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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
my paternal Great Grandfather
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
This is Robert Henry's Wife
Sarah Ann Laws, formerly Fuller
My paternal Great Grandmother
1846-1924
R I P
Gone but not forgotten, this blog is dedicated
to all those who have borne our illustrious
surnames LAWS and LAWES Worldwide
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A Child of the Twenties
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A Child of the Twenties
A suburban childhood of the Twenties
seen from the Nineteen Nineties
by my late father
John Robert Laws 1921-2008
Part 23
Further Afield Part 3
The highlights of the Naples visit were the late evening view over the lights
over the city, from a highpoint on the northern edge with Vesuvius in the
background. The ascent of Vesuvius itself and seeing the excavated city
of Herculaneum.
over the city, from a highpoint on the northern edge with Vesuvius in the
background. The ascent of Vesuvius itself and seeing the excavated city
of Herculaneum.
The volcano was pretty well behaved at that time and having gone up, by the
funicular rail car we were able to descend into the enormous crater where a
constant roman candle of lava blobs was building a new central cone.
Intrepid Italian entrepreneurs were busy pushing coins into the little blobs
before they cooled and selling the resulting souvenirs to tourists.
funicular rail car we were able to descend into the enormous crater where a
constant roman candle of lava blobs was building a new central cone.
Intrepid Italian entrepreneurs were busy pushing coins into the little blobs
before they cooled and selling the resulting souvenirs to tourists.
In contrast to the lively volcano, Herculaneum was many centuries’ dead.
With its heavy shroud of volcanic ash shovelled and swept away its slab paved
streets peopled with a few groups of tourists were not for me evocative of
the crowds of shoving and successful citizens who thronged its streets until
the Reaper came with his volcano.
With its heavy shroud of volcanic ash shovelled and swept away its slab paved
streets peopled with a few groups of tourists were not for me evocative of
the crowds of shoving and successful citizens who thronged its streets until
the Reaper came with his volcano.
For the same reason, it was not depressing either, it was another museum
with fine examples of a Roman town complete with arts and crafts collected
on the spot.
with fine examples of a Roman town complete with arts and crafts collected
on the spot.
Why do I not remember the long journey back, it was just unmemorable
or were there too many little bottles with our packed lunches so that we
dozed on the wooden seats. Perhaps we just got tired, almost unthinkable in
one's teenage years.
or were there too many little bottles with our packed lunches so that we
dozed on the wooden seats. Perhaps we just got tired, almost unthinkable in
one's teenage years.
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NORWAY
The Journey to Norway was different. We went on an old troopship and it
was boys only, a big party several hundred strong, from many schools,
no hotel this time we slept in hammocks slung above the tables where
we ate by day. It was hot and we had the occasional chance to sleep on
deck instead of in the hammocks. The hard deck was just as impossible
as the sagging hammocks. At least we learnt that a bed is a luxury.
was boys only, a big party several hundred strong, from many schools,
no hotel this time we slept in hammocks slung above the tables where
we ate by day. It was hot and we had the occasional chance to sleep on
deck instead of in the hammocks. The hard deck was just as impossible
as the sagging hammocks. At least we learnt that a bed is a luxury.
Bergen was the first port of call. The ship tied up along the long quay
where the town faces out over the water and which seemed to us to be the
town centre. The funicular railway took us up to the viewpoint above the
town from which the town and its harbour and the fiord running out
towards the sea are laid out like a green map with blue water and red
roofs with toy boats at rest in the harbour.
where the town faces out over the water and which seemed to us to be the
town centre. The funicular railway took us up to the viewpoint above the
town from which the town and its harbour and the fiord running out
towards the sea are laid out like a green map with blue water and red
roofs with toy boats at rest in the harbour.
We also went into the mountains by way of the railway which climbs its
way over to Oslo. The railway the like of which we had never seen before,
as it clambered through the steep ascent with the aid of a central rack rail
and crawled through tunnels and across rock faces to take us up and out
onto the high land. There we walked and saw the ski runs and the big wooden
structure of the ski jump all stranded in grass with not a flake of snow in the
hot sunshine.
way over to Oslo. The railway the like of which we had never seen before,
as it clambered through the steep ascent with the aid of a central rack rail
and crawled through tunnels and across rock faces to take us up and out
onto the high land. There we walked and saw the ski runs and the big wooden
structure of the ski jump all stranded in grass with not a flake of snow in the
hot sunshine.
Despite the rocky terrain, rich grass seemed to be the predominant colour of
the countryside as we sailed along the coast and into Sogne Fiord where
our ship was dwarfed to a toy again between the towering mountains on
either side. Here and there tiny fields of hay were patched into the forest on
the mountain waterside.
the countryside as we sailed along the coast and into Sogne Fiord where
our ship was dwarfed to a toy again between the towering mountains on
either side. Here and there tiny fields of hay were patched into the forest on
the mountain waterside.
