Stan was the 4th of 8 children born to:
E. F. (Edward Floyd) Lewis, b. May 26, 1880 in Urbana, Champaign co., IL. and d. Nov. 19, 1960 in Long Beach, L.A. co., CA. &
Ethel (Godfrey) Lewis Harwood, b. Sep. 21, 1885 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 24, 1965 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
E.F. and Ethel Lewis' children were:
1. Floyd Addison Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1907 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Apr. 23, 1984 in L.A., L.A., CA.
2. Thomas Edwin Lewis, b. Feb. 22, 1909 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 2, 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco co., CA.
3. James Earl Lewis, b. Apr. 19, 1912 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 6, 1996 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
4. Stanley Jackson Lewis, b. Oct. 17, 1914 in Los Angeles co., CA. and d. Jul. 7, 1978 in San Diego co., CA.
5. Dorothy 'Dodie' Lewis (twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L. A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 11, 1990 in Pasadena, L.A., CA.
6. Marjorie Lewis(twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Feb. 22, 2007 in Polk County, NC.
7. Ethel Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. at 2:15 a.m. and died the same day at 8:10 a.m. at Angelus hospital in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
8. Ruth Cora Lewis, b. Oct. 19, 1921 in L.A., CA. and d. in Cardiff by the Sea, San Diego, CA.
In the 1920 U.S. census, 5 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, b. in CA., was living in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA. with his
39 yr. old father, E. Floyd Lewis, business manager for a pumps company, b. in IL.
34 yr. old mother, Ethel E. Lewis, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Floyd G. Lewis, b. abt. 1908 in CA.,
10 yr. old brother, Thomas E. Lewis, b. in CA.
7 yr. old brother, James E. Lewis, b. in CA.
4 yr. 11 mth. old twin sisters, Margorie and Dorothy , b. in CA.
In the 1940 U.S. census, 25 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, a furniture representative at a retail furniture store, b. in CA., was married and living alone in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA.
In 1935, he was living in North Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
The highest grade Stan had completed was 4th yr. of high school.
Stan worked 54 hours in the week prior to the census and 16 weeks in 1939. His income was listed at $1500 and he had no income from any other source.
According to WWII Army Enlistment records, Stanley J. Lewis, b. 1914, in CA., was married and a resident of L.A., CA. He enlisted as a Private on Jan. 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA.
His term of Enlistment was for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.
His occupation was fisherman and oysterman.
He had completed 3 years of high school.
His height was listed as 71" (5'11") and he weighed 146 lbs.
Stan married Mae Hiner and they had two children, a daughter and a son.
Their son, Thomas 'Tommy' Richard Lewis, was b. Sep. 4, 1946 in San Diego co., CA. and d. Jan. 2, 2009.
Stan was a lobster fisherman.
Stan Lewis quit his job picking watermelons in the Imperial Valley and hitchhiked to Solana Beach in the summer of 1933.
Walking over a sandy rise, the 18 year old saw a man rowing a small wooden boat to shore. The boat sat low in the water, weighed down by a good catch. Lewis would remember that moment vividly - right down to the transparent clarity of the Pacific Ocean - until his death 46 years later.
He would remember it as the moment he decided how to spend the rest of his life.
Stan slept in a beach cave in the area for days, and approached fisherman, Dick Heiner, day after day, until Heiner gave him a job. Heiner taught Lewis the fishing trade. Taught him how to pick abalone, trap lobsters and catch halibut and sea bass. He taught him to filet the fish without wasting any of the precious meat. One day, Heiner took Lewis home. There, Lewis met and fell in love with Heiner's daughter, Mae. Later, Mae and Stan were married. The result of their union lives on today in Tommy Lewis, 45, a legendary surfer and fisherman who still fishes the coast in a small wooden boat.
