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Dear Ancestor,-
Your tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and alone
The names and dates are chiselled out on polished marble stone
It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist, you died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you, in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor,
The place you filled one hundred years ago
Spreads out amongst the ones you left who would have loved you so,
I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot, and come to visit you.
SURNAMES IN MY TREE INCLUDE LAWS & LAWES, HARDING ELL ROWELL FULLER LOTHERINGTON BRANT MOONEY
EXTRACTS FROM OUR DATABASE
BUT PLEASE NOTE
We have excluded records of living people to protect their Privacy -therefore we are not showing births after 1920 or marriages after 1940 these are only available on request
If you are interested in anyone listed here, email us with the name, date and reference number, and we will happily do a look up, you might even get a whole tree!
We will be happy to help with you with your LAWS/LAWES research, and in certain instances we may be willing to undertake private research on your behalf.
The content provided on this site is not guaranteed to be error free - It is always advised that you consult original records.
Contact me via email at registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk
Family Events from our database for today 25th November
Family Event
BIRTHS baptisms etc
1733 - Baptism: John LAWS-25752, Shapwick Dorset England
1798 - Birth: Alice LAWS-21353, Rickleton House, Chester le Street DUR England
1835 - Baptism: Jane LAWS-29519, Copdock Suffolk England
1847 - Birth: James Malcolm LAWS (Carriage maker) -11655,
1852 - Birth: Alfred LAWES (Soldier & former Policeman) -2719, Stockbridge Hampshire England
1864 - Birth: Oscar Columbus LAWS-8471, Jewett, Cumberland Co IL United States
1869 - Birth: Mary Ledoska LAWS-3648, Jewett, Cumberland Co IL United States
1875 - Birth: William D LAWS-19364, NYC NY United States
1887 - Birth: Frederick Charles Victor Killbronnau LAWS (Army Major/RAF Wg Cmdr OBE CB CBE) -7409, Thetford Norfolk England
1896 - Birth: Edward Cecil LAWS-13157, East Dereham Norfolk England
1899 - Birth: Charles LAWS (Baker) -43976,
1899 - Birth: Charles Edward LAWS-41990,
1899 - Birth: Jessie F LAWS (Scholar) -15622, Kings Lynn Norfolk England
1901 - Birth: Mabel Grace LAWS (Book Keeper) -34492, Corbridge on Tyne Northumberland England
1908 - Birth: Joseph LAWS (Foundry Labourer) -44190,
1914 - Birth: Francis Henry LAWS (Railway Platelayer) -28142,
1918 - Birth: John Robert LAWS (S2 US Navy) -16743, Limestone, Washington Co TN
United States
1919 - Birth: Andrew LAWES (Carpenter) -45272,
1920 - Birth: Ernest Arthur LAWS (Electrical Engineer Apprentice) -37549,
BIRTHS baptisms etc
1733 - Baptism: John LAWS-25752, Shapwick Dorset England
1798 - Birth: Alice LAWS-21353, Rickleton House, Chester le Street DUR England
1835 - Baptism: Jane LAWS-29519, Copdock Suffolk England
1847 - Birth: James Malcolm LAWS (Carriage maker) -11655,
1852 - Birth: Alfred LAWES (Soldier & former Policeman) -2719, Stockbridge Hampshire England
1864 - Birth: Oscar Columbus LAWS-8471, Jewett, Cumberland Co IL United States
1869 - Birth: Mary Ledoska LAWS-3648, Jewett, Cumberland Co IL United States
1875 - Birth: William D LAWS-19364, NYC NY United States
1887 - Birth: Frederick Charles Victor Killbronnau LAWS (Army Major/RAF Wg Cmdr OBE CB CBE) -7409, Thetford Norfolk England
1896 - Birth: Edward Cecil LAWS-13157, East Dereham Norfolk England
1899 - Birth: Charles LAWS (Baker) -43976,
1899 - Birth: Charles Edward LAWS-41990,
1899 - Birth: Jessie F LAWS (Scholar) -15622, Kings Lynn Norfolk England
1901 - Birth: Mabel Grace LAWS (Book Keeper) -34492, Corbridge on Tyne Northumberland England
1908 - Birth: Joseph LAWS (Foundry Labourer) -44190,
1914 - Birth: Francis Henry LAWS (Railway Platelayer) -28142,
1918 - Birth: John Robert LAWS (S2 US Navy) -16743, Limestone, Washington Co TN
United States
1919 - Birth: Andrew LAWES (Carpenter) -45272,
1920 - Birth: Ernest Arthur LAWS (Electrical Engineer Apprentice) -37549,
MARRIAGES
1798 - Marriage: John LAWS-21350 and Alice ALLEN-21351, Chester le Street Durham England
1829 - Marriage: William NICHOLLS-11804 and Sarah LAWS-11805, Norwich Norfolk England
1840 - Marriage: Frederick HASELTON-21095 and Martha LAWS-21094, St Pancras Middlesex England