High prowed boats rowed with long oars used the water as a highway from
farm to farm and field to field. At the end of the fiord, we went ashore in the
ship's boats and walked up the valley beside the bubbling bouldered river
to the foot of the glacier which feeds it. A mountain of rather grubby ice
in the blazing hot sunshine turning into sparkling clear water with which
we quenched our thirst on the walk back.
farm to farm and field to field. At the end of the fiord, we went ashore in the
ship's boats and walked up the valley beside the bubbling bouldered river
to the foot of the glacier which feeds it. A mountain of rather grubby ice
in the blazing hot sunshine turning into sparkling clear water with which
we quenched our thirst on the walk back.
The furthest north we went was Trondheim, a little stone town on a hilly site
beside the water. No doubt used to visitors, despite the infancy of tourism,
the peace did not seem disturbed by the invasion of a few hundred English
schoolboys. They had done their share of invading Britain a few centuries ago
and were themselves to be invaded by less welcome visitors only
two or three years later.
beside the water. No doubt used to visitors, despite the infancy of tourism,
the peace did not seem disturbed by the invasion of a few hundred English
schoolboys. They had done their share of invading Britain a few centuries ago
and were themselves to be invaded by less welcome visitors only
two or three years later.
On the ship our amusements were simple, I seem to remember the old
English sports day pastime of jousting astride a slippery pole over a
canvas pool of water and we had a few homegrown concerts and
sing-along’s to disturb the quiet of evening at sea. Not that the North Sea
was quiet all the time, there were moments when we lost all interest in food
and spent time admiring the view over the rail. It was certainly different from
all our other trips,
English sports day pastime of jousting astride a slippery pole over a
canvas pool of water and we had a few homegrown concerts and
sing-along’s to disturb the quiet of evening at sea. Not that the North Sea
was quiet all the time, there were moments when we lost all interest in food
and spent time admiring the view over the rail. It was certainly different from
all our other trips,
The End
BIRTHS
1749 - Christen: James LAWS-7133, Stoke Dameral Devonshire England
1820 - Christen: John Edward LAWS-15028, (Storekeeper/Clerk at Gas Works) Margate Kent England
1826 - Baptism: William LAWS-34391, (Saddler & Harness Maker) Ipswich Suffolk England
1826 - Baptism: Frederick Joseph LAWS-8382, (Master Mariner) Ipswich Suffolk England
1827 - Birth: Elizabeth Fuller (drapers Assistant) LAWS-7262, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1830 - Baptism: Thomas Brignell LAWS-7837, (Secretary Copper Mining Co) London Middlesex England
1891 - Birth: Elsie Maud LAWS-15228, Swannington Norfolk England
1892 - Birth: Walter E LAWES-15784, (Omnibus Driver) Bristol Gloucestershire
England
1895 - Birth: Violet Lizzie LAWES-15784, ie (Liverpool Education Board) Plaistow Essex England
1906 - Birth: Thomas Henry LAWES-15784, AWS-36862, Gateshead Durham England
1920 - Birth: Ivy Doris May LAWS-26156, Manningtree Essex England
MARRIAGES
1773 - Marriage: James SUMMERS-7933 and Mary LAWS-7209, (Spinster) Owslebury Hampshire England
1799 - Marriage: Moses NICHOLS-4970 and Elizabeth LAWS-4971, Gressenhall Norfolk England
1808 - Marriage: John HOBBS-7937 and Elizabeth LAWS-7225, Folkestone Kent
England
1863 - Marriage: James MONEY-8516 (Corn Chandler) and Anna Maria
LAWS-8515, Beccles Suffolk England
1899 - Marriage: Richard Edward LAWS-14836 (Groom in Racing Stables) and
Fanny FROST-4555, East Dereham Norfolk England
1910 - Marriage: Joseph LAWS-28255 (ARMY Private 66036/ 15573) and Selina
HOLMES-28256, Pittington Durham England
1930 - Marriage: William WHITWORTH-44024 (RAF Aircraftsman 1st Class) and Ivy Dorothea Jean LAWS-44022, (Spinster) Folkestone Kent England
1938 - Marriage: William James HAMILTON-11301 and Thelma Louisa LAWS- 11249, Brisbane Queensland Australia
DEATHS
1901 - Death: Phoebe LAWS-13379, East Ham Essex England
1917 - Burial: William John LAWS-7184, (ARMY Gunner 153351)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
1924 - Death: George Pearson LAWS-16112, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1931 - Death: Elizabeth Frances LAWS-28777, Balmain New South Wales Australia
