William Lawrence Family of Jamaica

Subject: William LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project Participant #94531
Birth: circa 1825 England
Immigration: circa 1850 (England to Jamaica)
Occupation: Founded Lawrence Tavern, St Andrews Parish, Jamaica (in the hills above Kingston)

Parents: unknown
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Spouse unknown
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One Known Child
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1/M John LAWRENCE
Birth: circa 1860 Jamaica
Marriage: ____ Jamaica
Occupation: ____ Mt Tyre (now Mt Florence), Jamaica (coffee plantation)
Death: __ ___ ____ Jamaica (in middle age)

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Spouse: Helen NESBIT
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Five Known Children
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• 1/M George Stedman LAWRENCE **
  Birth: __ ___ 1893 Jamaica
  Note: __ ___ ____ Jamaica; trained as a teacher
  
  Immigration: 19 May 1915 from Glen Goffe, Jamaica arriving in New York City from Port Antonio, Jamaica on the SS Joseph diGiorgio.
  He is listed as joining brother-in-law James Alladice at 552 Lenox Avenue and being 5 ft 7 inches tall.
  
  Occupation: 28 Sep 1918 New York City, New York; crewman general mess aboard SS Helen returning from San Juan on 21 Oct 1918. George shown as age 25, 5 ft. 7 in. tall weighing 140 lbs.
  
  Census: 15 Apr 1930 Jamaica South, Queens Co., New York (salesman paper co)
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  Marriage: circa __ 1921 Jamaica Plain, Queens Co., New York
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  Spouse: Cicely CAMPBELL
  Birth: __ ___ 1897 Halfway Tree, St Andrews Parish, Jamaica
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  Five Known Children
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  • 1/M Eric LAWRENCE
    Birth: __ ___ 1921 New York
    
    
  • 2/F Joyce LAWRENCE
    Birth: __ ___ 1923 New York
    
    
  • 3/F Valma Audrey LAWRENCE
    Birth: 26 Dec 1924 New York
    Death: 15 Sep 2006
    
    
  • 4/M Dwight LAWRENCE
    Birth: __ Feb 1927 New York
    
    
  • 5/M George Stedman LAWRENCE **
    Birth: 5 Jul 1931 New York
    Note: __ ___ ____ World War II service in the Phillipines
    Marriage: __ ___ ____ wife (--?--)
    Note: __ ___ ____ graduated from Howard University with a degree in medicine
    Son: 13 Jan 1964 Gabriel Paul LAWRENCE
    Death: 7 Jun 2006
  
  
• 2/F Miriam LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ ____ Jamaica
  Death: __ ___ ____ Jamaica (age 3)
  
  
• 3/F Matilda LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ ____ Jamaica
  
  
• 4/F Katherine LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ ____ Jamaica
  
  
• 5/F Maud LAWRENCE
  Birth: __ ___ ____ Jamaica