William Frances LawrenceAge: 74 years18581932

Name
William Frances Lawrence
Given names
William Frances
Surname
Lawrence
Birth June 29, 1858 23 18
Birth of a sisterJosie Hooker Lawrence
June 15, 1862 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherHarry Wharf Lawrence
December 8, 1869 (Age 11 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha H Leighton
May 23, 1870 (Age 11 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Lawrence
November 28, 1874 (Age 16 years)

MarriageHattie M WrightView this family
August 22, 1883 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Elmer A Lawrence
May 1885 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary E Lawrence
August 1888 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Gertrude W Lawrence
September 1889 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherSarah Frances Whorf
April 4, 1891 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Alfreda E Lawrence
September 1893 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Vera Frances Lawrence
February 19, 1895 (Age 36 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Lewis Lawrence
December 19, 1895 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6
Marion W Lawrence
May 1897 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Wilma A Lawrence
October 1898 (Age 40 years)
Census June 14, 1900 (Age 41 years)

Note: Fitchburg, Worcester, MA - @ 79 Snow St with wife & 7 children
Marriage of a childJohn Smith WhitneyMary E LawrenceView this family
about 1912 (Age 53 years)

Marriage of a childLeslie Elmer CrowlVera Frances LawrenceView this family
June 12, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Occupationyes

Note: Printer
Death October 5, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Religionyes

Note: Universalist
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 30, 1856
19 months
himself
4 years
younger sister
8 years
younger brother
Family with Hattie M Wright - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 22, 1883MA
21 months
son
3 years
daughter
14 months
daughter
4 years
daughter
18 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
18 months
daughter

  1. Generation 1
    1. William Frances Lawrence, , son of William Henry Lawrence and Sarah Frances Whorf, was born on June 29, 1858 in Boston, Suffolk, MA and died on October 5, 1932 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA at the age of 74. He married Hattie M Wright on August 22, 1883 in MA. She was born on May 10, 1863 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA and died on October 12, 1939 at the age of 76.

      Children of William Frances Lawrence and Hattie M Wright:

      1. Elmer A Lawrence (1885)
      2. Mary E Lawrence (18881943)
      3. Gertrude W Lawrence (1889)
      4. Alfreda E Lawrence (1893)
      5. Vera Frances Lawrence (18951967)
      6. Marion W Lawrence (1897)
      7. Wilma A Lawrence (1898)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Mary E Lawrence, daughter of William Frances Lawrence and Hattie M Wright, was born in August 1888 in MA and died on January 16, 1943 at the age of 54. She married John Smith Whitney about 1912. He was born on May 24, 1889.

    2. Alfreda E Lawrence, daughter of William Frances Lawrence and Hattie M Wright, was born in September 1893 in MA.

    3. Vera Frances Lawrence, daughter of William Frances Lawrence and Hattie M Wright, was born on February 19, 1895 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA and died in August 1967 in Springfield, Hampden, MA at the age of 72. She married Leslie Elmer Crowl on June 12, 1915 in VT. He was born on December 28, 1889 in North New Salem, Essex, MA.

    4. Wilma A Lawrence, daughter of William Frances Lawrence and Hattie M Wright, was born in October 1898 in MA.

Census

Fitchburg, Worcester, MA - @ 79 Snow St with wife & 7 children

Occupation

Printer

Religion

Universalist

Shared note

William F. Lawrence,aged 74, retired veteran printer,died this morning at his home in Fitchburg, Mass. He was born in Boston,son of William H Lawrence and Sarah F. Whorf Lawrence,and lived in the city greater part of his life,where he worked as a printer.He was last employed by The Sentinel Printing Co.,for a period of 11 years.He retired in 1926. Prior to that he was employed as a printer by George Wright and the Browm Bag Filling Machine Co. .He was also in Business for himself for several years..Just before the turn of the century he was first employed by the Sentinel News paper of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was a past commander of Clark S. Simonds post,S. of U.V.of C. W., a member of Nashua tribe,I.O.R.M. and attendant at the First Universalist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.Hattie M. Wright Lawrence, a son Elmer A. Lawrence of this city, five daughters, Mrs.Mary Whitney, Miss.Gertrude Lawrence and Mrs. Alfred A. Fales of this city, Mrs.Vera E. Crowl of New Haven Conn., and Mrs.Wilma A. Lamorey of Worcester. 12 grandchildern and two great-grandchildern, and a brother, Harry Lawrence of Columbus,Ohio. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. He was a son of the late Brig-Gen William H. Lawrence, who was on the staff of Gen. Joseph Hooker during the Civil war. He was also a descendant of Becky Bates,who with her sister, played the drums behind a hill in Scituate and scared the British from making a landing there during the Revolutionary war.