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trying to find parents of William Lawson died in first world war. was living in altham at the time in Lancashire but was born in Liverpool in 1892. We have an adoptive mother named mary j Lawson a farmers wife who lived in altham. We have found him on the 1911 census as a servant in middup near Lancashire living with George starkie.
Can anyone help with the names of parents ?
hopefully
Shirley :-S

If he was adopted by Mary J Lawson then do you know his birth surname.
Where was Mary J Lawson 1901?

Could you please post his death record?

Maryb.

For our info.


1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Rimington Clitheroe, Rimmington, Lancashire, England

George Starkie Head Married Male Farmer 58 1853 Yorks W R Rimington
Ruth Starkie Wife Married Female - 58 1853 Lancs Twiston Clitheroe
Rhoda Starkie Daughter Single Female Farmer Daughter Dairy Work 24 1887 Yorks W R Rimington
William Lawson Servant Single Male Waggoner On Farm 19 1892 Lancs Liverpool

How do you know that Mary J Lawson was his adoptive mother please? Can you give us the sources of the information that you have please? How have you worked back to him please?



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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
141, Copperas Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Thomas Lawson Head Married Male 43 1858 Milkman Lancashire, England
Mary J Lawson Wife Married Female 43 1858 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Margaret Lawson Daughter Single Female 19 1882 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Edith Lawson Daughter Single Female 16 1885 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Lily Lawson Daughter Single Female 14 1887 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Annie Lawson Daughter Single Female 12 1889 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Thomas Lawson Son Single Male 11 1890 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
William Lawson Son Single Male 9 1892 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Well, William appears to have been registered as her 'actual' son:


Marriages Jun 1877 (>99%)
Jones Mary Liverpool 8b 184 Scan available - click to view
**LAWSON Thomas Liverpool 8b 184 Scan available - click to view
**Tumelty Mary Jane Liverpool 8b 184 Scan available - click to view
WILLIAMS Charles Liverpool 8b 184 Scan available - click to view


LAWSON, THOMAS TUMELTY Order
GRO Reference: 1890 M Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 08B Page 113 Order


LAWSON, WILLIAM TUMBLETY Order
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 08B Page 97


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trees on Ancestry say William the son of Mary Jane Tumelty married 13/8/1916 to Mildred Evans 1891-1919 and he died Maghull Lancashire 1951.

Maryb.

Thanks Maryb. So not that one then. I think we need Shirley to give us some more information to work with.

Hi
William died on 13th April 1917 ...trooper w. Lawson. In the Accrington observer it said William Lawson adopted son of Mary j Lawson from altham. Think Mary was in altham at time of 1901 census ..or maybe by 1911 she was in altham. In 1901 she may have been in sawley :-)

In Clitheroe Times, In Memoriam 1918
it gives William Lawson died of wounds at the battle of Arras April 12th, farm house Altham nr Accrington.

Yes that's the one. Trying to discover who parents of William may have been if not this Mary j Lawson. Difficult one. :-S

Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

First name(s) William
Last name Lawson
Service number 1070
Rank Tpr.
Regiment Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps)
Battalion Household Battalion.
Birth place Liverpool
Residence Accrington
Enlistment place Accrington
Death year 1917
Death day 13
Death month 4
Cause of death Died of wounds
Death place France & Flanders
Theatre of war Western European Theatre
Supplementary Notes FORMERLY 3930, 1ST L.G.
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010

Not that it helps but this may be Mary J as it mentions her moving back from Altham

Obituary MRS. MARY JANE LAWSON A respected member of a well-known farming family, Mrs. Mary Jane Lawson, proprietress of the Eden Vale Private Hotel. Bispham, died at her home on Sunday
03 December 1948 - Clitheroe Advertiser and Times - Clitheroe, Lancashire, England

"The daughter of Mr Edward Spencer of Gisburn Cotes she was left a widow in early life with four young children...She left Ucgley Farm Sawley and went to live in Altham for a few years...

Lawson Household (5 People)
32 Edenvale Avenue , Blackpool C.B., Lancashire, England

Mary J Lawson 23 Aug 1863 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 31 1
Thomas E Lawson 30 Jun 1887 Male Bowling Green Groundsm Single 31 2
Dorothy T Allen 04 Jun 1910 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 31 3
Dorothy M Keegan (Allen) 31 Oct 1934 Female Under School Age Single 31 4

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Neele Ing, Longholme Row, Sawley, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England

James Lawson Head Married Male 60 1831 Farmer Yorkshire, England
Mary Jane Lawson Wife Married Female 27 1864 - Yorkshire,
James Lawson Son - Male 5 1886 Scholar Yorkshire, England
Thomas E Lawson Son - Male 3 1888 - Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth A Lawson Daughter - Female 1 1890 - Yorkshire, England
James Greenwood Servant Single Male 41 1850 Farm Servant Scotland

