LAWS FAMILY REGISTER
Henry Lawes1595-1662Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of timethat I might find the roots that madethis family tree of mine
Henry Lawes
1595-1662
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.
A childhood of the
1920's as seen from the 1990'sbyJohn Robert Laws 1921-2008Part 20Holidays Boats and more Wandering
The attraction of boats also ruled one of our regular outings during the holiday. We always went at least once to Brightlingsea, a slightly scruffy town famous only for boatyards and shrimp teas. It has always been an ocean racing centre but was not particularly prosperous in those days, there were wonderful boats on offer, at giveaway prices. We didn’t buy one.
We just walked in the sun and looked, ate our shrimp tea and perhaps an ice cream, then trundled back to Walton. At Dedham however, another regular outing we could get a rowing boat on the Stour and glide through Constable’s countryside between the pollarded willows in the soft June sunshine. This was I fear, my father’s holiday, again just he and I went boating but then we were off in the car to Flatford for a strawberry tea amongst the wasps beside the bridge. It is all still there but somehow the rural peace is not the same since everyone sprouted wheels.All the countryside was more rural as a much smaller number of townsfolk invaded it every weekend. All the corn was cut with a reaper-binder of course and stood up in stooks in the field.Until it was cut, East Anglia was a mass of red poppies, more beloved by the holidaymaker than the farmer. Farming had been depressed for some years and old cottages were being condemned as unfit for human habitation. It is sad to think it is only the war which brought back a sort of prosperity or at least a brief understanding of the need to grow our own food which now seems to be fading away again.
The thought of the corn takes me back to another little holiday I spent in the countryside. In truth, mum and dad wanted a holiday on their own and Lottie took Mary and me for a week to her parents’ cottage in Bocking in Essex which really was rural. The water came from a long-handled pump outside the back door and the loo was by the wash house in the garden.
It was late summer but any need for light was met by oil lamps and candles. Little did I know that these were the normal facilities for most of rural England and that for many places they would stay unchanged for another thirty years.
It was harvest time and the horse-drawn reaper-binder went round and round the field throwing out sheaves and driving the ever-present rabbits into the centre until they made a run for it and someone got rabbit pie for dinner.
Wages were meagre, but food was important, there was rhubarb under the apple tree and more cabbages than roses in the garden. There were plums in the garden too and home-made wine in the kitchen cupboard set into the wall alongside the black kitchen range.
There were no pavements through the village. There was after all virtually no traffic A few yards along the road on the other side from the cottage a path led down to the lazy river with its carpet of water lilies raising their bright yellow flowers above the dark green leaves, A few cows grazed the meadow beside the river avoiding the buttercups and leaving their squelchy traps for the unwary walker behind them. I didn’t wonder then, but now I wonder what it was like there in the wintertime.
Another little holiday that was different turned up when my Uncle Albert and Aunt Louise were home on leave and were going to spend a little while in a cottage in Cornwall. Their son Frank was a little younger than me, and I was invited to come along so that we could spend some time together.
It was not the only long train journey I had taken as a small boy, at about ten years old, I was unimpressed by the train journeys I think, although the steam trains were always rushing past the bottom of our garden at home. Once it had chugged out of Paddington the countryside rushed by, very different from travelling in the car. Leaving our smoke and smuts behind us we dashed on through green fields until we came to the red soil of Devon, with its sheep smeared with the colour, then into the less lush Cornwall.
MORE TOMORROW
A childhood of the
1920's as seen from the 1990's
by
John Robert Laws 1921-2008
Part 20
Holidays Boats and more Wandering
The attraction of boats also ruled one of our regular outings during the holiday. We always went at least once to Brightlingsea, a slightly scruffy town famous only for boatyards and shrimp teas. It has always been an ocean racing centre but was not particularly prosperous in those days, there were wonderful boats on offer, at giveaway prices. We didn’t buy one.
We just walked in the sun and looked, ate our shrimp tea and perhaps an ice cream, then trundled back to Walton. At Dedham however, another regular outing we could get a rowing boat on the Stour and glide through Constable’s countryside between the pollarded willows in the soft June sunshine. This was I fear, my father’s holiday, again just he and I went boating but then we were off in the car to Flatford for a strawberry tea amongst the wasps beside the bridge.
It is all still there but somehow the rural peace is not the same since everyone sprouted wheels.
