Charles Lawrence Family of Shelton, Bedfordshire

Subject Charles LAWRENCE
Birth: 27 Apr 1808 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 9 Apr 1809 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage: circa 1825 Bedfordshire, England
Census: 6 Jun 1841 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (labourer)
Death: before Mar 1851 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Father: John LAWRENCE (bap. 5 Jul 1761,d. 1847)
Mother: Sarah KNIGHT
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Spouse: Ann CURTIS
Birth: __ ___ 1807 Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England
Census: 30 Mar 1851 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (parish pauper)
Census: 7 Apr 1861 Poor House, Bedfordshire, England (widowed lace maker)
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Seven Known Children
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1/F Elizabeth LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1826 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
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2/F Mary LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1829 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 9 Aug 1829 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
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3/M Thomas LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1832 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 7 Apr 1833 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Census: 7 Apr 1861 Poor House, Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (agriculture labourer)
Census: 2 Apr 1871 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (agriculture labourer)
Census: 3 Apr 1881 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (road man (labourer))
Census: 5 Apr 1891 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (road laborer)
Census: 31 Mar 1901 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (farm labourer)
Census: 2 Apr 1911 Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England (widowed retired labourer)
Death: __ ___ 1916 Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England (age 84)

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Marriage: 24 Dec 1852 Parish Church, Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouse: Hannah BROWN
Birth: __ ___ 1832 Dean, Bedfordshire, England
Death: __ ___ 1901 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (age 69)
Father: Thomas BROWN
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Ten Known Children
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• 1/M Charles LAWRENCE
  Birth: 4 May 1853 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 Private House, Hargrave, Northamptonshire, England (servant)
  
  
• 2/M John LAWRENCE
  Birth: 15 Apr 1855 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Marriage: circa Mar 1878 Christiana SYKES (b. 1858,d. after 1911); Beeford, Yorkshire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1879 Richard William LAWRENCE; Beeford, Yorkshire, England
  Census: 3 Apr 1881 Main Street Cottage, Beeford, Yorkshire, England (farm labourer)
  Son: __ Aug 1890 Walter L. LAWRENCE; Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 13 St Thomas Terrace, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England (general laborer)
  Son: __ ___ 1892 Wilfrid Lokie LAWRENCE; Hull, Yorkshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1897 Linda LAWRENCE; Ulrome, Yorkshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 Cottage, High Roadyardman on farm, Barmston, Yorkshire, England (yardman on farm)
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 Barmston, Yorkshire East Riding, England (farm labourer, 2 of 12 children living)
  
  
• 3/M Thomas LAWRENCE
  Birth: 4 Aug 1858 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Marriage: circa Mar 1886 Rebecca SPENCER (b. 1861, d. 1930); York, Yorkshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1887 Ethel M. LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1889 Minnie E. LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1890 Gertrude LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 21 Eldon Terrace, York, Yorkshire, England (labourer in coal depot)
  Daughter: __ ___ 1893 Amy LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1896 Hannah LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1898 Thomas Samuel LAWRENCE; York, Yorkshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 Coal Depot, Leeman road, York, Yorkshire, England (railway coal porter)
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 York, Yorkshire East Riding, England (railway coal porter)
  
  
• 4/M Benjamin LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ Aug 1860 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Marriage: circa Jun 1895 Sophia Clifton WOODING (b. 1861, d. 25 Apr 1930); Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1897 Agnes Mary LAWRENCE; Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Son: 30 Oct 1898 Eugene Joseph LAWRENCE; Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 21 Marlborough Road, Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England (brewer's drayman)
  Death: __ ___ 1902 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (age 41)
  Note: Aug 1907 Sophia and children immigrated to Canada aboard "Southwark" and settled in Vancouver, British Columbia
  
  
• 5/M Alfred LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1863 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 with parents; Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  
  
• 6/F Elizabeth Ann LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1864 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Baptism: 14 Aug 1864 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 with parents; Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  
  
• 7/M William LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1867 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Marriage: 7 Aug 1893 Annie DAVIS (b. 1865,d. after 1911), d/o Thomas Richard DAVIS; Parish Church, Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1896 Winifred LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1898 William LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1900 Ruth Lilian LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 19 Cooperative Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England (leather pressman (bootmaker))
  Daughter: __ ___ 1902 Ellen Elizabeth LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 18 Cooperative Row, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England (pressman in boot trade)
  
  
• 8/M Ebenezer LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1870 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Marriage: circa Sep 1900 Alma Lillian CHERRY (b. 1876, ); Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 25 Cooperative Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England (leather pressman (bootmaker))
  Daughter: __ ___ 1902 Dorothty LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1903 Leonard LAWRENCE; Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1905 Rennie LAWRENCE; Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1911 Ethel LAWRENCE; Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 4 Warmonds Hill, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England (gardener)
  
  
• 9/F Sarah LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1874 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Baptism: 10 May 1874 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 with parents; Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  
  
• 10/F Ruth LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1876 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Baptism: 23 Jun 1878 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 with father; Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England (housekeeper)

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4/M Jeremiah LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1835 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage: 25 Apr 1875 Emma STAMS (1840, bef. 1881); Parish Church, Shelton, Bedfordshire, England (d/o Matthew STAMS)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 Dean, Bedfordshire, England (widowed agriculture labourer)
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5/F Sarah Ann LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1837 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 19 Feb 1837 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage: 26 Apr 1868 John MAYES (b. 1830, ?); St Paul, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
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6/F Deborah LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1840 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 4 Oct 1840 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage: 10 Feb 1870 George THOMAS; Parish Church, Blunham, Bedfordshire, England (by Jacob K. Brooke, Rector) __________________________________________________________________________

7/F Emma LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1842 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism: 13 Nov 1842 Shelton, Bedfordshire, England