Note: LORENTZ is one of four families that left France and resettled into Kaiserslautern. They were French, but they became German-speaking. Their migration from The Palatinate (now in Germany), went to Rotterdam, London, Ireland, Philadelphia, and Upper Canada (now Ontario). They were known as "Irish Palatines". From Canada a branch migrated to Michigan and then to California.
Lineage:Subject: William Francis LAWRENCE **
Birth: 18 Jul 1819 Trafalgar Twp, Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada
Death: 18 Mar 1896 Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Father: William LAWRENCE (b. b. May 1781, The Camden Colony, Oneida County, New York, d. 9 Sep 1864)
Note: William may have died either in Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada, or Trafalgar Twp, Halton Co., Ontario.
He is buried at Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario with his father.
Mother: Mary CUDNEY (b. 1787 Niagara Twp, Lincoln Co., Upper Canada (Ontario), d. after 1840)
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Marriage: circa 1840
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Spouse: Elizabeth Anne LONGSTREET
Birth: 1824-1825 Caledon Twp, Old Peel Co., Upper Canada (Ontario).
Burial: __ ___ ____Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Upper Canada (Ontario).
Father: John LONGSTREET(1796-1868)
Mother: (Anne?) PAGE ( -1826)
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Eleven Children
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1/F Mary J. LAWRENCE
Birth: 08 Oct 1842 Ontario, Canada
Death: 24 Mar 1860 Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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2/M Wesley LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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3/M John LAWRENCE
Birth: 22 Mar 1849 Ontario, Canada
Death: 28 Sep 1861 Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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4/M William Francis LAWRENCE
Birth: 06 Sep 1852 Ontario, Canada
Death: 12 Feb 1888 Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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5/M Sylvester LAWRENCE **
Birth: 10 Mar 1854 Otterville, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Marriage: 5 Jan 1887 Rebecca Catharine BEAM (1860 - 1888) - d/o Aaron BEAM and Sarah Ann Miller; Teeterville, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Son: 11 Jul 1888 Lorne Beam LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada (Died 4 Jun 1944 Seattle, Washington)
Marriage: 29 Mar 1893 Araminta PALMER (1871-1950);d/o Thomas Ray PALMER and Araminta WOODRUFF; Mount Pleasant, Isabella Co., Michigan
Son: 26 Mar 1894 Ray Palmer LAWRENCE; Mount Pleasant, Isabella Co., Michigan (Died 25 Feb 1981 San Francisco, California) **
Marriage: 21 Aug 1896 Elizabeth Leotta WHITTINGTON (1862-1937), - d/o William WHITTINGTON and Anne COATES
Son: 13 Feb 1898 Frederick Whittington LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Daughter: 15 Oct 1899 Erie Leotta LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Son: 03 Sep 1901 Harry Albert LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Daughter: 20 Apr 1903 Anne Lois LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Daughter: 25 Aug 1906 Olive Elizabeth LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Divorce: 28 Dec 1907 Araminta PALMER (1875-1950) San Francisco, California
Death: 21 Aug 1932 Clinton, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
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6/F Elsie A. LAWRENCE
Birth: 20 May 1855 Ontario, Canada
Death: 3 Jul 1870 Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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7/F Susan LAWRENCE
Birth: circa 1857 Ontario, Canada
Marriage: circa 1877 Albert W. LEBARRE
Son: Roland LEBARRE; circa 1878 Ontario, Canada
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8/M Calvin LAWRENCE
Birth: 1859 Ontario, Canada
Marriage: 25 Apr 1882 Margaret DAVIDSON (1863-1927), d/o James DAVIDSON; St Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Son: 27 Jun 1883 Alden Calvin LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Son: 15 Apr 1892 Clarence Victor LAWRENCE; Ontario, Canada
Son: 18 Oct 1896 William H. LAWRENCE; St Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Death: 27 Apr 1931 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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9/F Abigail Elizabeth LAWRENCE
Birth: cir 1860 Ontario, Canada
Death: 11 Aug 1875 Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bookton Cemetery, Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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10/M Joshua LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1861 Windham Centre, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Marriage: 06 May 1891 Mary Agnes MOORE (1866-1952) - d/o Thomas MOORE and Elizabeth WILSON; Norwich, Ontario, Canada
Son: __ ___ 1892 Stanley LAWRENCE; Canada
Daughter: __ ___ 1893 Bertha Irene LAWRENCE; Windham Centre, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Daughter: 18 Jul 1899 Bertha Irene LAWRENCE; Windham, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Death: 13 Mar 1927 East Oxford, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Hillview United, Otterville, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
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11/F Martha Ann LAWRENCE
Birth: 14 Sep 1867 Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Marriage: 23 Nov 1887 William Timothy BEAM (1867-1938) - s/o Aaron BEAM and Sarah Ann MILLER; Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Son: 14 Oct 1889 Stanley BEAM
Son: 04 Jul 1895 Harry William BEAM; Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Death: 10 Oct 1948 Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
Burial: __ ___ ____ Vanessa Methodist Cemetery
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