Stan would often take Tommy out into big surf, kill the boat engine and say, "Okay, get us out of here." "He believed in knowing how to row," Tommy remembers with a laugh. "And he was a daredevil. One Friday the 13th, he broke a mirror, petted a black cat, walked under a ladder and parachuted from an airplane into a school of sharks - just to prove that the variety wasn't dangerous!"
Mae Lewis, now in her 60's, has heard fishing stories from her father, her husband and now her son.
"My husband was fishing for rock cod (off of Swami's) when he reeled in something very heavy. When he got it to the surface, he saw that a huge octopus had come up to eat the fish. It was bigger than the 16-foot boat he was in, and he tried to cut the line, but it was too late.
"The octopus attached itself to the boat, and nearly sunk it. Stan sharpened his knife on his stone, and went around cutting off the tentacles that had reached clear over the side of the boat. The octopus still would not let go. Stan managed to get the boat in through the surf with the octopus still attached to thje botom.
"On shore, some men put the octopus in a wagon and paraded it through the streets of Encinitas. It had come from very deep water and it was bright red."
E. F. (Edward Floyd) Lewis, b. May 26, 1880 in Urbana, Champaign co., IL. and d. Nov. 19, 1960 in Long Beach, L.A. co., CA. &
Ethel (Godfrey) Lewis Harwood, b. Sep. 21, 1885 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 24, 1965 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
E.F. and Ethel Lewis' children were:
1. Floyd Addison Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1907 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Apr. 23, 1984 in L.A., L.A., CA.
2. Thomas Edwin Lewis, b. Feb. 22, 1909 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 2, 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco co., CA.
3. James Earl Lewis, b. Apr. 19, 1912 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 6, 1996 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
4. Stanley Jackson Lewis, b. Oct. 17, 1914 in Los Angeles co., CA. and d. Jul. 7, 1978 in San Diego co., CA.
5. Dorothy 'Dodie' Lewis (twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L. A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 11, 1990 in Pasadena, L.A., CA.
6. Marjorie Lewis(twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Feb. 22, 2007 in Polk County, NC.
7. Ethel Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. at 2:15 a.m. and died the same day at 8:10 a.m. at Angelus hospital in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
8. Ruth Cora Lewis, b. Oct. 19, 1921 in L.A., CA. and d. in Cardiff by the Sea, San Diego, CA.
In the 1920 U.S. census, 5 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, b. in CA., was living in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA. with his
39 yr. old father, E. Floyd Lewis, business manager for a pumps company, b. in IL.
34 yr. old mother, Ethel E. Lewis, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Floyd G. Lewis, b. abt. 1908 in CA.,
10 yr. old brother, Thomas E. Lewis, b. in CA.
7 yr. old brother, James E. Lewis, b. in CA.
4 yr. 11 mth. old twin sisters, Margorie and Dorothy , b. in CA.
In the 1940 U.S. census, 25 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, a furniture representative at a retail furniture store, b. in CA., was married and living alone in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA.
In 1935, he was living in North Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
The highest grade Stan had completed was 4th yr. of high school.
Stan worked 54 hours in the week prior to the census and 16 weeks in 1939. His income was listed at $1500 and he had no income from any other source.
According to WWII Army Enlistment records, Stanley J. Lewis, b. 1914, in CA., was married and a resident of L.A., CA. He enlisted as a Private on Jan. 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA.
His term of Enlistment was for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.
His occupation was fisherman and oysterman.
He had completed 3 years of high school.
His height was listed as 71" (5'11") and he weighed 146 lbs.
Stan married Mae Hiner and they had two children, a daughter and a son.
Their son, Thomas 'Tommy' Richard Lewis, was b. Sep. 4, 1946 in San Diego co., CA. and d. Jan. 2, 2009.
Stan was a lobster fisherman.
Stan Lewis quit his job picking watermelons in the Imperial Valley and hitchhiked to Solana Beach in the summer of 1933.
