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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 26th November
Family Event
BIRTHS baptisms etc
1719 - Christen: Elizabeth LAWS-5997, Bishopsgate Middlesex England
1761 - Birth: John LAWES (Ag Lab) -21195, Coombe Bissett Wiltshire England
1806 - Christen: John LAWES (Porter in Silk Warehouse) LAWS-6870, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1869 - Birth: Amelia LAWS-29211, Lambeth Surrey England
1889 - Birth: Charles Oswald Cox LAWES (Engine Driver) -38098, Wilton Wiltshire England
1901 - Birth: Edward G LAWES (Labourer) -45162,
1902 - Baptism: William Claude LAWS-41145, South Wimbledon Surrey England
1902 - Birth: Albert George LAWES-38484,
1902 - Birth: Emma Irene LAWES-1952, Southampton Hampshire England
1904 - Birth: Barbara LAWS-22545, Sunderland Durham England
1910 - Birth: Enid Elizabeth LAWS-31360,
BIRTHS baptisms etc
1719 - Christen: Elizabeth LAWS-5997, Bishopsgate Middlesex England
1761 - Birth: John LAWES (Ag Lab) -21195, Coombe Bissett Wiltshire England
1806 - Christen: John LAWES (Porter in Silk Warehouse) LAWS-6870, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1869 - Birth: Amelia LAWS-29211, Lambeth Surrey England
1889 - Birth: Charles Oswald Cox LAWES (Engine Driver) -38098, Wilton Wiltshire England
1901 - Birth: Edward G LAWES (Labourer) -45162,
1902 - Baptism: William Claude LAWS-41145, South Wimbledon Surrey England
1902 - Birth: Albert George LAWES-38484,
1902 - Birth: Emma Irene LAWES-1952, Southampton Hampshire England
1904 - Birth: Barbara LAWS-22545, Sunderland Durham England
1910 - Birth: Enid Elizabeth LAWS-31360,
MARRIAGES
Egton North Yorkshire England
1812 - Marriage: Samuel LAWS-14118 and Mary RECTOR-16473, Fauquier VA
United States
1853 - Marriage: Thomas Brignell LAWS (Secretary Copper Mining Co) -7994 and
Mary Ann Elizabeth BASHAM (Milliner) -5265, London Middlesex England (St GHS)
1877 - Marriage: Samuel LAWS (Gamekeeper) -8337 and Ann ROBINSON-7798,
Mansfield Nottinghamshire England
1895 - Marriage: Thomas Elijah LAWS (Ag Lab) -8633 and Martha ELLIOTT-23194, Skirlaugh East Yorkshire England
1897 - Marriage: Edward GRAY-26760 and Mary Jane Lewery LAWS (Scholar) -5940, Earsdon Northumberland England
DEATHS burials etc
1829 - Death: George LAWES-324, Breamore Hampshire England
1862 - Death: William LAWES (Carpenter & Builder) -27467, Basingstoke Hampshire England
1882 - Death: Henry LAWS (Shoemaker) -5914, Litcham Norfolk England
1915 - Death: Rufus LAWS (Labourer) -24890, Flat River MO United States
1918 - Admon: Agnes LAWS (Spinster) -6759,
1943 - Death: W R LAWS (RAFVR Sgt as yet unidentified) -43613,
1984 - Death: Katherine Mary LAWS-43006, Leamington Spa Warwickshire England
1984 - Burial: John Henry LAWS (SN US Navy) -16741, Houston, Harris Co Texas
United States
2004 - Death: Billy Reid LAWS-16876, Statesville, Iredell County NC Unighted Streets
1915 - Death: Rufus LAWS (Labourer) -24890, Flat River MO United States
1918 - Admon: Agnes LAWS (Spinster) -6759,
1943 - Death: W R LAWS (RAFVR Sgt as yet unidentified) -43613,
1984 - Death: Katherine Mary LAWS-43006, Leamington Spa Warwickshire England
1984 - Burial: John Henry LAWS (SN US Navy) -16741, Houston, Harris Co Texas
United States
2004 - Death: Billy Reid LAWS-16876, Statesville, Iredell County NC Unighted Streets
MISC
1902 - Residence: William Claude LAWS-41145, South Wimbledon Surrey England
1902 - Residence: Alfred Ebeneezer LAWS Insurance Agent)-4286, South Wimbledon
Surrey England
1918 - Residence: Samuel WITHERS(Coach Builder) -17329, Shrewsbury Shropshire
