Thursday 23rd August 2018 - Number 3224

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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 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)

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Starting today

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

by

My late father, John Robert Laws 1921-2008

IN THE BEGINNING

The war had been over three years, the Kaiser's War that is. It was late afternoon on Christmas Eve and the sun had gone down for the day, the gaslight on and the fires lit, but of course I don't remember, as I was the early Christmas present for my Mum.

When memory reaches back to its furthest it is summer, there is a lot of summer in the early years, or so it seems. There are laburnums in flower in the garden and wooden toys with nodding heads, a swan, and a rhino to be pulled along on wheels and always the sound of trains with smoke and steam.

Every morning just after ten there was the Flying Scotsman to watch go by and then there was shunting and banging all day and night that one slept soundly through, just as one now sleeps through the noise of the television. The smoke and soot annoyed my mum, but to an infant, it was just an interesting smell which came and went, perhaps a little stronger when one climbed the railway fence to get a better view. A few missing palings made this easy even for the smallest child.

Over the fence was a narrow strip of unkempt grass often burnt in summer when a spark from a passing locomotive set it alight, at other times an unofficial path for railwaymen, children, and burglars. The tracks lay about fifteen feet down from the grass, the land held up by a hefty retaining wall. Lots of tracks, maybe a dozen, with another track on a long bridge crossing them at an acute angle and takings trains from one side to the other without touching the fast line.

The land rose on the other side of the tracks, a steep tall grassy bank with a proper footpath along the top beyond the fence and even seats along the top. In the afternoon sunshine, these would be occupied by mums and nannies with prams while the trains amused the vociferous offspring. It was not till later that I explored these distant parts, a sprawl of suburbia from the late nineteenth century broken here and there by parks and sports grounds.

To be continued tomorrow

EXTRACTS FROM OUR DATABASE FOR TODAY 23rd AUGUST

BIRTHS 

1846 - Baptism: Annabella LAWS-10624, Heddon on the Wall Northumberland England

1848 - Birth: Joseph Burnett Eldon Francis LAWS-18564, (Farmer) Tynemouth Northumberland England

1864 - Birth: Richard George Hamilton LAWES-28599, Holbeck West Yorkshire England

1881 - Birth: John LAWS-33999, (Coal Miner/Stoneman) Morpeth Northumberland England

1885 - Birth: George William Henry LAWS-15270, (RN 343558 Crewman later Dock Labourer))  Camberwell Surrey England

1889 - Birth: Albert Reginald Howell LAWES-2788, (General Labourer) Shaftesbury Dorset England

1894 - Birth: Constance Adelaide LAWS-21517, Litcham Norfolk England

1899 - Birth: Walter Leslie LAWES-24570, (Baker)  Waverley New South Wales Australia

1901 - Birth: William A LAWS-43928, (Gem Grinder/Optical Glass Worker) 

1907 - Birth: Constance Eaves LAWS-36321, (Spinster) Derby Derbyshire England

1908 - Birth: Constance E LAWES-48999,  (Municipal Typist/Clerk) 

1908 - Birth: Alice Louise LAWES-38025, 

1913 - Birth: Frederick LAWES-49114,  (Ag Lab)

1913 - Birth: William George F LAWES-35758, (Carpenter & Case maker) 

MARRIAGES
1784 - Marriage: William BALLS-1894 and Ellen LAWES-1895, Holme Hale Norfolk England

1824 - Marriage: James Walter LAWS-22448 (Carter) and Elizabeth LITTLE-22449, Newington Surrey England

1845 - Marriage: Thomas Cook RICHARDSON-34843 and Amelia LAWS-34842, 
Bow Middlesex England

1892 - Marriage: John Robinson MIDDLETON-43120  (Blacksmith) and Caroline LAWES-1945, (Dressmaker)  Maidenhead Berkshire England

1899 - Marriage: Charles Issac LAWS-27794 and Martha Jane TIBBS-40827, Wayne County Illinois United States

1912 - Marriage: Edmund Powell GALBRAITH-13811 and Wilma Hills LAWS-13810, 

DEATHS

1840 - Death: William LAWS-2924, Chatteris Cambridgeshire England

1871 - Burial: Algernon Blofield LAWES-27225, 

1884 - Death: Thomas LAWES-1347, (Gentleman Independent means) St Pancras Middlesex England

1886 - Death: James LAWS-3328, (Hotel Contractor & Pig Keeper) Acton Middlesex England

1899 - Death: Edmund Thomas LAWS-5169, (Hotel Chef) Broseley Shropshire England

1902 - Death: Charles LAWS-4758, (Engine & Crane Driver) Barking Essex England

1909 - Death: Walter Saul  LAWS-7917, (Cabinet Maker) Peacock Street, Norwich Norfolk England

1980 - Death: Ronald D LAWS-16795, (MSgt US Air Force)  

1981 - Death: Herbert William LAWS-25714, (Bricklayer retired) NewZealand

1983 - Death: Amy Louise LAWES-2785, Manchester, Hillsborough New Hampshire United States

1988 - Death: Thomas William LAWS-48090, (Foreman Plumber)  Guisborough North Yorkshire England

1914 - Death: Stephen LAWES-22229, (ARMY Private L/8222) 

1916 - Death: Susan LAWS-29145, West Ham Essex England

1918 - Death: Richard William LAWS-11512, (Australian Army - Private 4829) killed in Action

1946 - Death: Frank Burgess LAWES-815, (Ironmonger, Radio & Cycle Dealer)  Northampton Northamptonshire England

2003 - Death: Robert Eland  LAWS-12946, (Australian Army) Wavell Heights New South Wales Australia

2011 - Cremation: Donald LAWS-8683, Tunbridge Wells Kent England

MISCELLANEOUS

1892 - Residence: Caroline LAWES-1945, (Dressmaker) Maidenhead Berkshire England

1892 - Residence: John Robinson MIDDLETON-43120, (Blacksmith) Eastbourne Sussex England

1911 - Residence: Martha SANCTUARY-4640, Wood Green Middlesex England

1915 - Enlistment: Herbert Henry LAWS-5019, (ARMY Private 1444) Potchefstroom 
South Africa

1950 - Burial: Lavinia CHEESEBOROUGH-2664, Rock Springs, Swetwr., Wyoming 
United States

1957 - Residence: Helen LAWS-47197, Sholing Hampshire England

OTHER BIRTHS
1779 - Birth: Rebecca LAWS/JUDGE-43532,

1875 - Birth: Ada Louisa BENNETT-32466, Cardiff Glamorgan Wales

1876 - Birth: William H PAYNE-3710, (Farmer/Caretaker) Ellerston New South Wales Australia

1879 - Birth: Annie Catherine ZIMMERMAN-20747, United States

1888 - Birth: Flora Ann GREEN-29479, 

1905 - Birth: Astrid Geraldine DELEON-13550, Omaha Nebraska United States

OTHER MARRIAGES 

1941 - Marriage: Walter WEBBER-14165 (Chemists Assistant) and Olive CHARTERS-14164, Wingate West Yorkshire England

OTHER DEATHS

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

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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.

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

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