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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A Child of the Twenties
A suburban childhood of the Twenties
seen from the Nineteen Nineties
by
John Robert Laws FICA 1921-2008
Chapter 21
A Child of the Nineteen Twenties
The school journeys abroad were more of a revelation than the camps. Package holidays had not yet been dreamed up and although the wealthy might holiday in the South of France or, you could ‘Join the Army and see the world’, the general urge to travel was only just beginning.
I recall a book called ‘France on ten pounds’ but only a few had the inclination, the time and the ten pounds, to follow its inviting advice. Trips by school parties must have whetted the appetite of many in the latter part of the years between the wars.
We went to Paris in 1937, the year of the big Paris Exhibition. It was immediately evident that our French was not their French, understanding some of the written signs seemed to be our limit. As well as the historic buildings of the city which are compulsory viewing for all visitors we were able to visit the exhibition, grandiosely laid out with a long vista of lakes and fountains down a slope towards the Eiffel Tower. The contents of the impressive pavilions seemed insignificant compared to the buildings particularly the Soviet building surmounted by enormous figures of a man and a woman holding aloft a hammer and a sickle.
What we really enjoyed, however, was the roller coaster ride which must have made tame all previous efforts in this direction. This and the ascent of the Eiffel Tower, which laid out a map of Paris below us were the highlights of the day of sunshine and unnoticed footslogging.
Of the conventional sights of Paris, the stained glass impressed me most and then the white mass of Sacre’ Coeur on its hill looking down on the city, where the ever-present taxis hurtled around corners blaring on their horns. The traffic must have been light or they could not have done it.
Our few days of cultural duty in Paris done, we had a day or two at Wimereau on the channel coast, lazing, swimming and sitting on the beach. The beach was vast and flat with a good stiff breeze for the sand yachts which trundled along and across at a fair pace. A new sight for me then and one which I have never seen since.
Even now there seems to be an air of the past, over the French channel coast resorts, even those destroyed in the war and have been since rebuilt, it would have been impossible to have imagined one to be on the English side of the channel.
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In 1938 the school trip was to Italy, this was much more adventurous even apart from the political troubles which led to the war a year later. We left Southgate tube station in the late afternoon to get the train from London and crossed the channel overnight to get to another train to trundle across France and through the fantastic alpine scenery to Milan in Northern Italy.
Milan was just hot. We duly admired the thousand or so little spires of the enormous cathedral but saw very little of the ornate interior because we were shooed out on account of our short sleeves,
Florence and Verona were different, they still are, despite the ravages of the motor car, and even as teenagers, I think we appreciated their beauty and agelessness despite our considerable interest in ice cream and fizzy bottled orangeade which we had discovered. You see little in a couple of days but these visits like the Italian ice cream awakened a taste for more.
No loitering, however, on to Venice which was busy being itself, more quietly than it does now. We duly traversed the Grand Canal by Vaporetto, under the Rialto Bridge and on to St Marks Square and the pigeons. It was memorable and it all matched the guide books so we went on to the Lido for a swim in the Med. This was a real revelation.
The water was WARM not like the sea we knew at home. You could stay in without getting cold. The discovery of the journey.
More trains, wooden seats, all tracks lead to Rome, a quick glimpse really, a full week spent wandering around Rome in later life only scratched the surface.
More trains, more wooden seats down south to Napoli. This was before the motor car engulfed Italy and I have photos to prove it showing the Naples seafront with nothing more than a couple of policemen and a tricycle ice cream vendor.
We did not see the slums of Naples, but we did visit a home, hutted camp that is, for orphans who were at least fed and clothed while they learned to shout for 'Il Duce’.
We were treated to a glass of sweet wine and a speech in Italian pledging friendship from a uniformed gent who presumably ran the place. Back at the hotel that evening we ate at tables set in the open air under a lemon tree from which I had to pick a small souvenir
Continued tomorrow
Henry Lawes
1595-1662
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A Child of the Twenties
A suburban childhood of the Twenties
seen from the Nineteen Nineties
by
John Robert Laws FICA 1921-2008
Chapter 21
Continued tomorrow
A Child of the Nineteen Twenties
The school journeys abroad were more of a revelation than the camps. Package holidays had not yet been dreamed up and although the wealthy might holiday in the South of France or, you could ‘Join the Army and see the world’, the general urge to travel was only just beginning.
