whyte, Laura Inglis Whyte, Emily Wilson Whyte (mother Emily Wilson Tate) Mary Locke Whyte, Wilhelmina Locke Langley, Lilian Whyte Langley etc etc

      di
      Diane
      Sydney Australia
      Avatar: Reuben Edward Page and Lilly Mary Anne Dawson

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      • #4
        Levien Thompson

        Have looked at Levien on website and found crest etc.. Have got back as far as George Levien Thompson 1836-1912 so not sure when it appears. All subsequent children and grandchildren seem to have it.
        Di

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        • #5
          Hi Di -DiD - Do you have Lewis Levian Thompson, born Fulham, 1909? Just wondered, as he came from a Protestant upbringing with a mother who had Irish ancestry and a father who was partly Jewish and came from Gosport.

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          • #6
            Lewis Levian

            Ok, where do you find all this out,looked at the 1911 and no mention of Levian?
            Di

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            • #7
              Hi - I just googled the surname and this info showed.
              On FreeBMD only one, Edith Levian Thompson, birth, Sept quarter, 1874, Alverstoke, came up...so looks like the surname will show as Levian on the odd occasion, but more than likely Thompson.
              I think Lewis Levian Thompson is showing as Lewis Frederick L Thompson on BMD
              FreeBMD - Search Be worth looking into his background and seeing what you can find. He's quite well documented. I've not checked 1911 census, but I suspect they're going to show under Thompson.

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              • #8
                Di,
                your George Levien Thompson that was born in Lambeth 1836, have you got his marriage certificate to see what his father was called?

                There seems to be a few Levien Thompsons being born in Lambeth in 1840s, could they be his siblings? If they are, then their birth certificate would give father & mother.
                ~ Louise ~

                Researching Dalzell, Highmore & Sumpton in Cumbria, also Braidford & Chevalier

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                • #9
                  Edith, in the 1881 census, is with her father Geo Levien Thompson and brother George Levien Thompson. George Levein Thompson (son) was registered in Northampton. In 1891 George is indexed as Geo Levison Thompson, in Portsea.

                  In 1861, Geo Levern and his son Geo L Thompson are found in Northampton. Its going to be hard work to find all the Levien variations !!
                  Diane
                  Sydney Australia
                  Avatar: Reuben Edward Page and Lilly Mary Anne Dawson

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                  • #10
                    Have you tried googling "levien thompson", there's lots of hits for Lewis Levien Thompson
                    ~ Louise ~

                    Researching Dalzell, Highmore & Sumpton in Cumbria, also Braidford & Chevalier

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                    • #11
                      The new London baptism records on Ancestry have a baptism on 14 May 1876 for a Frances Julia Levien Thompson, daughter of Henry Levien Thompson and Jane Levien Thompson, at All Saints, Notting Hill.

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                      • #12
                        I think I've found him in 1851....been through all the Geo* Tho*s*ns, & finally found a french polishing one

                        son of James & Charlotte Thomson in Lambeth
                        ~ Louise ~

                        Researching Dalzell, Highmore & Sumpton in Cumbria, also Braidford & Chevalier

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                        • #13
                          class; HO 107
                          Piece ; 1571
                          folio; 381
                          page 19
                          ~ Louise ~

                          Researching Dalzell, Highmore & Sumpton in Cumbria, also Braidford & Chevalier

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                          • #14
                            Levien Thompson

                            Hi Louise
                            That is my great-grandfather, but there are other Levien Thompsons popping out of the woodwork, trying to find out where they all fit. Common theme of course is Gosport
                            Di

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                            • #15
                              The sons Michael & John would fit the Levien Thompson births in Lambeth in 1840s.....that would give you the mother's maiden name.
                              ~ Louise ~

                              Researching Dalzell, Highmore & Sumpton in Cumbria, also Braidford & Chevalier

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                              • #16
                                Hi
                                There's a marriage on ancestry, 1866 Battersea for a Henry Levien Thompson to a Jane Bennett, his father is James Levien Thompson, they were both french polishers. One of the witnesses is Frances Elizabeth Levien.
                                Moggie

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                                • #17
                                  The IGI has Elizabeth and Charlotte Jane Levien-Thompson, bap 1866 and 1868 at Old Church, St. Pancras, both children of Jane and Henry LT.

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                                  • #18
                                    LT's born in Alverstoke:

                                    Births Sep 1874
                                    Levien Thompson Edith Alverstoke 2b 495
                                    Births Sep 1884
                                    Levien-Thompson Ethel Agnes Alverstoke 2b 551
                                    Births Dec 1890
                                    Levien-Thompson George Alverstoke 2b 497

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                                    • #19
                                      Originally posted by Mary from Italy View Post
                                      The new London baptism records on Ancestry have a baptism on 14 May 1876 for a Frances Julia Levien Thompson, daughter of Henry Levien Thompson and Jane Levien Thompson, at All Saints, Notting Hill.
                                      Can't see this has already been remarked, but this one was a French polisher, too.

                                      Christine
                                      Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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                                      • #20
                                        Originally posted by Mary from Italy View Post
                                        The IGI has Elizabeth and Charlotte Jane Levien-Thompson, bap 1866 and 1868 at Old Church, St. Pancras, both children of Jane and Henry LT.
                                        The Ancestry record shows them as both baptised 6 July 1868, but b 4 Jul 1866 & 12 Jun 1868; they lived in Henry St; Henry was a carman - not a French polisher.

                                        Christine
                                        Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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