All the countryside was more rural as a much smaller number of townsfolk invaded it every weekend. All the corn was cut with a reaper-binder of course and stood up in stooks in the field.
Until it was cut, East Anglia was a mass of red poppies, more beloved by the holidaymaker than the farmer. Farming had been depressed for some years and old cottages were being condemned as unfit for human habitation. It is sad to think it is only the war which brought back a sort of prosperity or at least a brief understanding of the need to grow our own food which now seems to be fading away again.
The thought of the corn takes me back to another little holiday I spent in the countryside. In truth, mum and dad wanted a holiday on their own and Lottie took Mary and me for a week to her parents’ cottage in Bocking in Essex which really was rural. The water came from a long-handled pump outside the back door and the loo was by the wash house in the garden.
It was late summer but any need for light was met by oil lamps and candles. Little did I know that these were the normal facilities for most of rural England and that for many places they would stay unchanged for another thirty years.
It was harvest time and the horse-drawn reaper-binder went round and round the field throwing out sheaves and driving the ever-present rabbits into the centre until they made a run for it and someone got rabbit pie for dinner.
Wages were meagre, but food was important, there was rhubarb under the apple tree and more cabbages than roses in the garden. There were plums in the garden too and home-made wine in the kitchen cupboard set into the wall alongside the black kitchen range.
There were no pavements through the village. There was after all virtually no traffic A few yards along the road on the other side from the cottage a path led down to the lazy river with its carpet of water lilies raising their bright yellow flowers above the dark green leaves, A few cows grazed the meadow beside the river avoiding the buttercups and leaving their squelchy traps for the unwary walker behind them. I didn’t wonder then, but now I wonder what it was like there in the wintertime.
Another little holiday that was different turned up when my Uncle Albert and Aunt Louise were home on leave and were going to spend a little while in a cottage in Cornwall. Their son Frank was a little younger than me, and I was invited to come along so that we could spend some time together.
It was not the only long train journey I had taken as a small boy, at about ten years old, I was unimpressed by the train journeys I think, although the steam trains were always rushing past the bottom of our garden at home. Once it had chugged out of Paddington the countryside rushed by, very different from travelling in the car. Leaving our smoke and smuts behind us we dashed on through green fields until we came to the red soil of Devon, with its sheep smeared with the colour, then into the less lush Cornwall.
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FROM OUR DATABASEfor today 30th December
1691 - Baptism: Alice LAWES-25402, North Bradley Wiltshire England1781 - Birth: Louisa BUNDY-25160, Downton Wiltshire England1783 - Baptism: John CHARTERS-13833, Torpenhow Cumberland England
(My wife's 4th Great Grand Uncle)
1801 - Birth: Francis LAWES-922, Fincham Norfolk England
1809 - Birth: James LAWS-6196 (Sailmaker), Great Yarmouth Norfolk England
1810 - Christen: John Innocent Dyball LAWS-4828, (Coach Smith) Costessey Norfolk England
1816 - Burial: William LAWES-23784, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1821 - Birth: John MCMINN-21324, (Ships Carpenter) Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland (My wife's 3rd Great Grand Uncle)1827 - Birth: Frederick LAWS-19790, (Ag Lab) Edmondsham Dorset England1831 - Birth: Barbara Maria LAWES-37366, West Lavington Wiltshire England1838 - Christen: Rachael LAWS-14545, Littleport Cambridgeshire England
1842 - Birth: Rosina LAWS-6424, Hellington Norfolk England1849 - Baptism: Frederic Falkenbert Theodorsen LAWS-49356, (Physician) 1854 - Birth: Isaac Hudson LAWS-17849, (Coal Dealer) Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware United States1855 - Birth: Thomas SHIPTON-23410, (Soldier) Thornbury Gloucestershire England1874 - Marriage: Thomas LAWS-13808 and Virginia POLAND-13809, Prince William County Virginia United States1877 - Birth: Hannah BLYTH-23971, Norwich Norfolk England1878 - Birth: Maud Louise THOMAS-36278, Calcutta Bengal India1880 - Death: William Franklin LAWS-50150, 1883 - Death: Agnes Elizabeth SALMON-5209, Ipswich Suffolk England
