Lloyd Edward was the eldest child of Llewellyn Bond Lewis and Mary Ellen Lewis (nee Hardstaff).
Llewellyn Bond Lewis was born in 1874 in Rhyl, Flintshire (J/A/S St Asaph Denbighshire), and Mary Ellen Hardstaff in Radford, Nottingham (birth registered J/F/M 1877). They were married in 1886 (O/N/D Shardlow) and in 1911 had four children: Lloyd Edward b. 3 November 1897 (Long Eaton), May b. abt 1900, Kenneth b. 1903 (J/A/S Shardlow and baptised 11 September 1903 Long Eaton and Margaret b. abt. 1909 (Long Eaton). Both Lloyd and his sister May, who was born in Teddington, Middlesex, were baptised at St James, Hampton Hill, Richmond, on 9 December 1900.
Llewellyn and Mary Ellen's second child, May, was born in Teddington, Middlesex, in about 1899 and at the time that May and her brother Lloyd were baptised in December 1900 in Richmond their parents were living at Clandon Villas, Fulwell Road (possibly Richmond). Llewellyn's occupation was given as solicitor's clerk in the parish register.
By 1901 Llewellyn (26), a solicitor's clerk, and Mary Ellen (24) were living at 5 Lime Grove, Long Eaton, Derbyshire with their two children, Lloyd (3) and May (5 months).
The family had moved to 25 Breedon Street, Long Eaton, by the time of the 1911 Census. Llewellyn was now a solicitor. He and his wife now had four children, Lloyd (13), May (10), Kenneth (7) and Margaret (2). Also in the household on the night of the census were Mary's widowed mother, Harriett Hardstaff (62), and her sister, Elizabeth May Hardstaff (27).
Lloyd's father died on 26 November 1943; he was still living at 25 Breedon Street. His wife survived him.