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Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	Darren Michael	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:29
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	I am trying to find living family of my grandmother ruby Lawrence her mother was Lilly Grayston from Ipswich and married basil Montague Lawrence they lived in Ipswich , Kent then my grandmother moved to South London . My grand mother had a brother who died at the age of 14 while swimming in the sea in Kent . Sadly my grand mother passed away on June 7 2013 , if she was still alive she would be 97 this month .
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 5,185 Send Message	Pam	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:34
	First name(s) BASIL M Last name LAWRENCE Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1917 Registration month - ? MarriageFinder™ BASIL M LAWRENCE married LILIAN M GRAYSTON Spouse's last name GRAYSTON District IPSWICH District number - County Suffolk Country England Volume 4A Page 1935
	Researching: Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 5,185 Send Message	Pam	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:38
	Births Mar 1918 Lawrence Ruby E Grayston Ipswich 4a 1374 Births Mar 1920 Lawrence Wilfred S Grayston Woodbridge 4a 2530
	Researching: Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:41
	England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Basil Montague Lawrence Name:Basil Montague Lawrence Registration Year:1889 Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun Registration district:Henley Inferred County:Oxfordshire Volume:3a Page:776 England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Basil M Lawrence Name:Basil M Lawrence Spouse Name: Lilian M Grayston Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1917 Registration district:Ipswich Inferred County:Suffolk Volume Number:4a Page Number:1935 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Basil Montague Lawrence Name:Basil Montague Lawrence Probate Date:26 Mar 1965 Death Date:21 Feb 1964 Death Place:Kent, England Registry:London, England Of the Apiary, Brooks End near Birchington Kent. At St Georges Hospital, Tooting London. To: Ruby Evelyn Taylor married woman Effects: £634
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:57
	England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Lilian May Grayston Name:Lilian May Grayston Registration Year:1890 Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun Registration district:Ipswich Inferred County:Suffolk Volume:4a Page:812 1891 England Census about Lilian May Grayston Name:Lilian May Grayston Age:1 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1890 Relation:Daughter Father's Name:Harry Grayston Mother's name:Bessie Jane Grayston Gender:Female Where born:Ipswich, Suffolk, England Civil Parish:St Helen Ecclesiastical parish:St Helen Town:Ipswich County/Island:Suffolk Country:England Registration district:Ipswich Sub registration district:Ipswich Eastern Household Members: Harry Grayston 38 Bessie Jane Grayston 28 Harry Hubert Grayston 4 Violet Cecelia Grayston 2 Lilian May Grayston 1 Gertrude Farman 15 1911 England Census about Harry Grayston Name: Harry Grayston Age in 1911:58 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1853 Relation to Head:Head Gender:Male Birth Place:Ipswich, Suffolk, England Civil Parish:Ipswich County/Island:Suffolk Country:England Street address:44 Wells Street, St Helen, Ipswich Marital Status:Married Years Married:26 Estimated Marriage Year:1885 Occupation:Letter Carrier Registration district:Ipswich Household Members: Harry Grayston 58 Bessie Jane Grayston 48 Harry Hubert Grayston 24 Bessie Catherine Grayston 19 Stanley Cornelies Grayston 17 Ruby Maude Grayston 15 Cyril George Grayston 13 Percy William Grayston 11 Reaver Bernard Grayston 9>>> (Redvers Bernard) Muriel Evelene Grayston 7 Victor Albert Grayston 6 Eva Victoria Grayston 4 (13 children born and living)
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	11 Dec 2014 23:05
	Have you looked to see if your grandmother's parents are in any trees on here? If they are, you can then try and make contact with them to find their relationship.