Walking over a sandy rise, the 18 year old saw a man rowing a small wooden boat to shore. The boat sat low in the water, weighed down by a good catch. Lewis would remember that moment vividly - right down to the transparent clarity of the Pacific Ocean - until his death 46 years later.
He would remember it as the moment he decided how to spend the rest of his life.
Stan slept in a beach cave in the area for days, and approached fisherman, Dick Heiner, day after day, until Heiner gave him a job. Heiner taught Lewis the fishing trade. Taught him how to pick abalone, trap lobsters and catch halibut and sea bass. He taught him to filet the fish without wasting any of the precious meat. One day, Heiner took Lewis home. There, Lewis met and fell in love with Heiner's daughter, Mae. Later, Mae and Stan were married. The result of their union lives on today in Tommy Lewis, 45, a legendary surfer and fisherman who still fishes the coast in a small wooden boat.
Stan would often take Tommy out into big surf, kill the boat engine and say, "Okay, get us out of here." "He believed in knowing how to row," Tommy remembers with a laugh. "And he was a daredevil. One Friday the 13th, he broke a mirror, petted a black cat, walked under a ladder and parachuted from an airplane into a school of sharks - just to prove that the variety wasn't dangerous!"
Mae Lewis, now in her 60's, has heard fishing stories from her father, her husband and now her son.
"My husband was fishing for rock cod (off of Swami's) when he reeled in something very heavy. When he got it to the surface, he saw that a huge octopus had come up to eat the fish. It was bigger than the 16-foot boat he was in, and he tried to cut the line, but it was too late.
"The octopus attached itself to the boat, and nearly sunk it. Stan sharpened his knife on his stone, and went around cutting off the tentacles that had reached clear over the side of the boat. The octopus still would not let go. Stan managed to get the boat in through the surf with the octopus still attached to thje botom.
"On shore, some men put the octopus in a wagon and paraded it through the streets of Encinitas. It had come from very deep water and it was bright red."
Stan was the 4th of 8 children born to:
E. F. (Edward Floyd) Lewis, b. May 26, 1880 in Urbana, Champaign co., IL. and d. Nov. 19, 1960 in Long Beach, L.A. co., CA. &
Ethel (Godfrey) Lewis Harwood, b. Sep. 21, 1885 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 24, 1965 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
E.F. and Ethel Lewis' children were:
1. Floyd Addison Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1907 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Apr. 23, 1984 in L.A., L.A., CA.
2. Thomas Edwin Lewis, b. Feb. 22, 1909 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 2, 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco co., CA.
3. James Earl Lewis, b. Apr. 19, 1912 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 6, 1996 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
4. Stanley Jackson Lewis, b. Oct. 17, 1914 in Los Angeles co., CA. and d. Jul. 7, 1978 in San Diego co., CA.
5. Dorothy 'Dodie' Lewis (twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L. A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 11, 1990 in Pasadena, L.A., CA.
6. Marjorie Lewis(twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Feb. 22, 2007 in Polk County, NC.
7. Ethel Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. at 2:15 a.m. and died the same day at 8:10 a.m. at Angelus hospital in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
8. Ruth Cora Lewis, b. Oct. 19, 1921 in L.A., CA. and d. in Cardiff by the Sea, San Diego, CA.
In the 1920 U.S. census, 5 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, b. in CA., was living in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA. with his
39 yr. old father, E. Floyd Lewis, business manager for a pumps company, b. in IL.
34 yr. old mother, Ethel E. Lewis, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Floyd G. Lewis, b. abt. 1908 in CA.,
10 yr. old brother, Thomas E. Lewis, b. in CA.
7 yr. old brother, James E. Lewis, b. in CA.
4 yr. 11 mth. old twin sisters, Margorie and Dorothy , b. in CA.
In the 1940 U.S. census, 25 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, a furniture representative at a retail furniture store, b. in CA., was married and living alone in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA.
In 1935, he was living in North Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
The highest grade Stan had completed was 4th yr. of high school.