1889 - Burial: Kate JENNINGS-23033, (Infant) Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England1890 - Birth: Hilda Harriet Violet LAWS-10634, Litcham Norfolk England
1899 - Marriage: GeorgeMUSGROVE-2845 (Coal Hewer) 1892 - Death: Robert LAWS-7884, (Ag Lab) and Hannah Elizabeth LAWS-3494, Bedlington Northumberland England1900 - Marriage: Charles Eugène SOMM5364, Paris France1906 - Birth: Alfred Stanley LAWS-3723ERLIER-45367 and Marthe Louise Geneviève Eugénie BAPTISTE-49, Middlesbrough North Yorkshire England1907 - Marriage: William Malcolm WILLIS-42344 and Edith Maud ALLEN- 36279, Byculla, Bombay India1908 - Birth: Stanley L LAWS-42466 (Bricklayers Labourer) , 1908 - Birth: Kathleen Mary BELSON-21191, Lismore New South Wales Australia1911 - Birth: Marie Louise LAWS-35036, 1912 - Death: Elizabeth LAWS-79321915 - Death: John Robert LAWS-28119, (Army Private 14264) 1916 - Marriage: William M YELTON-24996 and Nina Esther LAWS-24995, North Carolina United States1917 - Birth: Josephine Eleanor ENDICOTT-13617, Astoria Oregon United States1919 - Birth: Agnes E LAWS-38345, (Domestic Worker) 1919 - Birth: Robert Eland (Australian Army) LAWS-12650, Brisbane, Queensland Australia1923 - Marriage: John Joseph LAWS-14363 and Irene Isabel CARBIS-12276, Kogarah New South Wales Australia1924 - Burial: Rose LAWS-52412, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Middlesex England1924 - Occupation: Francis William LAWS-5639, (Company Director & Freeman ) City of London, England, United Kingdom1937 - Death: John Joseph (District Manager Wine & Spirits Trade) Heaton Northumberland England1938 - Residence: John William (Engineering Clerk) Byker Northumberland England
1946 - Arrival: Giovanna Maria DE LUIGI-33714, Liverpool Lancashire England1946 - Death: Berkley McAllister LAWS-22257, Salt Lake City Utah United States1946 - Death: Robert Edward LAWS-19404, Salt Lake City Utah United States1952 - Birth: Jennie Louise LAWS-18326, Texas United States1961 - Marriage: David PENNHALLOW-51547 and Esteien LAWS-51548, San Francisco California United States1961 - Death: Merle LAWS-40554, Minatare, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States1979 - Death: Frederick Robert LAWS-3381, Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk England1985 - Death: Emma Hilda TRAFFORD-21944, Southampton Hampshire England
1990 - Death: Richard Franklin LAWS-50528, Orange California United States1998 - Death: Willard Garfield LAWS-51460, Colletville, Cauldwell, North Carolina United States1999 - Death: Doris Eva (Insurance Clerk - Lloyds) BRYANT-45577, Stafford Staffordshire England2001 - Death: Stanley Frederick LAWS-13301, Sturgis, Saint Joseph, Michigan United Statess2005 - Burial: Tina Maria LAWS-20908, 2005 - Death: Gordon Stanley (Australian Army) LAWS-12616, Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Dear AncestorYour tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and aloneThe names and dates are chiselled outon polished marble stone
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FROM OUR DATABASE
for today
30th December
1691 - Baptism: Alice LAWES-25402, North Bradley Wiltshire England
1781 - Birth: Louisa BUNDY-25160, Downton Wiltshire England
1783 - Baptism: John CHARTERS-13833, Torpenhow Cumberland England
1801 - Birth: Francis LAWES-922, Fincham Norfolk England
1810 - Christen: John Innocent Dyball LAWS-4828, (Coach Smith)
Costessey Norfolk England
1816 - Burial: William LAWES-23784, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1821 - Birth: John MCMINN-21324, (Ships Carpenter) Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
(My wife's 3rd Great Grand Uncle)
1827 - Birth: Frederick LAWS-19790, (Ag Lab) Edmondsham Dorset England
1831 - Birth: Barbara Maria LAWES-37366, West Lavington Wiltshire England
1838 - Christen: Rachael LAWS-14545, Littleport Cambridgeshire England
1842 - Birth: Rosina LAWS-6424, Hellington Norfolk England
1849 - Baptism: Frederic Falkenbert Theodorsen LAWS-49356, (Physician)
1854 - Birth: Isaac Hudson LAWS-17849, (Coal Dealer) Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware United States
1855 - Birth: Thomas SHIPTON-23410, (Soldier) Thornbury Gloucestershire England