I recall a book called ‘France on ten pounds’ but only a few had the inclination, the time and the ten pounds, to follow its inviting advice. Trips by school parties must have whetted the appetite of many in the latter part of the years between the wars.
We went to Paris in 1937, the year of the big Paris Exhibition. It was immediately evident that our French was not their French, understanding some of the written signs seemed to be our limit. As well as the historic buildings of the city which are compulsory viewing for all visitors we were able to visit the exhibition, grandiosely laid out with a long vista of lakes and fountains down a slope towards the Eiffel Tower. The contents of the impressive pavilions seemed insignificant compared to the buildings particularly the Soviet building surmounted by enormous figures of a man and a woman holding aloft a hammer and a sickle.
What we really enjoyed, however, was the roller coaster ride which must have made tame all previous efforts in this direction. This and the ascent of the Eiffel Tower, which laid out a map of Paris below us were the highlights of the day of sunshine and unnoticed footslogging.
Of the conventional sights of Paris, the stained glass impressed me most and then the white mass of Sacre’ Coeur on its hill looking down on the city, where the ever-present taxis hurtled around corners blaring on their horns. The traffic must have been light or they could not have done it.
Our few days of cultural duty in Paris done, we had a day or two at Wimereau on the channel coast, lazing, swimming and sitting on the beach. The beach was vast and flat with a good stiff breeze for the sand yachts which trundled along and across at a fair pace. A new sight for me then and one which I have never seen since.
Even now there seems to be an air of the past, over the French channel coast resorts, even those destroyed in the war and have been since rebuilt, it would have been impossible to have imagined one to be on the English side of the channel.
=================================
In 1938 the school trip was to Italy, this was much more adventurous even apart from the political troubles which led to the war a year later. We left Southgate tube station in the late afternoon to get the train from London and crossed the channel overnight to get to another train to trundle across France and through the fantastic alpine scenery to Milan in Northern Italy.
Milan was just hot. We duly admired the thousand or so little spires of the enormous cathedral but saw very little of the ornate interior because we were shooed out on account of our short sleeves,
Florence and Verona were different, they still are, despite the ravages of the motor car, and even as teenagers, I think we appreciated their beauty and agelessness despite our considerable interest in ice cream and fizzy bottled orangeade which we had discovered. You see little in a couple of days but these visits like the Italian ice cream awakened a taste for more.
No loitering, however, on to Venice which was busy being itself, more quietly than it does now. We duly traversed the Grand Canal by Vaporetto, under the Rialto Bridge and on to St Marks Square and the pigeons. It was memorable and it all matched the guide books so we went on to the Lido for a swim in the Med. This was a real revelation.
The water was WARM not like the sea we knew at home. You could stay in without getting cold. The discovery of the journey.
More trains, wooden seats, all tracks lead to Rome, a quick glimpse really, a full week spent wandering around Rome in later life only scratched the surface.
More trains, more wooden seats down south to Napoli. This was before the motor car engulfed Italy and I have photos to prove it showing the Naples seafront with nothing more than a couple of policemen and a tricycle ice cream vendor.
We did not see the slums of Naples, but we did visit a home, hutted camp that is, for orphans who were at least fed and clothed while they learned to shout for 'Il Duce’.