Stan worked 54 hours in the week prior to the census and 16 weeks in 1939. His income was listed at $1500 and he had no income from any other source.
According to WWII Army Enlistment records, Stanley J. Lewis, b. 1914, in CA., was married and a resident of L.A., CA. He enlisted as a Private on Jan. 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA.
His term of Enlistment was for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.
His occupation was fisherman and oysterman.
He had completed 3 years of high school.
His height was listed as 71" (5'11") and he weighed 146 lbs.
Stan married Mae Hiner and they had two children, a daughter and a son.
Their son, Thomas 'Tommy' Richard Lewis, was b. Sep. 4, 1946 in San Diego co., CA. and d. Jan. 2, 2009.
Stan was a lobster fisherman.
Stan Lewis quit his job picking watermelons in the Imperial Valley and hitchhiked to Solana Beach in the summer of 1933.
Walking over a sandy rise, the 18 year old saw a man rowing a small wooden boat to shore. The boat sat low in the water, weighed down by a good catch. Lewis would remember that moment vividly - right down to the transparent clarity of the Pacific Ocean - until his death 46 years later.
He would remember it as the moment he decided how to spend the rest of his life.
Stan slept in a beach cave in the area for days, and approached fisherman, Dick Heiner, day after day, until Heiner gave him a job. Heiner taught Lewis the fishing trade. Taught him how to pick abalone, trap lobsters and catch halibut and sea bass. He taught him to filet the fish without wasting any of the precious meat. One day, Heiner took Lewis home. There, Lewis met and fell in love with Heiner's daughter, Mae. Later, Mae and Stan were married. The result of their union lives on today in Tommy Lewis, 45, a legendary surfer and fisherman who still fishes the coast in a small wooden boat.
Stan would often take Tommy out into big surf, kill the boat engine and say, "Okay, get us out of here." "He believed in knowing how to row," Tommy remembers with a laugh. "And he was a daredevil. One Friday the 13th, he broke a mirror, petted a black cat, walked under a ladder and parachuted from an airplane into a school of sharks - just to prove that the variety wasn't dangerous!"
Mae Lewis, now in her 60's, has heard fishing stories from her father, her husband and now her son.
"My husband was fishing for rock cod (off of Swami's) when he reeled in something very heavy. When he got it to the surface, he saw that a huge octopus had come up to eat the fish. It was bigger than the 16-foot boat he was in, and he tried to cut the line, but it was too late.
"The octopus attached itself to the boat, and nearly sunk it. Stan sharpened his knife on his stone, and went around cutting off the tentacles that had reached clear over the side of the boat. The octopus still would not let go. Stan managed to get the boat in through the surf with the octopus still attached to thje botom.
"On shore, some men put the octopus in a wagon and paraded it through the streets of Encinitas. It had come from very deep water and it was bright red."
E. F. (Edward Floyd) Lewis, b. May 26, 1880 in Urbana, Champaign co., IL. and d. Nov. 19, 1960 in Long Beach, L.A. co., CA. &
Ethel (Godfrey) Lewis Harwood, b. Sep. 21, 1885 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 24, 1965 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
E.F. and Ethel Lewis' children were:
1. Floyd Addison Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1907 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Apr. 23, 1984 in L.A., L.A., CA.
2. Thomas Edwin Lewis, b. Feb. 22, 1909 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 2, 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco co., CA.
3. James Earl Lewis, b. Apr. 19, 1912 in L.A. co., CA. and d. Aug. 6, 1996 in San Gabriel, L.A., CA.
4. Stanley Jackson Lewis, b. Oct. 17, 1914 in Los Angeles co., CA. and d. Jul. 7, 1978 in San Diego co., CA.
5. Dorothy 'Dodie' Lewis (twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L. A., L.A., CA. and d. Dec. 11, 1990 in Pasadena, L.A., CA.