1918 - Residence: Madelaine Grace Mathews WITHERS-17328, Shrewsbury Shropshie
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OTHER BIRTHS
1865 - Birth: Kittie I MEISSNER-19324, WN1880 - Birth: Belle M CARPENTER-17256, IL UNITED STATES
1888 - Birth: Gertrude Jennie YEARGAIN-36398, Farmington, St.Francois Co. MO
United States
1889 - Birth: Alice Lorinda ROE-3199,
1910 - Birth: Ada Mary Fenn EMSDEN-10883, Thorington Suffolk England
1902 - Residence: William Claude LAWS-41145, South Wimbledon Surrey England
1902 - Residence: Alfred Ebeneezer LAWS Insurance Agent)-4286, South Wimbledon
Surrey England
1918 - Residence: Samuel WITHERS(Coach Builder) -17329, Shrewsbury Shropshire
1918 - Residence: Madelaine Grace Mathews WITHERS-17328, Shrewsbury Shropshie
,
OTHER BIRTHS
1865 - Birth: Kittie I MEISSNER-19324, WN1880 - Birth: Belle M CARPENTER-17256, IL UNITED STATES
1888 - Birth: Gertrude Jennie YEARGAIN-36398, Farmington, St.Francois Co. MO
United States
1889 - Birth: Alice Lorinda ROE-3199,
1910 - Birth: Ada Mary Fenn EMSDEN-10883, Thorington Suffolk England
OTHER MARRIAGES
OTHER DEATHS & Burial
1905 - Death: Jane BARKER-6270, Fincham Norfolk England
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Until school age there was not a lot of contact with adults outside the family. One saw the neighbour in their gardens from time to time but it was not till a little later that a family came next door with whom we became friendly. The Kemble’s had five offspring, five daughters for starters the youngest in her late teens, and a son harry a bit older than myself with whom I became quite friendly. For some years we were regular cycling companions.
My mother used to tell me that when she lived in Devon as a child they had their own cow and that after milking she would separate the cream which she loved and churn the butter. That was all gone for town dwellers of course, but in the grocers shop the butter would still be scooped up and patted into shape instead of arriving in oblong paper packets.
The baker's man pulled a two wheeled handcart with a rounded top and a leg at the back so that it didn't tip up when he let go. He would delve into this for the loaf you wanted, warm and crusty and certainly not wrapped or sliced! The postman was distinctive in his blue uniform with red piping and his odd little flat hat, almost a helmet. He did not bring a load of junk mail for the dustman to take away again, and what he delivered today had been posted yesterday except from foreign parts.
It is odd to have no memory of a butcher delivering at that time, perhaps my mother preferred to select our meat in the shop. There were certainly butchers boys to be seen on their delivery bicycles with a basket on the front, whistling their way around the streets. Later, in the thirties we had a butcher who would call early and then would come back with the meat in time for lunch. Going by the name of Sam Collins he was a big beefy fellow with a perpetual grin who was everybody’s friend.
There were street traders in the twenties as throughout the ages. A muffin man came along the street at weekends ringing his handball with a cloth covering a tray of muffins and crumpets on his head. From time to time a knife grinder would come along with a grinding wheel attached to the front of his bicycle and worked in some mysterious way from the pedals. He called as he came, offering his services and out would come the women with their carvers and kitchen knives to sharpen. Most doorsteps were sandstone anyway so there were plenty who managed well without him.
