John Turner Lawrence Family of Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Father: Joel LAWRENCE
Death: before Sep 1837 probably Warminster, Wiltshire
Parents: unknown
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Marriage: circa 1820 Wiltshire, England
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Mother: Elizabeth TURNER
Birth: __ ___ 1796 Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, England
Baptism: 03 Apr 1796 Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, England
Census: 6 Jun 1841 East Street, Warminster, Wiltshire, England
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)
Father: John TURNER
Mother: Elizabeth (--?--)
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Two Known Children
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1/M John Turner LAWRENCE
Birth: 21 Jul 1821 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: 18 Feb 1892 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 70)
Probate: 29 Apr 1892 London, England (to Hannah Elizabeth LAWRENCE, widow & Hugh GIBSON, drysalter, Effects £2592 18s. 1d.)

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Marriage #1: 21 Jul 1851 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
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Spouse: Lucy PERRIN
Birth: __ ___ 1820 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Death: 09 May 1870 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (age 50)
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Seven Known Children
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• 1/M Samuel Perrin LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1852 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 29 Jun 1852 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 2 Apr 1871 16 Bull Ring, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (grocer's assistant)
  Marriage: 10 Jul 1877 Julia Maria PARSONS (b. 1855, d. ? ); Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, 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)
  Death: 02 Jul 1903 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (age 50)
  Probate: 21 Aug 1903 Lichfield, Worcestershire (to Julia LAWRENCE, widow, Effects £832)
  
  
• 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
  Baptism: 06 May 1855 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Marriage: circa Jun 1876 Mary Ann Harriet POCOCK (b. 1855, d. ?), d/o 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
  Baptism: 04 Apr 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. ?), d/o Joseph HALL; Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 with Joseph HALL; Great Western Inn, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (timber merchant)
  Death: 04 Apr 1894 "Great Western" hotel, Wribbenhall, Bewdley , Worcestershire, England (victualler & timber merchant, age 35)
  Probate: 15 May 1894 Worcester, Worcestershire (Effects £383 to Mary Ann LAWRENCE,widow & Samuel Perrin LAWRENCE, commercial clerk)
  
  
• 5/M Arthur LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1859 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  Baptism: 27 Aug 1859 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  Burial: 11 Sep 1859 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  
  
• 6/M Frederick LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1860 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  Baptism: 2 Aug 1860 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  Burial: 24 Feb 1861 Kidderminster, Worcestorshire, England
  
  
• 7/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: 04 Nov 1872 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
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  Spouse: Hannah Elizabeth GILBART
  Birth: __ ___ 1850 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
  Death: 12 Dec 1896 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England (age 48)
  Probate: 13 Jan 1897 Worcester, Worcestershire (to Samuel TOVEY, auctioneer, Effects £16 17s. 8d.)
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  Nine Known Children
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• 1/M Brian Turner Tom LAWRENCE
  Birth: 9 Nov 1873 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 19 Jul 1875 Kidderminster, 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 Laurence Lionel LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1875 kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 19 Jul 1875 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 with parents; 15 Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Anecdote: Lieut. Laurence Lionel Lawrence,R.N.R mentioned in Honors for Service in the Auxiliary Patrol between 1 July and 11 November, 1918.
                 (Services in Drifters, Trawlers, and Yachts)
  
  
• 3/M Gilbert Harold LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1877 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 18 May 1877 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
  
• 4/M George Marcus LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1878 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 30 Jan 1881 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, 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
  Baptism: 30 Jan 1881 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  
  
• 6/F Constance Nancie LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1881 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 10 Nov 1881 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 Bewdley Hill School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (boarder)
  Census: 2 Apr 1911 boarder, 7 Park Hill, Croydon, co. Surrey, England (wholesale milliner employer)
  
  
• 7/M Joel Turner LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1883 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 19 Oct 1884 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Census: 5 Apr 1891 District Weston School, Weston, co. Somerset, England (school boy)
  Death: __ ___ 1900 co. Dorset, England (age 17)
  
  
• 8/M Alexander LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1885 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  Baptism: 3 Feb 1888 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Census: 31 Mar 1901 boarder, 67 Monnow Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales (furnisher's apprentice)
  
  
• 9/F Gladys Mary LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ 1887 Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Baptism: 19 Feb 1888 Ribbesford Church, Borough of Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England
  Death: __ ___ 1888 Bewdley, Worcestorshire, England

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,visiting with Richard & Ann Pearce(TURNER) GARRETT)
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: 23 Aug 1901 108 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, England (age 78)
Probate: 24 Sep 1901 Lichfield, Worcestershire (to Samuel Perrin LAWRENCE, commercial clerk, Effects £611 10s. 9d.)