We were treated to a glass of sweet wine and a speech in Italian pledging friendship from a uniformed gent who presumably ran the place. Back at the hotel that evening we ate at tables set in the open air under a lemon tree from which I had to pick a small souvenir
Continued tomorrow
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Extracted from our Database today
Extracted from our Database today
Friday 28th August 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1748 - Marriage: John, or Joseph LAWES-368 (Yeoman) and
Mary FLEMINGTON-317, Martin Wiltshire England
1809 - Residence: Vitruvius LAWES-882, (Barrister) Bloomsbury Middlesex England
1819 - Birth: Martha Bush LAWS-13031, Hemmingstone, but Baptism at
Ipswich Suffolk England
1821 - Marriage: Benjamin Stephen LAWS-3069 and Joanna LEE-34677, Chatham Kent England
1825 - Baptism: Mary Ann HARWOOD-1515, Homington Wiltshire England
1831 - Marriage: Richard ROSS-11538 and Sarah LAWS-11539,
Norwich Norfolk England
1832 - Burial: Edward Kent LAWS-13947, Clapham Surrey England
1842 - Baptism: Hannah HATTON-24167, Newnham Gloucestershire England
1843 - Military: Edward Laws PYM-16951, (Naval Cadet) Royal Marine Corps - Gentlemen Cadet
1848 - Death: George William RAPIER-3309, (Navy) London Docks
1852 - Baptism: Thomas LAWS-44018, Morpeth Northumberland England
1852 - Birth: Henry LAWS-43142, (StoneWorker Mine)
1855 - Baptism: Elizabeth CHARTERS-6526, (Servant) Blennerhasset Cumberland England
(My wife's Great Grand Aunt)
1857 - Birth: Juhn LUSTY-42795, Limehouse Middlesex England
1858 - Birth: Eliza Frances LAWS-5150, Hawkinge Kent England
1859 - Birth: William LAWS-13462, (Wire Rope Maker) South Creake Norfolk England
1862 - Death: Elizabeth LAWS-5610, (Widow) Egham Surrey England
1865 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-2897, (Bricklayer / Coachman / Groom - twin) Wareham Dorset England
1873 - Birth: Job LEWIS-24130, Dorset England
1874 - Death: Charles Seth LAWES-943, (Painter & Oilman) Stapleton Road, Bristol Gloucestershire England
1875 - Burial: Hannah Elizabeth LAWS-28457, Bedlington Northumberland England
1879 - Marriage: Robert LAWS-8503 (Reverend DD Missionary CMG) and Margaret Troup GRAY-8504, Blantyre, Nyasaland
1879 - Birth: Bertha PINK-26739, Bexley Kent England
1881 - Death: Henry HERCOCK-44151, (Cordwainer & Baptist Minister) Leeds West Yorkshire England
1885 - Birth: Victor Edward LAWS-29585, (Engineers Pattern Maker) Stowmarket Suffolk England
1885 - Birth: Everett LAWS-20084,
1885 - Birth: Dakin Stevens LAWS-15175, (Clerk to Fire Insurace Officer) Tottenham Middlesex England
1885 - Birth: Dorothy Dale LAWS-14935, (Chartered Masseuse) Weymouth Dorset England
1887 - Birth: Minnie LAWS-19137, Lebo, Coffey Kansas United States
1888 - Death: William LAWES-1119, (Timber Merchant) Exeter Devonshire England
1889 - Birth: Andrew Augustus LAWS-47831, Lawrence County Tennessee United States
1891 - Burial: Cecil Henry Bignall LAWS-24809, Cooktown Queensland Australia
1893 - Birth: Alice M LAWES-43967, (Cook)
1893 - Birth: Lionel Edward LAWS-11242, Berry New South Wales Australia
1894 - Birth: Frederick William Henry LAWES-29007, (Locomotive Engine Driver Southern Railway) Saint Saviour London
1896 - Birth: Florence Rose (Machine Layer on, Pickle Filler) LAWES-47942, Camberwell Surrey England
1897 - Death: Mary Ellen GLOVER-13503, Kanab, Kane Utah United States
1899 - Birth: Hugh Stanley (Salesman) LAWS-23910,(RN F52205) Sunderland Durham England
