Joseph Lawrence Family of Oakland County, Michigan

Subject: Joseph LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #334850
Birth: __ Jun 1813 co. Somerset, England ?
Immigration: He may be the Joseph who arrived New York on the "Osprey" from Glasgow on 8 May 1855.
Census: 15 Sep 1870 Springfield Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan (farm laborer)
Census: 2 Jun 1900 Independence Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan (widowed farmer)
parents: unknown
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Marriage: circa ___ 1864 probably Michigan
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Spouse: Sarah Ann ELMS
Birth: __ ___ 1834 New York
Census: 1 Jun 1860 Avon Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan (domestic)
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Four Known Children
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• 1/M William LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1866 Michigan
  Census: 15 Sep 1870 with parents; Springfield Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan
  Death: He probably died young.
  
  
• 2/F Emma LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ Mar 1870 Michigan
  Census: 2 Jun 1900 with father; Independence Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan
  Census: 12 Apr 1940 lodger, 424 6th Street, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota (church evangelist)
  
  
• 3/M Jesse Edwin LAWRENCE **
  Birth: 8 Aug 1873 Independence Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan
  Marriage: __ ___ 1897 Ellen (L.J.) REED (b. 27 Dec 1876, d. 12 Jul 1970), d/o Orlin Byron REED and Olivia Jane DIMICK; Michigan
  Daughter: __ Jul 1899 Nina LAWRENCE; Manistee Co., Michigan
  Census: 6 Jun 1900 270 Fifth Avenue, Manistee Ward 5, Manistee Co., Michigan (engineer)
  Son: 13 Oct 1903 Ward Jesse LAWRENCE; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois **
  Census: 25 Apr 1910 2917 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois (chief engineer hotel)
  Census: 8 Jan 1920 3920 Janssen Avenue, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois (engineer cold storage)
  Census: 20 Apr 1940 West Main Road, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
  Death: 8 Jul 1960 Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
  
  
• 4/M Isaac Jay LAWRENCE
  Birth: 3 Sep 1875 Independence Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan
  Census: 21 Jun 1900 boarder, Bear Lake Twp, Manistee Co., Michigan (preacher)
  Marriage: 8 Oct 1903 Bertha M. PERRIN (b. 8 Jul 1870, ); Manistee, Manistee Co., Michigan
  Daughter: __ ___ 1908 Ester M. LAWRENCE; Michigan
  Son: __ ___ 1909 David B. LAWRENCE; Michigan
  Census: 15 Apr 1910 92 Washington Street, Manistee Ward 5, Manistee Co., Michigan (missionary)
  Anecdote: In 1918 Isaac was a factory worker living at 134 McGraw Ave., Detroit, Michigan when he registered for the draft.
  Census: 10 Jan 1920 1347 14th Street, Detroit Ward 10, Wayne Co., Michigan (machinist at motor company)
  Census: 24 Apr 1940 Eight Mile Road, Farmington Twp, Oakland Co., Michigan (widowed nursery man)