1938 - Death: Thelma Louisa LAWS-11249,
1947 - Death: Maria LAWES-35747,
1948 - Death: William Thomas LAWS-18963, Orange California United States
1952 - Death: Rosa Helen Bullard LAWS-41909, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1952 - Death: Ernest John Woodford LAWES-693, (Railway Signalman) Salisbury, Wiltshire England
1962 - Death: Joseph Milton LAWS-39806,
1963 - Death: Emily Mary LAWS-28385, Bankstown, New South Wales Australia
1980 - Death: Irene P LAWS-40721,
1982 - Death: Wilma LAWS-13497, Blanding Utah United States
1985 - Death: Charles M LAWS-50111,
2002 - Burial: Robert J (Retired Stillman in the oil industry) LAWS-12047, Gregory Texas United States
2004 - Burial: John Frank LAWS-36045, Orlando Florida (Chapel Hill Cemetery)
2007 - Death: Norman Arthur LAWS-35753,
2007 - Death: Harry LAWS-26511, (MRPharmS) Warwick Hospital Warwickshire England
2008 - Death: Jarelle LAWS-32572,
2009 - Burial: David Bearman LAWS-41971, Bath Somerset England
2013 - Death: Gary A LAWS-38433, Auburn Washington United States
MISCELLANEOUS
BIRTHS
1749 - Christen: James LAWS-7133, Stoke Dameral Devonshire England
1820 - Christen: John Edward LAWS-15028, (Storekeeper/Clerk at Gas Works) Margate Kent England
1826 - Baptism: William LAWS-34391, (Saddler & Harness Maker) Ipswich Suffolk England
1826 - Baptism: Frederick Joseph LAWS-8382, (Master Mariner) Ipswich Suffolk England
1827 - Birth: Elizabeth Fuller (drapers Assistant) LAWS-7262, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1830 - Baptism: Thomas Brignell LAWS-7837, (Secretary Copper Mining Co) London Middlesex England
1891 - Birth: Elsie Maud LAWS-15228, Swannington Norfolk England
1892 - Birth: Walter E LAWES-15784, (Omnibus Driver) Bristol Gloucestershire
England
1895 - Birth: Violet Lizzie LAWES-15784, ie (Liverpool Education Board) Plaistow Essex England
1906 - Birth: Thomas Henry LAWES-15784, AWS-36862, Gateshead Durham England
1920 - Birth: Ivy Doris May LAWS-26156, Manningtree Essex England
MARRIAGES
1773 - Marriage: James SUMMERS-7933 and Mary LAWS-7209, (Spinster) Owslebury Hampshire England
1799 - Marriage: Moses NICHOLS-4970 and Elizabeth LAWS-4971, Gressenhall Norfolk England
1808 - Marriage: John HOBBS-7937 and Elizabeth LAWS-7225, Folkestone Kent
England
1863 - Marriage: James MONEY-8516 (Corn Chandler) and Anna Maria
LAWS-8515, Beccles Suffolk England
1899 - Marriage: Richard Edward LAWS-14836 (Groom in Racing Stables) and
Fanny FROST-4555, East Dereham Norfolk England
1910 - Marriage: Joseph LAWS-28255 (ARMY Private 66036/ 15573) and Selina
HOLMES-28256, Pittington Durham England
1930 - Marriage: William WHITWORTH-44024 (RAF Aircraftsman 1st Class) and Ivy Dorothea Jean LAWS-44022, (Spinster) Folkestone Kent England
1938 - Marriage: William James HAMILTON-11301 and Thelma Louisa LAWS- 11249, Brisbane Queensland Australia
DEATHS
1901 - Death: Phoebe LAWS-13379, East Ham Essex England
1917 - Burial: William John LAWS-7184, (ARMY Gunner 153351)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
1924 - Death: George Pearson LAWS-16112, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1931 - Death: Elizabeth Frances LAWS-28777, Balmain New South Wales Australia
1938 - Death: Thelma Louisa LAWS-11249,
1947 - Death: Maria LAWES-35747,
1948 - Death: William Thomas LAWS-18963, Orange California United States
1952 - Death: Rosa Helen Bullard LAWS-41909, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1952 - Death: Ernest John Woodford LAWES-693, (Railway Signalman) Salisbury, Wiltshire England
1962 - Death: Joseph Milton LAWS-39806,
1963 - Death: Emily Mary LAWS-28385, Bankstown, New South Wales Australia
1980 - Death: Irene P LAWS-40721,
1982 - Death: Wilma LAWS-13497, Blanding Utah United States
1985 - Death: Charles M LAWS-50111,
2002 - Burial: Robert J (Retired Stillman in the oil industry) LAWS-12047, Gregory Texas United States
2004 - Burial: John Frank LAWS-36045, Orlando Florida (Chapel Hill Cemetery)
2007 - Death: Norman Arthur LAWS-35753,
2007 - Death: Harry LAWS-26511, (MRPharmS) Warwick Hospital Warwickshire England
2008 - Death: Jarelle LAWS-32572,
2009 - Burial: David Bearman LAWS-41971, Bath Somerset England
2013 - Death: Gary A LAWS-38433, Auburn Washington United States
MISCELLANEOUS 1917 - Burial: William John LAWS-7184, (ARMY Gunner 153351)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