6. Marjorie Lewis(twin), b. Jan. 19, 1916 in L.A., L.A., CA. and d. Feb. 22, 2007 in Polk County, NC.
7. Ethel Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. at 2:15 a.m. and died the same day at 8:10 a.m. at Angelus hospital in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
8. Ruth Cora Lewis, b. Oct. 19, 1921 in L.A., CA. and d. in Cardiff by the Sea, San Diego, CA.
In the 1920 U.S. census, 5 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, b. in CA., was living in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA. with his
39 yr. old father, E. Floyd Lewis, business manager for a pumps company, b. in IL.
34 yr. old mother, Ethel E. Lewis, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Floyd G. Lewis, b. abt. 1908 in CA.,
10 yr. old brother, Thomas E. Lewis, b. in CA.
7 yr. old brother, James E. Lewis, b. in CA.
4 yr. 11 mth. old twin sisters, Margorie and Dorothy , b. in CA.
In the 1940 U.S. census, 25 yr. old Stanley J. Lewis, a furniture representative at a retail furniture store, b. in CA., was married and living alone in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA.
In 1935, he was living in North Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
The highest grade Stan had completed was 4th yr. of high school.
Stan worked 54 hours in the week prior to the census and 16 weeks in 1939. His income was listed at $1500 and he had no income from any other source.
According to WWII Army Enlistment records, Stanley J. Lewis, b. 1914, in CA., was married and a resident of L.A., CA. He enlisted as a Private on Jan. 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA.
His term of Enlistment was for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.
His occupation was fisherman and oysterman.
He had completed 3 years of high school.
His height was listed as 71" (5'11") and he weighed 146 lbs.
Stan married Mae Hiner and they had two children, a daughter and a son.
Their son, Thomas 'Tommy' Richard Lewis, was b. Sep. 4, 1946 in San Diego co., CA. and d. Jan. 2, 2009.
Stan was a lobster fisherman.
Stan Lewis quit his job picking watermelons in the Imperial Valley and hitchhiked to Solana Beach in the summer of 1933.
Walking over a sandy rise, the 18 year old saw a man rowing a small wooden boat to shore. The boat sat low in the water, weighed down by a good catch. Lewis would remember that moment vividly - right down to the transparent clarity of the Pacific Ocean - until his death 46 years later.
He would remember it as the moment he decided how to spend the rest of his life.
Stan slept in a beach cave in the area for days, and approached fisherman, Dick Heiner, day after day, until Heiner gave him a job. Heiner taught Lewis the fishing trade. Taught him how to pick abalone, trap lobsters and catch halibut and sea bass. He taught him to filet the fish without wasting any of the precious meat. One day, Heiner took Lewis home. There, Lewis met and fell in love with Heiner's daughter, Mae. Later, Mae and Stan were married. The result of their union lives on today in Tommy Lewis, 45, a legendary surfer and fisherman who still fishes the coast in a small wooden boat.
Stan would often take Tommy out into big surf, kill the boat engine and say, "Okay, get us out of here." "He believed in knowing how to row," Tommy remembers with a laugh. "And he was a daredevil. One Friday the 13th, he broke a mirror, petted a black cat, walked under a ladder and parachuted from an airplane into a school of sharks - just to prove that the variety wasn't dangerous!"
Mae Lewis, now in her 60's, has heard fishing stories from her father, her husband and now her son.
"My husband was fishing for rock cod (off of Swami's) when he reeled in something very heavy. When he got it to the surface, he saw that a huge octopus had come up to eat the fish. It was bigger than the 16-foot boat he was in, and he tried to cut the line, but it was too late.
"The octopus attached itself to the boat, and nearly sunk it. Stan sharpened his knife on his stone, and went around cutting off the tentacles that had reached clear over the side of the boat. The octopus still would not let go. Stan managed to get the boat in through the surf with the octopus still attached to thje botom.
"On shore, some men put the octopus in a wagon and paraded it through the streets of Encinitas. It had come from very deep water and it was bright red."
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