WELCOME TO THE
LAWS FAMILY REGISTER
WELCOME TO THE
LAWS FAMILY REGISTER
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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 our fathers trod,
which 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.
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.
Henry Lawes
1595-1662
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Henry Lawes
1595-1662
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A suburban childhood of the Twenties
As seen from the Nineteen Nineties
By John Robert Laws FICA 1921-2008
Part 10 Education
SCHOOL
Generally in elementary school we did all our lessons in the same room but we did had 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 Winchmore 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 was 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 a 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 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 the basement to the attics. There were perhaps ten rooms large enough to serve as main classrooms with a number of others used as a 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 was 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 groundsmen who kept the playing field as immaculate as the gardens, which no doubt had been 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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A suburban childhood of the Twenties
As seen from the Nineteen Nineties
By John Robert Laws FICA 1921-2008
Part 10 Education
SCHOOL
Generally in elementary school we did all our lessons in the same room but we did had 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 Winchmore 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 was 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 a 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 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 the basement to the attics. There were perhaps ten rooms large enough to serve as main classrooms with a number of others used as a 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 was 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 groundsmen who kept the playing field as immaculate as the gardens, which no doubt had been 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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Extracted from our Database today
Extracted from our Database today
Wednesday 19th August 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1733 - Baptism: John LAWS-38511, Stepney Middlesex England
1788 - Marriage: Green LAWS-45162 (Saddler) and Mary RICHES-2787, Fakenham Norfolk England
1810 - Marriage: Robert NEWMAN-7059 (Bachelor) and Rebecca LAWS-7245, (Spinster) Saint Marylebone Middlesex England
1816 - Marriage: John LAWS-6787 and Sarah Elizabeth STUBBERSFIELD- 6788, Dover Kent England
1821 - Birth: Sarah LAWS-30146, Hilgay Norfolk England
1849 - Christen: Edward LAWS-8830, (Former Mariner) Dymchurch Kent England
1856 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-36610, Aberdare Glamorgan Wales
1863 - Birth: Henry Edward RICHES-30654 (Unemployed), Middlesex England
1871 - Birth: Alice LAWS-6388, West Auckland Durham England
1873 - Birth: Arthur Gilbert LAWES-47340, (Printers Compositor (Retired)
1879 - Birth: George LAWES-817, (Agricultural Contractor)
Donhead Saint Mary Wiltshire England
1880 - Birth: John LAWS-42575, (Gamekeeper)
1886 - Birth: Marion WELLS-46845, Beccles Suffolk England
1888 - Birth: Evelyn Louisa MOULD-45169, Winchester Hampshire England
1893 - Birth: Elizabeth Diosma PFEIFER-24046, Younghusband SA Australia
1894 - Death: Thomas Austin (LAWES-2380, Corn Miller)
Donhead Saint Andrew Wiltshire England
1895 - Birth: Cyril Edgar LAWES-28940, (Tea Broker) Paddington Middlesex England
1896 - Birth: Frederick Compton LAWES-21681, (Canadian Army Private 814293) Reading Berkshire England
1896 - Birth: ArthurLAWS-20700, (HGV Driver) West Ham Essex England
1898 - Birth: Cecil Sydney LAWS-12596, (Australian Army) (NX1791229) Goulburn New South Wales Australia
1899 - Marriage: Arthur LAWS-5025 (Ag Lab) and Alice PEYTO-15117, Swanley Kent England
1900 - Baptism: Ernest Robinson LAWS-30244, Gateshead Durham England
1900 - Death: Amelia Judith WADE-793, Tufnel Park Middlesex England
1904 - Birth: Florence M LAWES-33357, (Solicitors Shorthand Typist)
Reading Berkshire England
1907 - Birth: Sadie Crystal LAWS-50449, California United States
1908 - Birth: John Edward LAWS-34463, (Ag Lab) Ryhall Rutland England
1909 - Birth: Maud LAWS-22191, West Hartlepool Durham England
1912 - Birth: James Peterson LAWS-35245,
1914 - Birth: Frank BURTON-37692, Manchester Lancashire England
1914 - Birth: Hilda CLEGG-35145, Manchester Lancashire England
(My wife's 2nd cousin once removed and 3rd cousin twice removed)
1914 - Birth: Lily Agnes A COTTON-13992,
1915 - Death: Mary A LAWS-32306, Stepney Middlesex England
1915 - Residence: Mary A LAWS-32306, Mile End Middlesex England
1916 - Death: Sidney Charles LAWES-21742 (Army Private 3686) Basra Iraq
1922 - Residence: Jane Catherine LAWS-15039, Plaistow Essex England
1922 - Residence: Sidney Charles WHATLEY-49829, Walthamstow Essex England
1926 - Death: Martha M LAWS-19366, Kendrick, Latah, Idaho, United States
1946 - Death: Howard Whealton LAWS-51512, Honolulu, Hawaii United States
1954 - Death: Robert Edward LAWS-38879, Winston Salem, North Carolina United States
1954 - Death: Anna Elizabeth BENNINGTON-22160, Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
1960 - Death: Evelyn Claudia Fredrica BARKER-38306, Managing Director's Assistant) Ipswich Suffolk England
1977 - Burial: William Richard LAWES-39582, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1988 - Death: Agnes Wilson SINCLAIR-17591, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1988 - Death: Agnes Wilson LAWS-12254, New South Wales Australia
2002 - Death: Sylvia GABBARD-25265, Garden City Michigan United States
2003 - Death: Eileen Ethel LAWS-11305, Auburn New South Wales Australia
2011 - Death: Terence Ronald LAWS-36074,
2016 - Death: David Mitchell LAWES-42055, Teignmouth Devonshire England
MORE TOMORROW
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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