1900 - Marriage: John LAWS-6211 (Electrician in Charge) and Grace WHITEHEAD-15616, Valley End, Chobham Surrey (St Saviours)
1902 - Burial: Charles LAWS-4666, (Engine & Crane Driver)
1903 - Birth: Edgar Thomas LAWES-35557, (Docker - Ship & Wharf) Hastings Sussex England
1905 - Birth: William LAWS-43579, (General Labourer)
1906 - Marriage: James Roy LAWS-17603 (Clerk Wholesale Grocery) and Zelinn Alberta NORMAN-17604, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
1907 - Birth: Mitchell LAWES-16253, (PFC US Army)
1908 - Birth: Mary Millie Mabel SHAVE-38635, Farnborough Kent England
1908 - Birth: Gladys Muriel LAWS-34456, Lincoln, Lincolnshire England
1909 - Marriage: Frederick Charles LAWS-5071 (Surgical Bootmaker & Leather Worker) and Annie Rosina TOWNSEND-36806, Wandsworth Surrey England
1914 - Enlistment: Edwin Francis John LAWS-10794, (Railwayman)
1916 - Burial: Mary LAWS-24370, (Widow) Kidder, Caldwell County Missouri United States
1916 - Death: Sarah Sophia GOODALL-8429, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1918 - Death: William George LAWS-21857, (Gunner 115422)
1919 - Birth: Walter WEBBER-13844, (Chemists Assistant) Hunslet West Yorkshire England
1921 - Marriage: Sidney LAWS-45767 (Mason) and May Louisa CAMERON- 45768, West Green Middlesex England
1922 - Death: Russell Oscar LAWS-14134, Sunnidale. Simcoe Ontario Canada
1926 - Residence: Leonard Matthew LAWS-17224, (Clerk) Kensal Rise Middlesex England
1928 - Marriage: Wilfred Cecil LAWES-24197 (Coach & Lorry Driver) and Gwendoline Amy NOBLE-24198, Breamore HampLAWES-24197shire England
1930 - Death: Robert LAWS-13502, Kanab, Kane Utah United States
1936 - Birth: George P LAWS-45450,
1938 - Marriage: William Vern GOSSETT-11380 and Naomi May LAWS-11379, Franklin County Kansas United States
1938 - Burial: Iris JENNINGS-23043, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
1948 - Marriage: Thomas Burnard DUTTON-49966 and Elizabeth Gloria LAWS
49965, Oklahoma United States
1950 - Death: Walter (Sanitary Labourer) Great Grimsby Lincolnshire England
1964 - Death: Cecil Charles (General Labourer) 55, Southwark Surrey England
1964 - Residence: Cecil Charles (General Labourer) LAWES-38655, Lambeth Surrey England
1974 - Death: Jim Henry Jessie RODGERS-32551, Carroll County the Tennessee United States
1975 - Death: Geoffrey LAWS-44335, Woodbridge Suffolk England
1977 - Death: Mark LAWS-21637, William LAWS-24949, Yancy County North Carolina United States
1983 - Death: Francine Carolyn LAWS-50273, Blue Island Illinois United States
1984 - Death: John Whittaker LAWS-49345, Usworth Durham England
1986 - Death: Arthur George LAWS-48281, Kingston Upon Hull East Yorkshire England
1986 - Death: Stuart Edwin LAWS (Commercial artist) Penglandeteraki New Zealand
1996 - Burial: Gavin Gerald LAWES-35739, Salisbury South Australia Australia
1997 - Probate: Thomas Arthur William (Universal Grinder Mill Fitter Turner Mechanic Indentured LPTB) LAWS-40101, Bristol Gloucestershire England
2003 - Burial: Violet Aurine (Southern Beauty Supply.) LAWS-11916, Greenville North Carolina United States
2004 - Burial: Tony Ray LAWS-16491, Mebane North Carolina United States
2004 - Burial: Lloyd Clinton (YN3 U.S. Navy / Korea) LAWS-16456, Melvern Cemetery Kansas
2005 - Death: Kenneth Ray (Office Manager) LAWS-19966,
2013 - Death: Willis Taylor LAWS-38206, Gleason Tennessee United States
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