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	Darren Michael	Report	11 Dec 2014 23:07
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	Yes my grandmother parents we're Basil Montague Lawrence & Lilly May Grayston
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Dec 2014 23:08
	Do you know who Basil's parents were? Might this be him on the 1901 census ?? 1901 England Census about Basil Lawrence Name:Basil Lawrence Age:12 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1889 Relation to Head:Son Gender:Male Father:Joseph Lawrence Mother:Emily Lawrence Birth Place:Remenham, Berkshire, England Civil Parish:Remenham Ecclesiastical parish:Remenham St Nicholas County/Island:Berkshire Country:England Registration district:Wokingham Sub-registration district:Wargrave Household Members: Joseph Lawrence 55 Emily Lawrence 49 Ada Lawrence 27 John Lawrence 16 Basil Lawrence 12 Wilfred Lawrence 9 Eva Lawrence 9 1911 England Census about Basil Montager Lawrence Name:Basil Montager Lawrence Age in 1911:21 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1890 Birth Place:Remenham Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England Civil Parish:Portland County/Island:Dorsetshire Country:England Marital Status:Single Registration district:Weymouth Registration District Number:263 Sub-registration district:Portland Basil Montager Lawrence 21 (Private) (List of Officers, Crew and Royal Marines)
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	Darren Michael	Report	11 Dec 2014 23:14
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 28 Send Message	Yes this is my family :-)
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Dec 2014 23:18
	1911 England Census about Joseph Lawrence Name:Joseph Lawrence Age in 1911:65 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1846 Relation to Head:Head Gender:Male Birth Place:Henley, Oxfordshire, England Civil Parish:Remenham County/Island:Berkshire Country:England Street address:Park Place, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon Marital Status:Married Occupation:Gas Engineer Registration district:Wokingham Registration District Number:122 Sub-registration district:Wargrave Household Members: Joseph Lawrence 65 Emily Lawrence 59 Wilfred Lawrence 19 Eva Lawrence 19 (7 children born and living) Have you looked for marriages for any Basil's siblings?
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	Gritty	Report	12 Dec 2014 07:15
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	How sad: Hartlepool Mail 17 August 1934 While walking on the sands at Minnis Bay, Birchington on Wednesday night, Miss Bugden of Minnis Road, Birchington, found the body of Wilfred Stanley Lawrence (14) of St. Nicholas at Wade, near Birchington.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Dec 2014 08:47
	UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about Wilfred R Lawrence Name:Wilfred R Lawrence Birth Place:Remenham, Berks Residence:Henley Death Date:14 Aug 1917 Death Place:East Africa Enlistment Place:Oxford Rank: A Sergeant Regiment:London Regiment Battalion: 21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles) Regimental Number:652551 Type of Casualty:Killed in action Theatre of War:African Theatre Comments: Formerly 22685 Ox. And Bucks Light Infantry, Posted 3/2Nd King'S African Rifles. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about Stanley Cornelius Graystone Name:Stanley Cornelius Graystone Birth Place:St. Helens, Suffolk Death Date:24 Aug 1914 Death Place:France and Flanders Enlistment Place:Ipswich, Suffolk Rank:Private Regiment:Norfolk Regiment Battalion:1st Battalion Regimental Number:8768 Type of Casualty:Killed in action Theatre of War:Western European Theatre UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about H. Graystone Name:H. Graystone Birth Place:Ipswich, Suffolk Death Date:15 Oct 1917 Death Place:France and Flanders Enlistment Place:Ipswich Rank:Private Regiment: Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment Battalion:1st 5 Battalion Regimental Number:203402 Type of Casualty:Died of wounds Theatre of War:Western European Theatre Web: International, Find A Grave Index about Harry Hubert Grayston Name:Harry Hubert Grayston Death Date:15 Oct 1917 Note: Private, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Age: 30. Burial Place: Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Percy W Grayston Name:Percy W Grayston Birth Date:abt 1899 Date of Registration:Dec 1918 Age at Death:19 Registration district:Ipswich Inferred County:Suffolk Volume:4a Page:2133
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	12 Dec 2014 10:16
	Death probably registered by a relation........copy cert will cost £9.25 First name(s) REDVERS BERNARD Last name GRAYSTON Gender Male Birth day 27 Birth month 11 Birth year 1901 Age - Death quarter 1 Death year 1972 District IPSWICH County Suffolk Volume 4B Page 2952 Use freebmd to look for info about marriages and children of your grandmother's aunts and uncles
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Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	12 Dec 2014 10:21
	Look in search trees, as advised above. At least one other person has Lilian in her GR tree.
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Dec 2014 11:56
	Muriel Evelyn Grayston married in 1927 Marriages Mar 1927 (>99%) Grayston Muriel E Kersey Ipswich 4a 1430 KERSEY Harry GRAYSTON Ipswich 4a 1430 8 Children were born to the marriage. You can check them out on FreeBMD The son Eric V Kersey England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Eric V Kersey Name:Eric V Kersey Spouse Name:Elsie M Baxter Date of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec 1952 Registration district:Ipswich Inferred County:Suffolk Volume Number:4b Page Number:1547 A son and a daughter were born to the above marriage. The son and daughter are both on Facebook and the Electoral Roll. The daughter of Eric's brother is also on Facebook. I will PM Darren the details.
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