1905 - Death: Jane BARKER-6270, Fincham Norfolk England
1931 - Death: Emily WARDLEY-8221, Doncaster, South Yorkshire England
1936 - Death: Ellen PHILLIPSON-13951, University College Hospital, Gower Street Middlesex Resided Woodrising, Shooters Way, Berkhampstead Hertfordshire England
1965 - Death: John M HARRELL-41774,
1965 - Death: Kittie I MEISSNER-19324, San Joaquin CA United States
1936 - Death: Ellen PHILLIPSON-13951, University College Hospital, Gower Street Middlesex Resided Woodrising, Shooters Way, Berkhampstead Hertfordshire England
1965 - Death: John M HARRELL-41774,
1965 - Death: Kittie I MEISSNER-19324, San Joaquin CA United States
A CHILD OF THE 1920's
AS SEEN FROM THE 1990's
by
John Robert Laws 1921-2008
Until school age there was not a lot of contact with adults outside the family. One saw the neighbour in their gardens from time to time but it was not till a little later that a family came next door with whom we became friendly. The Kemble’s had five offspring, five daughters for starters the youngest in her late teens, and a son harry a bit older than myself with whom I became quite friendly. For some years we were regular cycling companions.
The tradesmen were the people who are impressed on my memory. Delivery was order of the day despite shopping on an almost daily basis. The milkman had an open backed float with churns in it and would dip the milk out with a long handled measure into your jug. It was not long till he graduated to a horse and cart with four wheels and milk in glass bottles with cardboard tops but in very hot weather, despite two deliveries a day, you still had to boil the milk soon after delivery before it went off.
My mother used to tell me that when she lived in Devon as a child they had their own cow and that after milking she would separate the cream which she loved and churn the butter. That was all gone for town dwellers of course, but in the grocers shop the butter would still be scooped up and patted into shape instead of arriving in oblong paper packets. The grocer delivered as well and his man would arrive at the door step and jog the memory with a verbal list of commodities delivered in a rapid fire voice rather like a market auctioneer."Salt - Pepper - Vinegar-Mustard" he would fire away and then take up his list at the same point after he had been interrupted with an item.
The baker's man pulled a two wheeled handcart with a rounded top and a leg at the back so that it didn't tip up when he let go. He would delve into this for the loaf you wanted, warm and crusty and certainly not wrapped or sliced! The postman was distinctive in his blue uniform with red piping and his odd little flat hat, almost a helmet. He did not bring a load of junk mail for the dustman to take away again, and what he delivered today had been posted yesterday except from foreign parts.
It is odd to have no memory of a butcher delivering at that time, perhaps my mother preferred to select our meat in the shop. There were certainly butchers boys to be seen on their delivery bicycles with a basket on the front, whistling their way around the streets. Later, in the thirties we had a butcher who would call early and then would come back with the meat in time for lunch. Going by the name of Sam Collins he was a big beefy fellow with a perpetual grin who was everybody’s friend.
There were street traders in the twenties as throughout the ages. A muffin man came along the street at weekends ringing his handball with a cloth covering a tray of muffins and crumpets on his head. From time to time a knife grinder would come along with a grinding wheel attached to the front of his bicycle and worked in some mysterious way from the pedals. He called as he came, offering his services and out would come the women with their carvers and kitchen knives to sharpen. Most doorsteps were sandstone anyway so there were plenty who managed well without him.
In the High Street there were those who offered oddments from doorways, matches and lemons spring to mind. Along the gutters the sandwich board men, walked, enclosed in their advertising matter or calls to repentance, sometimes singly sometimes in threes or fours in a straggling crocodile. Occasionally there was an organ grinder on the corner of a side street, winding his handle and his mechanical music would add to the general street noise. There is an impression of noisiness in the High Street.
Apart from the street traders there were trams clattering on their steel rails, horses were iron shod and so were the wheels of most of the carts. Lorries vans and cars were less well silenced and there was even the occasional Steam traction engine. However there were no motor scooters and the few motorbikes did not roar around.
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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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