Wednesday 19th August 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1733 - Baptism: John LAWS-38511, Stepney Middlesex England
1788 - Marriage: Green LAWS-45162 (Saddler) and Mary RICHES-2787, Fakenham Norfolk England
1810 - Marriage: Robert NEWMAN-7059 (Bachelor) and Rebecca LAWS-7245, (Spinster) Saint Marylebone Middlesex England
1816 - Marriage: John LAWS-6787 and Sarah Elizabeth STUBBERSFIELD- 6788, Dover Kent England
1821 - Birth: Sarah LAWS-30146, Hilgay Norfolk England
1849 - Christen: Edward LAWS-8830, (Former Mariner) Dymchurch Kent England
1856 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-36610, Aberdare Glamorgan Wales
1863 - Birth: Henry Edward RICHES-30654 (Unemployed), Middlesex England
1871 - Birth: Alice LAWS-6388, West Auckland Durham England
1873 - Birth: Arthur Gilbert LAWES-47340, (Printers Compositor (Retired)
1879 - Birth: George LAWES-817, (Agricultural Contractor)
Donhead Saint Mary Wiltshire England
1880 - Birth: John LAWS-42575, (Gamekeeper)
1886 - Birth: Marion WELLS-46845, Beccles Suffolk England
1888 - Birth: Evelyn Louisa MOULD-45169, Winchester Hampshire England
1893 - Birth: Elizabeth Diosma PFEIFER-24046, Younghusband SA Australia
1894 - Death: Thomas Austin (LAWES-2380, Corn Miller)
Donhead Saint Andrew Wiltshire England
1895 - Birth: Cyril Edgar LAWES-28940, (Tea Broker) Paddington Middlesex England
1896 - Birth: Frederick Compton LAWES-21681, (Canadian Army Private 814293) Reading Berkshire England
1896 - Birth: ArthurLAWS-20700, (HGV Driver) West Ham Essex England
1898 - Birth: Cecil Sydney LAWS-12596, (Australian Army) (NX1791229) Goulburn New South Wales Australia
1899 - Marriage: Arthur LAWS-5025 (Ag Lab) and Alice PEYTO-15117, Swanley Kent England
1900 - Baptism: Ernest Robinson LAWS-30244, Gateshead Durham England
1900 - Death: Amelia Judith WADE-793, Tufnel Park Middlesex England
1904 - Birth: Florence M LAWES-33357, (Solicitors Shorthand Typist)
Reading Berkshire England
1907 - Birth: Sadie Crystal LAWS-50449, California United States
1908 - Birth: John Edward LAWS-34463, (Ag Lab) Ryhall Rutland England
1909 - Birth: Maud LAWS-22191, West Hartlepool Durham England
1912 - Birth: James Peterson LAWS-35245,
1914 - Birth: Frank BURTON-37692, Manchester Lancashire England
1914 - Birth: Hilda CLEGG-35145, Manchester Lancashire England
(My wife's 2nd cousin once removed and 3rd cousin twice removed)
1914 - Birth: Lily Agnes A COTTON-13992,
1915 - Death: Mary A LAWS-32306, Stepney Middlesex England
1915 - Residence: Mary A LAWS-32306, Mile End Middlesex England
1916 - Death: Sidney Charles LAWES-21742 (Army Private 3686) Basra Iraq
1922 - Residence: Jane Catherine LAWS-15039, Plaistow Essex England
1922 - Residence: Sidney Charles WHATLEY-49829, Walthamstow Essex England
1926 - Death: Martha M LAWS-19366, Kendrick, Latah, Idaho, United States
1946 - Death: Howard Whealton LAWS-51512, Honolulu, Hawaii United States
1954 - Death: Robert Edward LAWS-38879, Winston Salem, North Carolina United States
1954 - Death: Anna Elizabeth BENNINGTON-22160, Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
1960 - Death: Evelyn Claudia Fredrica BARKER-38306, Managing Director's Assistant) Ipswich Suffolk England
1977 - Burial: William Richard LAWES-39582, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1988 - Death: Agnes Wilson SINCLAIR-17591, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1988 - Death: Agnes Wilson LAWS-12254, New South Wales Australia
2002 - Death: Sylvia GABBARD-25265, Garden City Michigan United States
2003 - Death: Eileen Ethel LAWS-11305, Auburn New South Wales Australia
2011 - Death: Terence Ronald LAWS-36074,
2016 - Death: David Mitchell LAWES-42055, Teignmouth Devonshire England
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Dear Ancestor,-
Your tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and alone
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.
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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
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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
my paternal Great Grandfather
Barque 'Woolhampton'
This is Robert Henry's Wife
Sarah Ann Laws, formerly Fuller
My paternal Great Grandmother
1846-1924
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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
my paternal Great Grandfather
Barque 'Woolhampton'
This is Robert Henry's Wife
Sarah Ann Laws, formerly Fuller
My paternal Great Grandmother
1846-1924
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Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
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Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
R I P
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It is always advised that you consult original records.
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PLEASE NOTE
PLEASE NOTE
We have excluded records of living people to protect their privacy (GDPR 2018)
We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
We have excluded records of living people to protect their privacy (GDPR 2018)
We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
If you are seeking to find folk after these years you should contact the registrar.
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If you are seeking to find folk after these years you should contact the registrar.
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With grateful thanks to Simon Knott
for his permission to reproduce his photographs on this site
see
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk
This organization recognizes:-
The United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024
We reach out to all regardless of race, colour, creed, or orientation.
This organization recognizes:-
The United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024
We reach out to all regardless of race, colour, creed, or orientation.
Remember
We are all one family
You can e-mail us with your questions,
lawsfhs@gmail.com
Remember
We are all one family
You can e-mail us with your questions,
lawsfhs@gmail.com
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