John Turner Lawrence Family of Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Father: Joel LAWRENCE
Parents: unknown
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Marriage: circa 1820 Wiltshire, England
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Mother: Elizabeth (--?--)
Birth: __ ___ 1796 Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, England
Census: 6 Jun 1841 East Street, Warminster, Wiltshire, England (servant)
Census: 7 Apr 1861 Harlebury, Worcestershire, England (widowed grocer)
Census: 2 Apr 1871 2 Summer Place, Kidderminster Foreign, Worcestershire, England (widow)
Death: __ ___ 1880 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 84)
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Two Known Children
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1/M John Turner LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1822 Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Baptism: 9 Jan 1822 St Lawrence, Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Census: 30 Mar 1851 Margaret Perrin household, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (visiting cabinet maker)
Census: 7 Apr 1861 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
Census: 2 Apr 1871 15 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (widowed timber merchant)
Census: 3 Apr 1881 15 Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 15 Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
Death: __ ___ 1892 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 70)

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Marriage #1: circa Sep 1851 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
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Spouse: Lucy PERRIN
Birth: __ ___ 1820 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Death: __ ___ 1870 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 50)
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Five Known Children
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• 1/M Samuel Perrin LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1852 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 16 Bull Ring, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (grocer's assistant)
  Marriage: circa Sep 1877 Julia Maria PARSONS (b. 1855, d. ? ); Stourport, Worcestershire, England
  Son: __ Mar 1880 John Samuel E. LAWRENCE; Whampton, Staffordshire, England
  Census: 3 Apr 1881 9 North Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (commercial traveller)
  Daughter: __ ___ 1883 Evelyn Susan L. LAWRENCE; Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1885 Ernest Harry A. LAWRENCE; Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1889 Irene Monica LAWRENCE; Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1889 Gladys Lavinia LAWRENCE; Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 9 North Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (canal night watchman)
  Daughter: __ ___ 1892 Gwendoline Amy M. LAWRENCE; Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 108 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (railway team foreman)
  
  
• 2/M John LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1853 Cookley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 with father; 15 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (commercial clerk)
  Census: 3 Apr 1881 18 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
  Death: __ ___ 1884 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 31)
  
• 3/M Edward LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1855 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Marriage: circa Jun 1876 Mary Ann Harriet POCOCK (b. 1855, d. ?), daughter of John POCOCK; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1877 Charlotte Ethel B. LAWRENCE; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Daughter: __ ___ 1878 Lucy Gertrude A. LAWRENCE; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Son: __ ___ 1880 John LAWRENCE; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Census: 3 Apr 1881 with John POCOCK; 10 Camden Terrace, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England (commercial clerk)
  
  
• 4/M Harry LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1858 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 with grandmother Elizabeth; 2 Summer Place, Kidderminster Foreign, Worcestershire, England (grandson)
  Census: 3 Apr 1881 17 Friars Terrace, Castle Church, Staffordshire, England (chemist assistant)
  Marriage: circa Mar 1889 Mary Ann HALL (b. 1861, d. ?), daughter of Joseph HALL; Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 with Joseph HALL; Great Western Inn, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
  Death: __ ___ 1894 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 35)
  
  
• 5/M Ernest William LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1863 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 with father; 15 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
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  Marriage #2: circa Dec 1872 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
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  Spouse: Hannah Elizabeth GILBART
  Birth: __ ___ 1850 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
  Death: __ ___ 1896 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England (age 48)
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  Eight Known Children
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• 1/M Brian Turner Tom LAWRENCE
  Birth: 9 Nov 1873 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  
  Anecdote: 7 Aug 1900 When on patrol duty near Essenbosch Farm, Sergeant Lawrence (17th Lancers) and a Private Hayman were attacked by 12 or 14 Boers. Private Hayman's horse was shot, and the man was thrown, dislocating his shoulder.Sergeant Lawrence at once came to his assistance, extracted him from under the horse, put him on his own horse and sent him on to the picket. Sergeant Lawrence took the soldier's carbine, and with his own carbine as well, kept the Boers off until Private Hayman was safely out of range. He then retired for some two miles on foot, followed by the Boers, and keeping them off till assistance arrived.
  
  Anecdote: 1902 He was decorated with the Victoria Cross by King Edward in London.
  
  Anecdote: 1912 He competed in the Summer Olympics for Great Britain in eventing (also known as horse trials)
  
  Anecdote: Lawrence later served in World War I and World War II and reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 18th Royal Hussars.
  
  Death: 7 Jun 1949 Nakuru, Kenya
  
  
• 2/M Lawrence Lionel LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1875 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 with parents; 15 Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  
  
• 3/M Gilbert Harold LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1877 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
• 4/M George Marcus LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1878 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
  Anecdote: 17 Jan 1889 London; He enlisted into the 13th Hussars.He was described as 5'5" tall weighing 116 lbs. with dark brown eyes and black hair.
  
  Anecdote: 1903 - 1815 He re-enlisted and served until 1915 when as Lance Sergeant of 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars he was appointed to a Second Lieutenancy in the Territorial Force after returning from duty with the Sothern Rhodesian Volunteers as a Sergeant Major Drill Instructor.
  
  Note: 24 Jun 1954 On SS Braemar Castle; arrived in London from South Africa.
  
  
• 5/M Guy Valentine LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1880 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
  
• 6/F Constance Nancie LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1881 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 Bewdley Hill School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (boarder)
  
  
• 7/M Joel Turner LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1883 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
  
• 8/M Alexander LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1885 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 boarder, 67 Monnow Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales (furnisher's apprentice)

2/F Anna Maria Ford LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1823 Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Baptism: 28 May 1823 Warminster, Wiltshire, England

Census: 30 Mar 1851 Fore Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (niece,living with Richard Garrett, innkeeper, age 44, born Diltons Marsh and wife Ann P., age 46, born Upton Scudamore)

Census: 7 Apr 1861 with mother; Harlebury, Worcestershire, England (assistant grocer)

Census: 2 Apr 1871 with brother; 15 Park Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (house keeper)

Census: 31 Mar 1901 with nephew Samuel Perrin LAWRENCE; 108 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (living on own means)

Death: __ ___ 1901 Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, England (age 78)