Charles Gifford Lewin

Charles Gifford Lewin

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Charles Gifford Lewin

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Charles Gifford Lewin was born June 27, 1864, on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Gifford Lewin (1838-1887) and Sarah Roberts (1845-1930).

His siblings included…

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On May 12, 1886, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Charles married Harriet Fletcher Curry (1867-1945) from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. She is the daughter of John Curry (1834-1908) and Margaret Jane Albury (1842-1929). Harriet is my 1st cousin 3x removed.

Their children included…

  • Roy J (1887)

  • Jennie (1889)

  • Male Stillborn (1892)

  • Male (1894)

  • Charles Gifford Jr (1896)

  • Lysle H (1898)

  • Eugene A (1908)

Both Charles and his father were schoolmasters at the Green Turtle Cay All Age School. Iris Lowe Powers recalls that Charles Gifford Lowe taught her grandmother, Charlotte Lowe Roberts (1874-1973).

On May 15, 1919, in Duval County, Florida, Charles married Myra Weston Bethel (1880-1944) from Hope Town, Abaco. She is the daughter of William Bethel (1854-1941) and Rosa Linda Pinder (1857-1933).

Charles Gifford Lewin passed away August 20, 1933 (age 69) in Miami, Florida.

Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.
Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.
Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.
Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.
Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.
Far right – William and Ruthie Saunders at the wedding of their son John Cleveland.

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum