Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark
Edward Albert LAWSON

Edward Albert LAWSON

Male 1857 - 1901  (44 years)

Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edward Albert LAWSON was born in Jan 1857 in London, Middlesex, England, UK (son of Edward LAWSON and Helen --?--); died in JUL-SEP 1901 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1861, 24 Great Cambridge St, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1871, Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1878; Clicker
    • Residence: 1878, 53 Huntingdon St, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1881, 33 Weymouth Terr, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1891, 50 Ash Grove, Hackney, South Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1891; Shoe manufacturer
    • Census: 1901, 50 Ash Grove, Hackney, South Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1901; Canvas shoe manufacturer

    Notes:

    Birth:
    England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Edward Lawson Registration Year: 1857
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Shoreditch Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1c Page: 229


    Census:
    1881 census for 33, Weymouth Terr, Shoreditch Middlesex

    RG number: RG11 Piece: 403 Folio: 38 Page: 23
    Edwd LAWSON, Head Married M 24 1857 Clicker Shoreditch Middlesex VIEW
    Emily J LAWSON, Wife Married F 23 1858 Boot Machinist Clerkenwell Middlesex VIEW
    Edwd G LAWSON, Son Single M 1 1880 Shoreditch Middlesex VIEW
    Sidney MONKS, Lodger Married M 28 1853 Boot Maker (Employ 2 Men 2 Boys) Bethnal Green Middlesex VIEW



    Census:
    1891 census for 50, Ash Grove, Hackney, South Hackney London

    RG number: RG12 Piece: 204 Folio: 152 Page: 48

    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 34 1857 Shoe Manufacturer Bethnal Green London
    Emily J LAWSON, Wife Married F 33 1858 Clerkenwell London
    Kate J LAWSON, Daughter Single F 9 1882 Shoreditch London
    Henrietta E LAWSON, Daughter F 8 1883 Shoreditch London
    Albert E LAWSON, Son M 5 1886 Shoreditch London
    Ted LAWSON, Son M 1 1890 Shoreditch London


    Census:
    1901 census for 50, Ash Grove, Hackney London

    RG number: RG13 Piece: 224 Folio: 122 Page: 17
    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 44 1857 Canvas Shoe Manufacturer Bethnal Green London
    Emily I LAWSON, Wife Married F 43 1858 St Lukes London
    Henrietta E LAWSON, Daughter Single F 18 1883 Shoreditch London
    Albert E LAWSON, Son Single M 15 1886 Errand Boy Shoreditch London
    Ted LAWSON, Son M 11 1890 Shoreditch London
    Emily G LAWSON, Daughter F 9 1892 Hackney London
    Sydney W LAWSON, Son M 7 1894 Hackney London
    Phillis O LAWSON, Daughter F 3 1898 Hackney London
    Willfred G LAWSON, Son M 1 1900 Hackney London



    Died:
    England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
    Name: Edward Lawson Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
    Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1901
    Age at Death: 44 Registration district: Edmonton Inferred County: Middlesex
    Volume: 3a Page: 238

    Edward married Emily Isabel KLEINHAUS on 13 Oct 1878 in St John the Baptist, Middlesex, London, England, UK. Emily was born in Jul 1857 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, UK; died in Jan 1932 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    1878 marriage solemnized in the parish church in the parish of St John the Baptist in the county of Middlesex
    No 297 13th Oct 1878, Edward Lawson, full age, bachelor, clicker, of 53 Huntingdon St, son of Edward Lawson, painter and Emily Isabel Kleinhaus, full age, spinster, of 20 Huntingdon St, dau of Julius John Kleinhaus, jeweller. Witnesses: William Williams and Mary Leighton.

    Children:
    1. Edward G. LAWSON was born about 1880 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, UK; died before 1891.
    2. Kate Isabel LAWSON was born on 6 Jul 1881 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    3. Henrietta Edith LAWSON was born in Oct 1882 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, UK; died in 1932 in Horsham, Sussex, England.
    4. Albert Edward LAWSON was born about 1886 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. Edward LAWSON was born about 1890 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    6. Emily Gertrude LAWSON was born about 1892 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    7. Sydney William LAWSON was born about 1894 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    8. Phyllis Olga LAWSON was born on 31 Jul 1897 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 2 Jul 1954 in Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England, UK.
    9. Wilfred George LAWSON was born about 1899 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward LAWSON was born on 19 Feb 1832 in Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK (son of Ralph John LAWSON and Sarah FOWKES); died about 1903 in Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1841, Tarling St, St George, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1851, 25 Gloucester St, St Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1851; Butcher
    • Census: 1861, 24 Great Cambridge St, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1861; Messenger
    • Census: 1871, Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1871; Carpenter
    • Census: 1881, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1881; Carpenter
    • Occupation: 1886; Decorator as per daughter's wedding certificate
    • Census: 1891, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1891; Carpenter
    • Census: 1901, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1901; Painter

    Notes:

    His occupation seems to change from carpenter to painter/decorator after 1881 as he is described as a decorator on daughter Maud's wedding certificate whose address is given as Gt Cambridge St where the family was living from 1861 for at least 40 years.


    Census:
    1851 census for 25, Gloucester Street, Saint Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets


    Sarah LAWSON, Head Widow F 41 1810 Butcher Stepney Middlesex
    Edward LAWSON, Son Unmarried M 19 1832 Butcher Stepney Middlesex

    RG number: HO107 Piece: 1538 Folio: 290 Page: 30



    Census:
    1861 census 24, Great Cambridge Street, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London:
    RG number: RG09 Piece: v249 Folio: 88 Page: 13

    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 27 1834 Messenger Middlesex
    Helen LAWSON, Wife Married F 24 1837 London Middlesex
    Ralph J LAWSON, Son M 6 1855 London Middlesex
    Helen L LAWSON, Daughter F 2 1859 London Middlesex
    Edwd LAWSON, Son M 4 1857 London Middlesex



    Census:
    1871 census for Cambridge St, Great, St Leonard, Shoreditch, London:
    RG number: RG10 Piece: 471 Folio: 27 Page: 47
    Edward LAWSON, Head M 36 1835 Middlesex
    Hellen T LAWSON, Wife F 33 1838 Middlesex
    Ralph I LAWSON, Son M 16 1855 Middlesex
    Edward LAWSON, Son M 14 1857 Middlesex
    Hellen J LAWSON, Daughter F 12 1859 Middlesex
    Maud LAWSON, Daughter F 11 1860 Middlesex
    Alfred LAWSON, Son M 6 1865 Middlesex
    Rose LAWSON, Daughter F 4 1867 Middlesex
    Sarah LAWSON, Daughter F 2 1869 Middlesex
    Henry N NASH Boarder M 29 1842 Devon


    Census:
    1881 census for 67, Gt Cambridge St, Shoreditch, London:

    RG number: RG11 Piece: 407 Folio: 72 Page: 1
    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 47 1834 Carpenter N K Middlesex
    Ellen T LAWSON, Wife Married F 43 1838 Wife N K Middlesex
    Ralph J LAWSON, Son Single M 25 1856 Shoemaker Shoreditch Middlesex
    Ellen J LAWSON, Daughter Single F 22 1859 Tailoress Shoreditch Middlesex
    Maud LAWSON, Daughter Single F 20 1861 Boot Fitter Shoreditch Middlesex
    Alfred LAWSON, Son Single M 16 1865 Chemists Assistant Shoreditch Middlesex
    Alice LAWSON, Daughter Single F 14 1867 Boot Fitter Shoreditch Middlesex
    Sarah LAWSON, Daughter Single F 11 1870 Scholar Shoreditch Middlesex
    Sarah LAWSON, Mother Widow F 68 1813 Silk Weaver N K Middlesex
    Henry N NASH Boarder Single M 39 1842 Commercial Clerk Devonport Devon


    Census:
    1891 census for 67, Great Cambridge Street, Shoreditch, Haggerston London
    RG number: RG12 Piece: 254 Folio: 133 Page: 10

    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 57 1834 Carpenter Stepney London
    Ellen LAWSON, Wife Married F 54 1837 St Giles London
    Alfred LAWSON, Son Single M 25 1866 Bootmaker Shoreditch London
    Alice LAWSON, Daughter Single F 21 1870 Milliner Shoreditch London
    William MCDONALD, Boarder Single M 30 1861 Gas Fitter Dundee Scotland


    Census:
    1901 census for 67 Great Cambridge Street, Shoreditch

    RG number: RG13 Piece: 280 Folio: 116 Page: 16

    Edward LAWSON, Head Married M 69 1832 Painter Limehouse London
    Ellen LAWSON, Wife Married F 64 1837 St Georges London
    Alfred LAWSON, Son Single M 36 1865 Boot Clicker Shoreditch London
    Alice LAWSON, Daughter Single F 31 1870 Milliner Shoreditch London
    George SMITH, Boarder Single M 36 1865 Carpenter Shoreditch London
    William BROWN, Boarder Married M 40 1861 Cord Warner Shoreditch
    London


    Died:
    England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
    Name: Edward Lawson
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
    Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1903
    Age at Death: 71
    Registration district: Shoreditch
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1c
    Page: 78
    Source Information:
    FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
    Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

    Edward married Helen --?-- about 1854 in London, Middlesex, England, UK. Helen was born about 1837 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Helen --?-- was born about 1837 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1861, 24 Great Cambridge St, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1871, Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1881, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1891, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1901, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

    Children:
    1. Ralph John LAWSON was born about 1855 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in JAN-MAR 1913 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK.
    2. 1. Edward Albert LAWSON was born in Jan 1857 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in JUL-SEP 1901 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK.
    3. Helen L. LAWSON was born about 1859 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    4. Maud LAWSON was born about 1861 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. Alfred LAWSON was born about 1865 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    6. Alice Rose LAWSON was born about 1867 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    7. Sarah LAWSON was born about 1870 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ralph John LAWSON was born on 7 Nov 1807 in Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK (son of Edward LAWSON and Jane ANDREW); died in APR-JUN 1847 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; was buried in APR-JUN 1847 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Butcher
    • Census: 1841, Tarling St, St George, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK

    Notes:

    Buried:
    England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
    Name: Ralph John Lawson
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1847
    Registration district: Shoreditch
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 2
    Page: 247
    Source Information:
    FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
    Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

    Ralph married Sarah FOWKES on 18 Sep 1831 in St Mary Stratford Bow, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK. Sarah was born about 1810 in Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah FOWKES was born about 1810 in Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Butcher
    • Census: 1841, Tarling St, St George, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1851, 25 Gloucester St, St Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1881, 67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

    Notes:

    Married:
    London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
    Name: Ralph John Lawson
    Spouse Name: Sarah Fowkes
    Record Type: Marriage
    Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1831
    Parish: St Mary Stratford Bow
    County: Middlesex
    Borough: Tower Hamlets
    Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary Stratford Bow, Register of marriages, P88/MRY1, Item 015
    Transcript: Ralph John Lawson of this parish bachelor and Sarah Fowkes of this parish spinster were married in this church by banns with consent of (blank) this eighteenth day of September in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty one by me John Stock.
    Signed: Ralph John Lawson, Sarah Fowkes. Witnesses: Charles Wey, Ann Fowkes (her mark)
    No 68

    Children:
    1. 2. Edward LAWSON was born on 19 Feb 1832 in Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died about 1903 in Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edward LAWSONEdward LAWSON was born on 5 May 1778 in St George, Middlesex, London, England (son of Ralph LAWSON and Elisabeth BEATON); died on 16 Jul 1863 in 39 Trinity Almshouse, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1807, London St, Limehouse, London, England, UK
    • Occupation: 1791-1829; Master mariner
    • Residence: 1829, 10 George Street, Salmons Lane, Limehouse, London, England
    • Census: 1841, St George Place and Back Road, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Residence: 1841, 10 George Street, Salmons Lane, Limehouse, London, England
    • Census: 1851, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK
    • Census: 1861, 39 Trinity Almshouse, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK

    Notes:

    A search of the Trinity House petitions (Guildhall Library Ms 30218A/61) revealed the petition of Edward Lawson of 1829, aged 51 and then residing at 10 George Street, Salmons Lane, Limehouse. This stated that he went to sea in 1791 aged 13, and served for 38 years. It lists the 7 ships on which he sailed with details of his position, and states that he left off the sea in 1829 because of an 'affection of the kidney'. His wife Jane was then aged 49, and they had no children under 12 years old, nor any income from real or personal property.
    Copies of his marriage and baptism entries show that he (a bachelor) and Jane Andrew, spinster (a minor) were married by licence in the parish of St George Middlesex on 16 November 1802; and that he was baptised at 19 days old on 24 May 1778, also in St George Middlesex, son of Ralph Lawson, cooper by Elizabeth, of Green Bank.
    A further search of the register of almspeople of Trinity House (GL Ms 30219/1) revealed the following information:
    Mile End No.39: Edward Lawson; admitted 29 January 1850 aged 71; nominated by Captain Edward Foord; 'In what trade as master: Brazil'; 'admitted under the minutes of the Board, 12 June 1849 and 22 January 1850'; died 16 July 1863; also his wife Jane, aged 67, died 29 Oct 1857.


    From Trinity House files following are the ships on which Edward Lawson sailed progessing from ship's boy to master mariner: 1791 Nautilus (Brig) 190 tons Ships boy sailed Blyth to London 1799 Futuna (Brig) 230 tons Mate, London to Lisbon 1801 London packet (Brig)175 tons Mate London to Various ports 1803 Swift (Barque)167 tons Master London to various ports 1808 Sir Sydney Smith (Cutter) Master London to Continent 1816 Rover Brig 197 tons Master London to Sheilds 1828 Bridgewater 1276 Tons Ships Steward representing the Owners London to China 1829 left sea service due to medical reasons Edward held a Brazil licence as a Master Mariner and thus could take any vessel to ports around the world.


    Census:
    1841 census for St George Place & Back Road, St George, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
    Piece: 697 Book/Folio: 10/4 Page: 1 Registration District: St George, East
    SWEPSTON, Martha F 40 1801
    SWEPSTON, Mary Elizth F 17 1824 Middlesex
    SWEPSTON, Wm Henry M 12 1829 Middlesex
    SWEPSTON, Olive F 9 1832 Middlesex
    LAWSON, Edward M 63 1778 Middlesex
    LAWSON, Jane F 58 1783 Middlesex


    Residence:
    A search of the Trinity House petitions (Guildhall Library Ms 30218A/61) revealed the petition of Edward Lawson of 1829, aged 51 and then residing at 10 George Street, Salmons Lane, Limehouse.
    This stated that he went to sea in 1791 aged 13, and served for 38 years.
    It lists the 7 ships on which he sailed with details of his position, and states that he left off the sea in 1829 because of an 'affection of the kidney'.
    His wife Jane was then aged 49, and they had no children under 12 years old, nor any income from real or personal property.


    Census:
    1851 census for Trinity Alms House, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green:
    Edward Lawson, inmate, married, aged 72, Sea captain and master mariner, born Middlesex, London
    Jane Lawson, wife, aged 68, born Middlesex, London
    Matilda Stonehewer, granddaughter, aged 13, born Middlesex, London
    Frederick Coker, grandson, aged 4, born Middlesex, London


    Census:
    1861 census; Parish of Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets. No 39: Edward Lawson, head, widower, aged 83, Captain, born, St George's, Middlesex. Mary An Swift, servant, widow, aged 47, housekeeper.


    Died:
    Edward Lawson 16 July 1863 at 39 Trinity Almshouse age 85 cause natural decay present at death
    M.A. Swift of 39 Trinity Almshouse , Bethnal Green. (Note: On 1861 census, Mary An Swift is living with Edward as his housekeeper)

    Edward married Jane ANDREW on 16 Nov 1802 in St George, East Stepney, London, England. Jane (daughter of John ANDREW and Elizabeth --?--) was born on 30 Sep 1782 in Foxe Lane, Shadwell, London, England, UK; died on 29 Oct 1857 in 39 Mile End, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jane ANDREWJane ANDREW was born on 30 Sep 1782 in Foxe Lane, Shadwell, London, England, UK (daughter of John ANDREW and Elizabeth --?--); died on 29 Oct 1857 in 39 Mile End, London, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1841, St George Place and Back Road, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Census: 1851, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

    Notes:

    Died:
    Jane died 29 Oct 1857 at Trinity Ground age 76 cause Bronchitis of 14 days present at death John
    Stonehewer of 10 Henry Street, Ratcliff

    Notes:

    Married:
    Transcript from marriage entry: No. 1843 Edward Lawson of this parish, bachelor and Jane Andrew spinster of the same parish (a minor) were married in this church by licence (by consent of John Andrew the natural and lawful father of the said minor) in the parish church of St George Middlesex this 16th day of November 1802 by me Joseph A. Rose.

    Pallot's Marriage Index has entry for St George in the East Church, Stepney:
    Lawson Edwd and Jane Andrew s. minor (cons of her father John A).

    Children:
    1. Edward LAWSON was born on 30 Nov 1803 in St George in the East, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. Jane Elizabeth LAWSON was born about 1806 in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 31 Jul 1866 in 10 Henry St, Stepney, London, England, UK.
    3. 4. Ralph John LAWSON was born on 7 Nov 1807 in Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died in APR-JUN 1847 in London, Middlesex, England, UK; was buried in APR-JUN 1847 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, UK.
    4. Lydia LAWSON was born about 1810 in Shadwell, London, England, UK; died in 1844 in Wandsworth, London.


This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 14.0.5, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Warren Nunn.

Welcome to Warren Nunn's family history research website.
It includes research into various paternal and maternal branches.
The paternal line mostly focuses on the Nunn family from Suffolk, England.
One female Scottish line emanates from Aberdeenshire.
I am based in Australia.