Friday 28th August 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1748 - Marriage: John, or Joseph LAWES-368 (Yeoman) and
Mary FLEMINGTON-317, Martin Wiltshire England
1809 - Residence: Vitruvius LAWES-882, (Barrister) Bloomsbury Middlesex England
1819 - Birth: Martha Bush LAWS-13031, Hemmingstone, but Baptism at
Ipswich Suffolk England
1821 - Marriage: Benjamin Stephen LAWS-3069 and Joanna LEE-34677, Chatham Kent England
1825 - Baptism: Mary Ann HARWOOD-1515, Homington Wiltshire England
1831 - Marriage: Richard ROSS-11538 and Sarah LAWS-11539,
Norwich Norfolk England
1832 - Burial: Edward Kent LAWS-13947, Clapham Surrey England
1842 - Baptism: Hannah HATTON-24167, Newnham Gloucestershire England
1843 - Military: Edward Laws PYM-16951, (Naval Cadet) Royal Marine Corps - Gentlemen Cadet
1848 - Death: George William RAPIER-3309, (Navy) London Docks
1852 - Baptism: Thomas LAWS-44018, Morpeth Northumberland England
1852 - Birth: Henry LAWS-43142, (StoneWorker Mine)
1855 - Baptism: Elizabeth CHARTERS-6526, (Servant) Blennerhasset Cumberland England
(My wife's Great Grand Aunt)
1857 - Birth: Juhn LUSTY-42795, Limehouse Middlesex England
1858 - Birth: Eliza Frances LAWS-5150, Hawkinge Kent England
1859 - Birth: William LAWS-13462, (Wire Rope Maker) South Creake Norfolk England
1862 - Death: Elizabeth LAWS-5610, (Widow) Egham Surrey England
1865 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-2897, (Bricklayer / Coachman / Groom - twin) Wareham Dorset England
1873 - Birth: Job LEWIS-24130, Dorset England
1874 - Death: Charles Seth LAWES-943, (Painter & Oilman) Stapleton Road, Bristol Gloucestershire England
1875 - Burial: Hannah Elizabeth LAWS-28457, Bedlington Northumberland England
1879 - Marriage: Robert LAWS-8503 (Reverend DD Missionary CMG) and Margaret Troup GRAY-8504, Blantyre, Nyasaland
1879 - Birth: Bertha PINK-26739, Bexley Kent England
1881 - Death: Henry HERCOCK-44151, (Cordwainer & Baptist Minister) Leeds West Yorkshire England
1885 - Birth: Victor Edward LAWS-29585, (Engineers Pattern Maker) Stowmarket Suffolk England
1885 - Birth: Everett LAWS-20084,
1885 - Birth: Dakin Stevens LAWS-15175, (Clerk to Fire Insurace Officer) Tottenham Middlesex England
1885 - Birth: Dorothy Dale LAWS-14935, (Chartered Masseuse) Weymouth Dorset England
1887 - Birth: Minnie LAWS-19137, Lebo, Coffey Kansas United States
1888 - Death: William LAWES-1119, (Timber Merchant) Exeter Devonshire England
1889 - Birth: Andrew Augustus LAWS-47831, Lawrence County Tennessee United States
1891 - Burial: Cecil Henry Bignall LAWS-24809, Cooktown Queensland Australia
1893 - Birth: Alice M LAWES-43967, (Cook)
1893 - Birth: Lionel Edward LAWS-11242, Berry New South Wales Australia
1894 - Birth: Frederick William Henry LAWES-29007, (Locomotive Engine Driver Southern Railway) Saint Saviour London
1896 - Birth: Florence Rose (Machine Layer on, Pickle Filler) LAWES-47942, Camberwell Surrey England
1897 - Death: Mary Ellen GLOVER-13503, Kanab, Kane Utah United States
1899 - Birth: Hugh Stanley (Salesman) LAWS-23910,(RN F52205) Sunderland Durham England
1900 - Marriage: John LAWS-6211 (Electrician in Charge) and Grace WHITEHEAD-15616, Valley End, Chobham Surrey (St Saviours)
1902 - Burial: Charles LAWS-4666, (Engine & Crane Driver)
1903 - Birth: Edgar Thomas LAWES-35557, (Docker - Ship & Wharf) Hastings Sussex England
1905 - Birth: William LAWS-43579, (General Labourer)
