Sunday 16th September 2018 - Number 3247

Welcome to the Laws Family Blog

We reach out to all, regardless of Race, Colour, Creed, Gender & Orientation, or National Origin, with support for researching family history and documenting cultural inheritance.

Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and alone, 

The names and dates are chiseled 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 not entirely 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. 

Dear Reader, we are happy to work on your 

LAWS FAMILY TREE

(maybe we already have)

---------------------------------------------------

Hi everyone, our database has 48,352 Folk, 15,807 Families, 115,524 Events in 10,810 Places 

Is your LAWS family amongst them? Did one of your family marry into one of these, Mail us today with your inquiry. we'd be glad to help you.

Enquires are still  very welcome, so please e-mail us at

registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk

-------------------------------

   PLEASE NOTE  GDPR (2018) PRIVACY TERMS

We have excluded records of living people to protect their Privacy. We only show births before 1920 and marriages before 1940.  If you are interested in anyone listed here, email us with the name, dates and reference number, and we will happily do a lookup. We are happy to help you with your, Laws or Lawes research, and in certain instances, we may be willing to undertake private research on your behalf.  
We will be happy to publish in this blog the stories of your Laws or Lawes research, and also to list members of the Laws or Lawes family you are searching for. (Subject to the rule above.)

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

A child of the 1920's as seen from the 1990's

by

My late father, John Robert Laws 1921-2008

Part 24.


Wanderers

Apart from the occasional dog taking itself for a walk, the animals were only squirrels. The fox had not discovered the joys of urban life and the smaller rodents were not obvious.

 The acquisition of roller skates which extended the range of wandering on foot from three or four miles distance, to twice that range. I was able to go off for the day with one or two other roller-skating fanatics and a supply of sandwiches and lemonade and could get to such fascinating places as the River Lea and Epping Forest.

Watching the lock gates working as barges were pulled through by enormous horses on the towpath filled idle summer hours in those times when the days and the weeks were longer. What we called the River Lea was the canal, of course, the remains of the river we called the Old Lea but except in times of flood, it was a rather trifling stream.

The canal carried the fuel for the power station at Enfield, and also a lot of timber for the various timber yards along its banks. This was all brought from the then very active docks in London and the canal ran north as far as Hertford in territory I could not explore until I got a bike. The numerous miles covered on our roller skates on the abrasive stone paving wore their steel wheels smaller and smaller till at last the ball bearings escaped and hard saved pennies had to be spent in Lays Street market where anything could be bought including skate wheels.

I already knew the forest from visits with my father, sometimes with the rest of the family. He knew the area well and no doubt also wandered there as a boy having lived at Tottenham.

It sometimes seems that, despite memories, one was less observant as a small child. Despite natural curiosity, there is a much smaller base of knowledge with which to compare things. Trees are mostly just trees and only very noticeable birds stand out from the mass, there were squawking Jays flashing away in the trees and newts and tadpoles in the ponds. There were snakes and deer there too, but I never saw any deer and only once an adder. The squirrels seemed to have had it to themselves, even the rabbits that overran the countryside kept to the edge of the woodland.

For wandering boys, the wandering was an end, a joy in itself.

To be continued tomorrow

There's a family who misses you dearly, 

In a home where you used to be; 

There's a family who wanted to keep you, 

But God willed it not to be. 

You left many happy memories, 

And a sorrow too great to be told; 

But to us who loved and lost you, 

Your memory will never grow old.

EXTRACTS FROM OUR DATABASE FOR TODAY 16th SEPTEMBER

(Please note all spelling is British English)

BIRTHS 

1810 - Baptism: Edward LAWS-24232, Whickham Durham England

1828 - Baptism: Kezia LAWS-27446, Alkham Kent England

1850 - Birth: William Hart LAWS-13799, Weeting Norfolk England(St Mary & All Saints)

1854 - Birth: David LAWES-1518, (Property Owner)  South Shields, Durham, England

1857 - Birth: Swinburn J LAWS-21935, Crown Point, Lake County Indiana United States

1862 - Birth: James LAWS-24444, (RN 106317)  Plumstead Kent England

1864 - Birth: Mary LAWS-43773, (Private Means & Spinster)

1865 - Birth: John LAWS-30639, Mercer County Kentucky United States

1868 - Birth: Robert George LAWS-32463, (Stockbroker) Kensington Middlesex England

1870 - Birth: Jessie LAWS-17140,

1876 - Birth: Matthew LAWS-42685, (Tailor)

1882 - Birth: Maud C LAWS-30478, Tennessee United States

1886 - Baptism: Annie Louise Mary Elizabeth LAWS-23062, Elham Kent England

1894 - Birth: Wilfred LAWS-29039, Bedlington Northumberland England

1894 - Birth: Isabella Dora Harrison LAWS-25346, Laidley Queensland Australia


1900 - Birth: Bernard John Alfred LAWES-40249, (Milk Lorry Driver)  Margate Kent England

1906 - Birth: Dorothy Joyce Whittaker LAWES-39049, Sydney New South Wales Australia

1907 - Birth: George Edward LAWS-25109, (Machinist)

1909 - Birth: Lily R LAWS-47887, (Shop Assistant)

1911 - Birth & Death: Kenneth Osborn LAWS-24860, Mill Grove, Washington, Mercer County Missouri United States

