Saturday 19th May 2018 - Number 3139

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Today's Blog

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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 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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 LAWS FAMILY REGISTER

We are happy to work on your 

LAWS FAMILY TREE

(maybe we already have)

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

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registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk

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   EXTRACTS FROM OUR DATABASE

PLEASE NOTE

We have excluded records of living people to protect their Privacy -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 publish within this blog your stories of your LAWS research, and also list members of the LAWS and LAWES family you are searching for.

We are happy to help you with your LAWS / LAWES research, and in certain instances we may be willing to undertake private research on your behalf.

Family Events from our database, for today 18th May 

BIRTHS 

1794 - Baptism: Thomas LAWS-3516, (Farmer 70 acres 3 labs)  Hevingham Norfolk England

1826 - Birth: Clementina Mingay LAWS-32113, Kings Lynn Norfolk England

1834 - Christen: Elizabeth LAWS-4456, Greenwich Kent England

1855 - Birth: Eliza Jane LAWS-3694, Liverpool, New South Wales AUSTRALIA

1861 - Baptism: Phillip John LAWS-7071,  (Tailor) Fincham Norfolk England

1872 - Christen: Emily Annie LAWS-4248, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England

1875 - Birth: Alfred LAWS-3438, (Farm Bailiff) Horstead Norfolk England

1878 - Birth: Jesse William George LAWES-24456, (Engine Driver) Ringwood Hampshire England

1888 - Birth: Clifton Marlon LAWS-42116, 

1888 - Birth: Howard LAWS-30646, Ohio United States

1891 - Birth: Frank Reginald LAWS-27837, (Mechanical Engineer) Greenwich Kent England

1892 - Birth: Horace Warren LAWS-36385, 

1894 - Birth: Flora LAWS-41715,

1900 - Birth: Cecil Sydney LAWS-12891, (Australian Army NX1791229) Goulburn New South Wales Australia

1901 - Birth: Eric Francis LAWS-11506, Cowra New South Wales AUSTRALIA

1902 - Birth: Gertrude Mary LAWS-34822, (Permanent Civil Servant Typist) Chelsea Middlesex England

1912 - Birth: Frank Henry LAWS-41185, 

1912 - Birth: Bertram William Charles LAWS-31367, (AB "Atheltarn") 

1912 - Birth: Bertie William Charles  LAWS-16504, (Seaman) Great Yarmouth Norfolk England

1915 - Birth: Betty LAWES-47521, (Secretary & Typist for Heating Company) 

1915 - Birth: Thomas Samuel LAWS-21705, Rookwood New South Wales Australia

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MARRIAGES

1764 - Marriage: Robert LAWES-20397 and Sarah RICHARDSON-29537, Ryton Durham England

1912 - Marriage: Frank LAWS-19813 and Della FANN-19814, Westlake Idaho County Idaho United States

1920 - Marriage: Harry M LAWS-45683 and Ethel Viola EMERY-45684, Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, United States

1923- Marriage: Frederick Thomas BUSHELL-24502 (Labourer) and Ellen Flora LAWES-24501,  (Hand Sewer)                Norwich Norfolk England

1934 - Marriage: George James Ernest LAWS-34487 and Elizabeth THOMAS-43348, 

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DEATHS

1852 - Death: Edward Gilbert LAWS-32975, Lambeth Surrey England

1891 - Will Proved: James LAWS-6093,  (Wine Cooper & Tavern Keeper) 

1897 - Death: Hannah LAWS-39012, (Widow) Coxhoe Durham England

1904 - Death: Jane Benbow LAWS-8192, (Elementary Teacher)  South Shields Durham England

1915 - Death: William LAWS-7268, Gilsland Cumberland England

1916 - Death: Henry Willis LAWS-24895,  (Day Clerk) Marion, Mercer County Missouri United States

1928 - Death: Vincent Archibald LAWES-13243, (Designer at Brassworks ) Rochester New Hampshire 

           United States

1933 - Death: William Hart LAWS-13799, Blanding Utah United States

1937 - Burial: William LAWS-28132, Stockton-On-Tees Durham England

1947 - Death: Alfred John LAWS-32356,  (Butcher) Chatteris Cambridgeshire England

1951 - Death: Thomas Cresswell LAWS-31266,  (Company Secretary) Worthing Sussex England

1979 - Death: Trentis Carroll LAWS-6712, Silkston, Scott County Missouri United States

1983 - Burial: Harold Wilbert LAWS-3268, (Farmer) Shepparton Victoria Australia 

           (Pine Lodge Cemetery (Banksia Lea site 122)

1997 - Death: John H LAWS-16740, (Captain US Army Air Corps) 

1998 - Death: Gwenneth Lena LAWES-14537, Brighton-le-Sands, formerly of Cronulla New South Wales                             AUSTRALIA

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MISC & OTHER INFORMATION

1848 - Residence: Hannah BRYAN-10158, (Spinster) Pailton Warwickshire England

1919 - Miscellaneous: James Rogers DeWitt LAWS-36549, (Dentist) 

1919 - Residence: Raymond Herbert LAWS-41675, (Canadian Army Private 2606303)  Kelowna, 

           British  Columbia CANADA

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OTHER BIRTHS 

1850 - Baptism: William  IVES-21679, (Shoemaker)  Great Yarmouth Norfolk England

1862 - Birth: Emily Alice HIBBIT-28590, Kilburn Middlesex England

1879 - Birth: Clara Camile CAMP-11266, 

1882 - Birth: Ada Eva EATON-38972, Poole Dorset England

1892 - Birth: Kate Ethel VIVYAN-24007, Bermondsey Surrey England

1894 - Birth: Elsie Minerva BROWN-22554, Garden Prairie, Boone County. Illinois United States

1897 - Birth: Beatrice Maud MITCHELL-38308, Exeter Devonshire England

1902 - Birth: Alice M DRUMMER-37046, 

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OTHER MARRIAGES

1866 - Marriage: William JENNINGS-14240  (Colliery Labourer & Banksman) and Mary Ann ELLIS-14360,                     Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England

           (My wifes Great Grandfather by two routes)

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OTHER DEATHS

1781 - Death: William LITTLE-43540, Bromfield Cumberland England

1874 - Death: John ELL-46634,  (Farmer 156 Acres employing 7 men and 4 boys) Henlow Bedfordshire England

            (My 4th Great Grandfather)

1931 - Burial: Mary Ann JENNINGS-23556, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England

           

1957 - Death: Cyril (Storekeeper) GODFREY-20778, Acton Middlesex England

1986 - Death: Rose BRAILSFORD-41377, Croxley Green Hertfordshire England

Did you find anyone, whether its yes or no we'd love to hear from you, we've got over 46,500 records

Mail us at

registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk 

  -----------'MV Clearton'---------------

Clearton was torpedoed and damaged by U-102 about 180 miles W of Ushant on July 1, 1940 at 11.55 hours and became a straggler. Two hours later, she was again torpedoed and sunk in position 47.53N, 09.30W. The master (John Edward Elsdon), 24 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the HMS Vansittart, which had just sunk the U-boat, and were landed in Plymouth. Eight crew members lost their lives and are commemorated at Tower Hill, Panel 31.

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,

Thats's safely hidden now away

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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Albert Laws

1888-1969

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