1906 - Marriage: James Roy LAWS-17603 (Clerk Wholesale Grocery) and Zelinn Alberta NORMAN-17604, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
1907 - Birth: Mitchell LAWES-16253, (PFC US Army)
1908 - Birth: Mary Millie Mabel SHAVE-38635, Farnborough Kent England
1908 - Birth: Gladys Muriel LAWS-34456, Lincoln, Lincolnshire England
1909 - Marriage: Frederick Charles LAWS-5071 (Surgical Bootmaker & Leather Worker) and Annie Rosina TOWNSEND-36806, Wandsworth Surrey England
1914 - Enlistment: Edwin Francis John LAWS-10794, (Railwayman)
1916 - Burial: Mary LAWS-24370, (Widow) Kidder, Caldwell County Missouri United States
1916 - Death: Sarah Sophia GOODALL-8429, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1918 - Death: William George LAWS-21857, (Gunner 115422)
1919 - Birth: Walter WEBBER-13844, (Chemists Assistant) Hunslet West Yorkshire England
1921 - Marriage: Sidney LAWS-45767 (Mason) and May Louisa CAMERON- 45768, West Green Middlesex England
1922 - Death: Russell Oscar LAWS-14134, Sunnidale. Simcoe Ontario Canada
1926 - Residence: Leonard Matthew LAWS-17224, (Clerk) Kensal Rise Middlesex England
1928 - Marriage: Wilfred Cecil LAWES-24197 (Coach & Lorry Driver) and Gwendoline Amy NOBLE-24198, Breamore HampLAWES-24197shire England
1930 - Death: Robert LAWS-13502, Kanab, Kane Utah United States
1936 - Birth: George P LAWS-45450,
1938 - Marriage: William Vern GOSSETT-11380 and Naomi May LAWS-11379, Franklin County Kansas United States
1938 - Burial: Iris JENNINGS-23043, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
1948 - Marriage: Thomas Burnard DUTTON-49966 and Elizabeth Gloria LAWS
49965, Oklahoma United States
1950 - Death: Walter (Sanitary Labourer) Great Grimsby Lincolnshire England
1964 - Death: Cecil Charles (General Labourer) 55, Southwark Surrey England
1964 - Residence: Cecil Charles (General Labourer) LAWES-38655, Lambeth Surrey England
1974 - Death: Jim Henry Jessie RODGERS-32551, Carroll County the Tennessee United States
1975 - Death: Geoffrey LAWS-44335, Woodbridge Suffolk England
1977 - Death: Mark LAWS-21637, William LAWS-24949, Yancy County North Carolina United States
1983 - Death: Francine Carolyn LAWS-50273, Blue Island Illinois United States
1984 - Death: John Whittaker LAWS-49345, Usworth Durham England
1986 - Death: Arthur George LAWS-48281, Kingston Upon Hull East Yorkshire England
1986 - Death: Stuart Edwin LAWS (Commercial artist) Penglandeteraki New Zealand
1996 - Burial: Gavin Gerald LAWES-35739, Salisbury South Australia Australia
1997 - Probate: Thomas Arthur William (Universal Grinder Mill Fitter Turner Mechanic Indentured LPTB) LAWS-40101, Bristol Gloucestershire England
2003 - Burial: Violet Aurine (Southern Beauty Supply.) LAWS-11916, Greenville North Carolina United States
2004 - Burial: Tony Ray LAWS-16491, Mebane North Carolina United States
2004 - Burial: Lloyd Clinton (YN3 U.S. Navy / Korea) LAWS-16456, Melvern Cemetery Kansas
2005 - Death: Kenneth Ray (Office Manager) LAWS-19966,
2013 - Death: Willis Taylor LAWS-38206, Gleason Tennessee United States
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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
R I P
Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
R I P
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We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
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We reach out to all regardless of race, colour, creed, or orientation.
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