Edward LAWSON

1832 - Abt 1903  (70 years)

• Name	Edward LAWSON
  Birth	19 Feb 1832	Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  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
  	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
  Occupation	1851
  	Butcher
  Census	1861	24 Great Cambridge St, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
  	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
  Occupation	1861
  	Messenger
  Census	1871	Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
  	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
  Occupation	1871
  	Carpenter
  Census	1881	67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
  	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
  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
  	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
  Occupation	1891
  	Carpenter
  Census	1901	67 Great Cambridge St, St Leonard, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
  	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
  Occupation	1901
  	Painter
  Death	Abt 1903	Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
  	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.
  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.
  Person ID	I1865	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2011

  
  

  Father	Ralph John LAWSON,   b. 7 Nov 1807, Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. APR-JUN 1847, London, Middlesex, England, UK (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Sarah FOWKES,   b. Abt 1810, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN
  Marriage	18 Sep 1831	St Mary Stratford Bow, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England, UK
  	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
  Family ID	F2329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen --?--,   b. Abt 1837, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN
  Marriage	Abt 1854	London, Middlesex, England, UK
  Children	1. Ralph John LAWSON,   b. Abt 1855, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. JAN-MAR 1913, Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, UK (Age 58 years)   2. Edward Albert LAWSON,   b. Jan 1857, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. JUL-SEP 1901, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK (Age 44 years)   3. Helen L. LAWSON,   b. Abt 1859, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN   4. Maud LAWSON,   b. Abt 1861, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN   5. Alfred LAWSON,   b. Abt 1865, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN   6. Alice Rose LAWSON,   b. Abt 1867, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN   7. Sarah LAWSON,   b. Abt 1870, London, Middlesex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F2331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2025