Just to clarify that Betterton is not a village in its own right - it is a large house with a farm between East Lockinge and West Ginge about a mile south of the village of Ardington. I will add Richard Church Lawrence to the Berkshire Strays Database. Margaret In article <3F979784F49944ADBEFDBFEC1648F523@ibm3py9tyfcmkt>, Peter Ferreira <peterferreira@rogers.com> writes >Here is a small family group for you. > >Robert Church LAWRENCE was born in Betterton, Berks, England, in 1841 and >baptized in Ardington, Berks, on August 15th., 1841. Robert Lawrence, >gentleman, migrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the “True Briton” >in Jan – March 1864. In 1866, Robert, a coachman, married Mary HARTY, >widow, nee GOOLEY, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Kilda. By 1867, >Robert was a police constable, in Bendigo, Victoria; later, he was a miner >and then a watchman at the Great Extended Hustlers Mine, living in Bendigo. >On March 7th., 1921, in Bendigo, Robert, aged 79, died and he was buried in >Bendigo cemetery. Robert and Mary had issue. > >A] Robert Phillip LAWRENCE, born 1868 in Sandhurst, Victoria, >Australia. On April 30th., 1887, at St. Killian’s Catholic Church, Bendigo, >Victoria, Robert married Ellen NAUGHTON. Robert died in a riding accident >at Adelong, N.S.W., on December 28th., 1896 and was buried there. They had >issue. > >B] Martha LAWRENCE, born 1870 in St. Kilda suburb of Melbourne, >Australia and died on December 22nd., 1897, in Bendigo, Victoria. Martha >married Alfred George BOWE in 1895. Probably no issue. > >I am keen to make contact, and to share LAWRENCE family history notes, with >any researcher or descendant of this family, all cousins of mine. > >Best wishes. > > >Peter Ferreira >Toronto, Canada. > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE- >request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message -- Margaret Young margaret@breadmore.org Breadmore One-Name Study (GOONS 2503) http://www.breadmore.org/