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Mary J Lawson Head Widow Female 37 1864 Farmer Rimington, Yorkshire, England Transcription
James Lawson Son Single Male 15 1886 Railway Station Booking Clerk Sawley, Yorkshire, England
Thomas E Lawson Son - Male 13 1888 Farmer's Son Sawley, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth A Lawson Daughter - Female 11 1890 At School Sawley, Yorkshire, England
Henry A Lawson Son - Male 8 1893 At School Sawley, Yorkshire, England
James R Greenwood Servant Single Male 51 1850 Agricultural Labourer Westmorland, England

No William though so maybe not? EDIT sorry just realised he was with the Starkie family!

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Huggan Ing Sawley Near Clitheroe, Sawley, Lancashire, England

Mary Jane Lawson Head Widow Female Farmer 47 1864 Remington Yorks
Thomas Edward Lawson Son Single Male Farmer's Son Working On Farm 23 1888 Sawley Yorks
Henry Arthur Lawson Son Single Male Farmer's Son Working On Farm 18 1893 Sawley Yorks
George Leonard Lawson Nephew - Male School 10 1901 Blackburn Lancs
John Fletcher S Single Male Farm Labourer General 35 1876 Dalton in Furness Lancs Transcription

Just for ref this is the George Lennard who is with with Mary J

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
(Cottage), Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Robert Lawson Head Married Male 38 1863 Electrical Engineer Lawley, Yorkshire, England Transcription
Eliza Ann Lawson Wife Married Female 36 1865 - Yorkshire, England
Florance Maud Lawson Daughter - Female 11 1890 - Gisburn, Yorkshire, England T
Edward Lewis Lawson Son - Male 10 1891 - Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Deighton Caton Lawson Son - Male 9 1892 - Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Karl Morris Lawson Son - Male 5 1896 - Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Norman Barrett Lawson Son - Male 4 1897 - Blackburn, Lancashire, England
George Lennord Lawson Son - Male 0 1901 - Blackburn, Lancashire, England


LAWSON, GEORGE LEONARD SPENCER Order
GRO Reference: 1900 J Quarter in BLACKBURN Volume 08E Page 475

A lot of family connections, but can't see any connection to William , was hoping that Mary might have adopted one of her sisters children ?

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Heaton Farm Worston Near Clitheroe, Worston Chatburn, Lancashire, England

Albert Lawson Head Married Male Farmer Grazing 36 1875 Sawley Yorks
Hannah Lawson Wife Married Female - 36 1875 Ramsey Hants
Robin Lawson Son - Male - 6 1905 Worston Clitheroe Lancs
Elizabeth Lawson Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Worston Clitheroe Lancs
Norman Lawson Nephew - Male Farm Labourer 14 1897 Blackburn Lancs <<<<<

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Gisburn Coates, Gisburn (York Wr), Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
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Edward Spencer Head Married Male 41 1840 Farmer Of 120 Acres Rimington, Yorkshire, England
Ann Spencer Wife Married Female 39 1842 Farmers Wife Chatburn, Lancashire, England
William Henry Spencer Son Single Male 19 1862 Farmers Son Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
My Jane Spencer Daughter Single Female 17 1864 Farmers Daur Gisburn, Yorkshire, England <<<<
Elizabeth A Spencer Daughter Single Female 16 1865 Farmers Daur Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
James E Spencer Son Single Male 15 1866 Farmers Son Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Nancy Spencer Daughter Single Female 12 1869 Scholar Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Deighton Spencer Son Single Male 11 1870 Scholar Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
John Spencer Son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Thomas Spencer Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Alice Spencer Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Joseph Spencer Son Single Male 4 1877 - Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Margaret Spencer Daughter Single Female 2 1879 - Gisburn, Yorkshire, England

Marriages Sep 1888 (>99%)

SPENCER Nancy Clitheroe 8e 497
STARKIE Henry Charles Clitheroe 8e 497

Marriages Dec 1900 (>99%)
Spencer Alice Clitheroe 8e 524a
Starkie Robert Clitheroe 8e 524a

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Marriages Mar 1904 (>99%)
Beaumont Adeline Clitheroe 8e 427
Hollingworth Henry Graham Clitheroe 8e 427
Smalley Thomas Clitheroe 8e 427
Spencer Margaret Clitheroe 8e 427 <<<

Thanks ..yes this is correct Mary Jane Lawson. Interesting that she moved to Blackpool later on. And yes , no mention of William. He left her his effects when he died as she was next of kin. Think that must have been from ancestry ? I wonder if he was born under a different surname . We did think she had perhaps adopted a family members son ...william....but whose ....will we ever know ...tough one. Thanks for all this extra info ...hopefully will get some clues ... :-)