1860 - Marriage: Robert LAWS (Stone Mason) -26773 and Mary Ann BAILEY (Laundress) - 8546, Bristol Gloucestershire England
1875 - Marriage: William Hart LAWS-13799 and Jennie Ann JOHNSON-13800,
Salt Lake City UT United States
1885 - Marriage: William Henry Colibe LAWS (Silver Cutler) -8957 and Florence Lily TAYLOR-26757, Sheffield West Yorkshire England
1912 - Marriage: James COURTNEY-19557 and Mattie LAWS-19556,
1823 - Burial: John Peter LAWS-37539, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1870 - Burial: George LAWS-2968, Wareham Dorset England
1898 - Death: Robert LAWS (Innkeeper) -7910, Horstead Norfolk England
1910 - Burial: Cyril George LAWS (Infant 4 mths old) -36409, Tarrant Crawford Dorset England
1910 - Burial: Augustus LAWS (Saloon Porter) -24852, St Louis MO United States
1922 - Death: Herbert LAWES-181, The Royal Exchange Hotel, Aldershot Hampshire England
1925 - Death: Sarah E LAWS-32120, Southwark Surrey England
1933 - Death: Bernard 'Frederick' Treen LAWES (Cab Proprietor) -3165, Folkestone Kent England
1937 - Death: Alfred James Charles LAWES (Post Office) -34949, Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading Berkshire England
1939 - Death: Alice Matilda LAWS-11142, Hopewell Community, Frankin Co Texas
United States
1943 - Death: Neville James Alfred LAWES (RAFVR Leading Aircraftman 1250653) -22220, Singapore MALAYA
1953 - Death: Alice Jane LAWS-39136, Terrington St.Clement Norfolk England
1963 - Death: Stephen James LAWES (Reverend) -40243, Harrow Middlesex England
1964 - Death: James Arthur Bloy LAWS (Schoolmaster) -13378, Trowse Newton Norfolk England
1985 - Death: Carrie LAWS-19759, Bell County KY United States
1990 - Burial: Darrell Burrage LAWS (RM3 US Navy) -16674, Williamette National Cemetery, Portland OR United States
1999 - Cremation: Peter James LAWS (Machinist) -22123,
2004 - Burial: Billy Reid LAWS-16876, Mebane NC United States
MISC
1898 - Residence: Thomas Frederick PRIEST (Labourer) -41156, Earlsfield Surrey England
1955 - Departure: Audrey Edith TAYLOR-45417, Bowes Park Middlesex England
1955 - Departure: Geoffrey Brian LAWS- (Toolmaker) 45416, London
OTHER BIRTHS
1745 - Christen: Jane HOLLAND-14011, Padiham Lancashire England
1883 - Birth: Edith STANLEY-37089, Broughton Lincolnshire England
1893 - Birth: Florence Louisa POWELL-12402, Dover Kent England
1910 - Birth: Doris ELLICK-14722, Paddington Middlesex England
1910 - Birth: Norah Daphne QUIGLEY-14577, Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
1918 - Birth: Francis CLEGG-28213, Stalybridge Cheshire England
1934 - Birth: Arthur B BLACKNEY OR BLACKLEY-42880, Woolwich Kent England
1964 - Residence: James Arthur Bloy LAWS (Schoolmaster) -13378, Hellington Norfolk England
1898 - Residence: Thomas Frederick PRIEST (Labourer) -41156, Earlsfield Surrey England
1955 - Departure: Audrey Edith TAYLOR-45417, Bowes Park Middlesex England
1955 - Departure: Geoffrey Brian LAWS- (Toolmaker) 45416, London
OTHER BIRTHS
1745 - Christen: Jane HOLLAND-14011, Padiham Lancashire England
1883 - Birth: Edith STANLEY-37089, Broughton Lincolnshire England
1893 - Birth: Florence Louisa POWELL-12402, Dover Kent England
1910 - Birth: Doris ELLICK-14722, Paddington Middlesex England
1910 - Birth: Norah Daphne QUIGLEY-14577, Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
1918 - Birth: Francis CLEGG-28213, Stalybridge Cheshire England
1934 - Birth: Arthur B BLACKNEY OR BLACKLEY-42880, Woolwich Kent England
1964 - Residence: James Arthur Bloy LAWS (Schoolmaster) -13378, Hellington Norfolk England
OTHER MARRIAGES
OTHER DEATHS & Burial
1895 - Death: Caroline FOUNTAINE-220, Taynuit, Argylshire Scotland
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1895 - Death: Caroline FOUNTAINE-220, Taynuit, Argylshire Scotland
1919 - Burial: Isabella Agnes VINCENT-10471, Wanganui, Rangitikei NZ
1931 - Death: John Foster FISHER-25270, Gary, Lake IN United States
1991 - Death: Annie LEGGOTT-4304, Gedling Nottinghamshire but Cremation
West Bromwich Staffordshire England
1931 - Death: John Foster FISHER-25270, Gary, Lake IN United States
1991 - Death: Annie LEGGOTT-4304, Gedling Nottinghamshire but Cremation
West Bromwich Staffordshire England
A CHILD OF THE 1920's
AS SEEN FROM THE 1990's
by
John Robert Laws 1921-2008
Part 10 Education
Generally in the elementary school we did all our lessons in the same room but we did have a purpose built room for woodwork. This was well equipped with benches and hand tools and we got a useful grounding in using them. For me it was one of the most enjoyable lessons.