1924 - Death: George Pearson LAWS-16112, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1931 - Death: Elizabeth Frances LAWS-28777, Balmain New South Wales Australia
1938 - Death: Thelma Louisa LAWS-11249,
1947 - Death: Maria LAWES-35747,
1948 - Death: William Thomas LAWS-18963, Orange California United States
1952 - Death: Rosa Helen Bullard LAWS-41909, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1952 - Death: Ernest John Woodford LAWES-693, (Railway Signalman) Salisbury, Wiltshire England
1962 - Death: Joseph Milton LAWS-39806,
1963 - Death: Emily Mary LAWS-28385, Bankstown, New South Wales Australia
1980 - Death: Irene P LAWS-40721,
1982 - Death: Wilma LAWS-13497, Blanding Utah United States
1985 - Death: Charles M LAWS-50111,
2002 - Burial: Robert J (Retired Stillman in the oil industry) LAWS-12047, Gregory Texas United States
2004 - Burial: John Frank LAWS-36045, Orlando Florida (Chapel Hill Cemetery)
2007 - Death: Norman Arthur LAWS-35753,
2007 - Death: Harry LAWS-26511, (MRPharmS) Warwick Hospital Warwickshire England
2008 - Death: Jarelle LAWS-32572,
2009 - Burial: David Bearman LAWS-41971, Bath Somerset England
2013 - Death: Gary A LAWS-38433, Auburn Washington United States
1939 - Residence: Joyce M LAWS-46221, Woodford Bridge Essex England
1953 - Emigration: Frank Henry (Tea Planter) LAWS-8357, Bombay India
OTHER BIRTHS
1777 - Baptism: John PEEL-19223, (Caldbeck huntsman) Caldbeck Cumberland, England
1834 - Birth: Rhoda MICKLEBOROUGH-6452, Horningtoft Norfolk England
1857 - Birth: Rosanne Jemima Emily LOVETT-30788, Stepney Middlesex England
1895 - Birth: Henry Joseph BRAUTIGAM-27396, Edmonton Middlesex England
1913 - Birth: Rose E BENTLEY-49285, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1939 - Residence: Joyce M LAWS-46221, Woodford Bridge Essex England
1953 - Emigration: Frank Henry (Tea Planter) LAWS-8357, Bombay India
1953 - Emigration: Frank Henry (Tea Planter) LAWS-8357, Bombay India
OTHER BIRTHS
1834 - Birth: Rhoda MICKLEBOROUGH-6452, Horningtoft Norfolk England
1857 - Birth: Rosanne Jemima Emily LOVETT-30788, Stepney Middlesex England
1895 - Birth: Henry Joseph BRAUTIGAM-27396, Edmonton Middlesex England
1913 - Birth: Rose E BENTLEY-49285, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
OTHER MARRIAGES
OTHER DEATHS
1905 - Death: Mary Ann ALEXANDER-3615, Grafton New South Wales Australia
1946 - Death: Cornelia Mary SMITHWICK-33697, Sonoma, California USA
1947 - Death: Edith WHITTAKER-38066, Eccles Lancashire England
1951 - Death: Sirlena AVERY-24338, Butler County Missouri United States
1952 - Death: William Francis BRANT-31671(Gun Smith on own account) ,
Birmingham Warwickshire England
1959 - Burial: Alice Maud Mary MORRIS-17273, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1964 - Death: Catherine M BAILEY-3656,
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OTHER MARRIAGES
OTHER DEATHS
1905 - Death: Mary Ann ALEXANDER-3615, Grafton New South Wales Australia
1905 - Death: Mary Ann ALEXANDER-3615, Grafton New South Wales Australia
1946 - Death: Cornelia Mary SMITHWICK-33697, Sonoma, California USA
1947 - Death: Edith WHITTAKER-38066, Eccles Lancashire England
1951 - Death: Sirlena AVERY-24338, Butler County Missouri United States
1952 - Death: William Francis BRANT-31671(Gun Smith on own account) ,
Birmingham Warwickshire England
1959 - Burial: Alice Maud Mary MORRIS-17273, Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1964 - Death: Catherine M BAILEY-3656,
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Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time.
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, 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
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www.one-name.org
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With grateful thanks to Simon Knott
for permission to reproduce his photographs on this site see
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/
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.
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Member of The Guild of One-Name Studies
THE GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES
www.one-name.org
registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk
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With grateful thanks to Simon Knott
for permission to reproduce his photographs on this site see
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/
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