1912 - Birth: George P  LAWS-42467, (Labourer)

1919 - Birth: Mildred LAWS-38396, Illinois United States

MARRIAGES

1811 - Marriage: Thomas TRIGG-7111 and Sarah LAWS-7991, Guildford Surrey England

1879 - Marriage: Charles WALLER-45346 (Clerk) and Jane LAWES-30995, Stratford Essex England

1891 - Marriage: Edwin BUMP-25140 and Cynthia LAWS-25139, Lake County. Indiana United States

1902 - Marriage: Lorenzo Jewell ROWLEY-36013 and Jennie Alfreda LAWS-13835, Chihuahua MEXICO

1913 - Marriage: William Henry LAWES-25403 (Railroad Surveyor & Miner)  and Edith Jane SHANKS-25411, Rockhampton Queensland Australia

1914 - Marriage: Charles LAWS (Farmer) -11992 and Lily SKEELS-11993, Chatteris Cambridgeshire England

1916 - Marriage: Terrance Stanley LAWS-46859 and Elizabeth CONNERS-46860, Hardin County Ohio United States

1926 - Marriage: Chester HOUK-22531 and Gladys Lela LAWS-22530, Princeton, Mercer County Missouri United States

DEATHS 

1730 - Burial: Edward LAWES-1546, St.Vedast Foster-Lane Middlesex England, In Ye New Vault!

1735 - Burial: John LAWES-9664, St.James Clerkenwell Middlesex England

1743 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-7537, (Prisoner! in Newgate Prison) Newgate London England

1796 - Death: Robert LAWS-34533,

1865 - Death: Rebecca  LAWS- (Widow) 7902, Southwold Suffolk England

1868 - Death: Frederick LAWES-25836,

1891 - Death: Sarah LAWS (Widow) -8303, Framlingham Suffolk England

1916 - Death: Edward LAWS-22262, (ARMY Private 6068)

1916 - Death: Myrtle LAWS-19536,

1919 - Death: Thomas LAWS-8570, Willington Durham England

1922 - Burial: Sydney Hay LAWS-40879 (Clerk NER Coal Depot), Darlington Durham England

1933 - Death: Alice Annie LAWS-9623, (Widow) East Finchley Middlesex England

1950 - Death: Norman Alford LAWS-19411, San Mateo California United States

1950 - Death: Lewis Greer LAWS-19408, Los Angeles California United States

1960 - Death: Matthew LAWS-39308, Ashington Northumberland England

1963 - Burial: Annie Grace LAWS-12040, Fawkner Victoria Australia

1966 - Death: Milton R LAWS-16516,

1988 - Death: Leonard Owen Maxwell LAWS-14624, Dubbo New South Wales Australia

1989 - Death: Harold Victor LAWS-15949, (Senior Staff Officer Inland Revenue) Clevedon Somerset England

1991 - Death: Robert Franklin LAWS-18009, (Advertising agency executive)  Los Angeles CA United States

1992 - Death: Elwood Wayne LAWS-22772, Price Utah United States

1993 - Death: Wilfred Athey LAWS-36085, Hexham Northumberland England

1997 - Death: Barbara Ann LAWS-12543, Forster, New South Wales Australia

2010 - Death: Barry Anthony LAWS-46767, Orpington Kent England

MISCELLANEOUS

1909 - Admon: Walter Saul LAWS-7917, (Cabinet Maker)

1960 - Residence: Matthew LAWS-39308, Blyth Northumberland England

1978 - Residence: Frederick DENNY-17413, Llandrindod Wells Radnorshire Wales

1978 - Residence: Wilfred LAWS-17410, Llandrindod Wells Radnorshire Wales

1996 - Probate: Winifred LAWS-41122, City of London, England

OTHER BIRTHS

1874 - Birth: Gertrude Mary RAPIER-12650, Leichhardt, New South Wales Australia

1890 - Birth: Lily Mary GLENTWORTH-8072, South Bank North Yorkshire England

1908 - Birth: Lyle Dennis BAILEY-35684, Dale, Douglas County Nebraska United States

 OTHER MARRIAGES 

OTHER DEATHS

1943 - Death: Margaretta DOBIE-9655, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England

1976 - Death: Doris M CRANE-41809, Ipswich Suffolk England

Did you find anyone? whether it's yes or no, we'd still love to hear from you, we've got  48,276 records, Mail us at

 registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk

  -----------'HMS Trincomalee' ---------

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 our fathers trod.

Which led them through so many lands, to find our present sod.

that missing link between some name that ends the same as mine

Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript, 

that's safely hidden now away, in some forgotten crypt. 

Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts my soul when I can't find,

that missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine.

Sharon Nicola LAWS

2008 Olympics Cyclist

Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc 

1974-2017

R I P

The content provided on this site is not guaranteed to be error free 

It is always advised that you consult original records.

Member of The Guild of One-Name Studies

THE GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES

www.one-name.org

registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk

With grateful thanks to Simon Knott 

for permission to reproduce his photographs on this site see 

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/

We support INVICTUS and Help for Heroes

"This organization recognizes:- 
The United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024. 

We reach out to all regardless of race, color, creed, orientation or national origin with support for researching family and documenting cultural inheritance