The other children at the elementary school were a very normal mix and a reasonable standard of behaviour was enforced anyway. In the playground our play was of course rowdy but there was little real fighting, there was more interest in playing ‘Flickhams’ with cigarette cards. These were in good supply as most men smoked and every packet of fags had a card in it. Later the interest changed to collecting the sets of cards and swapping them to make up sets which are now almost antiques.
Most of my classmates were friendly but although we visited each other’s houses to play, few friendships were long term, because of the need to change schools and move house. Just before I had to take the grammar school entrance exam we moved house from Harringay to Whinchmore Hill so I had to take the exam in the new area.
Until my time at elementary school ran out a few months after we had moved, mother ferried me to and fro daily in her little car to carry on in the same school till the term was finished and the exam done.
Until my time at elementary school ran out a few months after we had moved, mother ferried me to and fro daily in her little car to carry on in the same school till the term was finished and the exam done.
The move to Grammar School was a move to another world. After all, we were in the thirties and 1929 and all that was slipping back behind us. The move to Southgate was a move into another world and meant that none of my friends moved on with me to the same school.
It was of course an elitist world and the Grammar Schools were reckoned next in line after the ‘Public Schools' though there was no guarantee that the boy who left the elementary school at the age of fourteen would not become a millionaire quicker than any of them.
He would not become as bank clerk or a civil servant however he was saved from being a fighter pilot in the forties.
He would not become as bank clerk or a civil servant however he was saved from being a fighter pilot in the forties.
Within the schools, competition and achievement were what mattered and although the arts and manual skills were not ignored any more than games, there was never a thought that these had in any way the importance of the academic subjects.
The Grammar School was based on a large house, or small mansion set in substantial grounds converted to playing fields. A purpose built extension doubled the number of rooms and included proper lab facilities. This also provided a large assembly hall with a good stage as well as a separate gymnasium and woodwork and domestic science rooms. The ‘old building’ as it was known would have been a wonderful home in its day. It dated from the early nineteenth century and sat in a high position looking out over the lower land of the Lea valley, a sea of houses by the thirties but a green and pleasant land in earlier days.
It was basically a two storey house but with a complete basement half sunk in the ground below it and an attic storey half in the roof above. The grand front door led into a circular foyer before giving access to the central hallway where the circular theme continued with a grand staircase to the first floor. This did not go on up to the servants quarters above, which were served by a small spiral stone stairway which went from basement to attics.
There were perhaps ten rooms large enough to serve as main classrooms with a number of others used as library, staff rooms, studies etc. The basement still contained a kitchen and its main area was used as a dining room for the twenty or thirty pupils who lived some miles away and were allowed the privilege of school dinners. This part of the basement also served as a music room if the main hall or stage were unavailable.
A separate building near the main gate which had probably served as a stable block had been made into two physics labs with an art room above. There were no sign of the stables or coach house; their site may have been covered by the ample bike sheds, the school bus not having been invented. Alongside the bike sheds was a dovecot up on saddle stones, no longer the home of doves, it was probably used as a store by the two grounds men who kept the playing field as immaculate as the gardens, which no doubt kept by a team of gardeners before them.
There was a walled large kitchen garden which had one wall removed and then had been desecrated with asphalt to provide a playground and tennis courts. Around its walls the beautifully trained espalier apple and pear trees had survived to bloom in the spring without the hope of ripening fruit in the autumn.
There were perhaps ten rooms large enough to serve as main classrooms with a number of others used as library, staff rooms, studies etc. The basement still contained a kitchen and its main area was used as a dining room for the twenty or thirty pupils who lived some miles away and were allowed the privilege of school dinners. This part of the basement also served as a music room if the main hall or stage were unavailable.
A separate building near the main gate which had probably served as a stable block had been made into two physics labs with an art room above. There were no sign of the stables or coach house; their site may have been covered by the ample bike sheds, the school bus not having been invented. Alongside the bike sheds was a dovecot up on saddle stones, no longer the home of doves, it was probably used as a store by the two grounds men who kept the playing field as immaculate as the gardens, which no doubt kept by a team of gardeners before them.
There was a walled large kitchen garden which had one wall removed and then had been desecrated with asphalt to provide a playground and tennis courts. Around its walls the beautifully trained espalier apple and pear trees had survived to bloom in the spring without the hope of ripening fruit in the autumn.
part 11 to be continued tomorrow
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Lord, help me dig into the past
and sift the sands of time
That I might find the roots that made
This family tree of mine
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads,
On which my father's trod
And led them through so many lands
To find our present sod.
Lord, help me find an ancient book
Or dusty manuscript,
That's safely hidden now away
In some forgotten crypt
In some forgotten crypt
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts
My soul, when I can't find
The missing link between some name
That ends the same as mine
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