1874 - Marriage: Thomas LAWS-13808 and Virginia POLAND-13809,
Prince William County Virginia United States
1877 - Birth: Hannah BLYTH-23971, Norwich Norfolk England
1878 - Birth: Maud Louise THOMAS-36278, Calcutta Bengal India
1880 - Death: William Franklin LAWS-50150,
1883 - Death: Agnes Elizabeth SALMON-5209, Ipswich Suffolk England
West Yorkshire England
1890 - Birth: Hilda Harriet Violet LAWS-10634, Litcham Norfolk England
1899 - Marriage: GeorgeMUSGROVE-2845 (Coal Hewer)
1892 - Death: Robert LAWS-7884, (Ag Lab) and Hannah Elizabeth LAWS-3494, Bedlington Northumberland England
1900 - Marriage: Charles Eugène SOMM5364, Paris France
1906 - Birth: Alfred Stanley LAWS-3723ERLIER-45367 and Marthe Louise Geneviève Eugénie BAPTISTE-49, Middlesbrough North Yorkshire England
1907 - Marriage: William Malcolm WILLIS-42344 and Edith Maud ALLEN- 36279, Byculla, Bombay India
1908 - Birth: Stanley L LAWS-42466 (Bricklayers Labourer) ,
1908 - Birth: Kathleen Mary BELSON-21191, Lismore New South Wales Australia
1911 - Birth: Marie Louise LAWS-35036,
1912 - Death: Elizabeth LAWS-7932
1915 - Death: John Robert LAWS-28119, (Army Private 14264)
1916 - Marriage: William M YELTON-24996 and Nina Esther LAWS-24995,
North Carolina United States
1917 - Birth: Josephine Eleanor ENDICOTT-13617, Astoria Oregon United States
1919 - Birth: Agnes E LAWS-38345, (Domestic Worker)
1919 - Birth: Robert Eland (Australian Army) LAWS-12650, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
1923 - Marriage: John Joseph LAWS-14363 and Irene Isabel CARBIS-12276, Kogarah New South Wales Australia
1924 - Burial: Rose LAWS-52412, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Middlesex England
1924 - Occupation: Francis William LAWS-5639, (Company Director & Freeman ) City of London, England, United Kingdom
1937 - Death: John Joseph (District Manager Wine & Spirits Trade) Heaton Northumberland England
1938 - Residence: John William (Engineering Clerk) Byker Northumberland England
1946 - Arrival: Giovanna Maria DE LUIGI-33714, Liverpool Lancashire England
1946 - Death: Berkley McAllister LAWS-22257, Salt Lake City Utah United States
1946 - Death: Robert Edward LAWS-19404, Salt Lake City Utah United States
1952 - Birth: Jennie Louise LAWS-18326, Texas United States
1961 - Marriage: David PENNHALLOW-51547 and Esteien LAWS-51548, San Francisco California United States
1961 - Death: Merle LAWS-40554, Minatare, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States
1979 - Death: Frederick Robert LAWS-3381, Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk England
1985 - Death: Emma Hilda TRAFFORD-21944, Southampton Hampshire England
1990 - Death: Richard Franklin LAWS-50528, Orange California United States
1998 - Death: Willard Garfield LAWS-51460, Colletville, Cauldwell, North Carolina United States
1999 - Death: Doris Eva (Insurance Clerk - Lloyds) BRYANT-45577, Stafford Staffordshire England
2001 - Death: Stanley Frederick LAWS-13301, Sturgis, Saint Joseph, Michigan United Statess
2005 - Burial: Tina Maria LAWS-20908,
2005 - Death: Gordon Stanley (Australian Army) LAWS-12616, Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands amongst the rest,
neglected and alone
on polished marble stone
It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mournYou did not know that I exist, you died and I was bornYet 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 agoSpreads out amongst the ones you left who would have loved you so,I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knewThat 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
and come to visit you.
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++My Great Grandparents
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My Great Grandparents
Robert Henry Laws1828-1881Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
Barque 'Woolhampton'
This is Robert Henry's Wife Sarah Ann Laws, formerly FullerMy paternal Great Grandmother1846-1924
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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
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
Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics CyclistEnvironmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc 1974 -2017R I P
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974 -2017
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