Thanks, Anne and Caroline. I'm moving foward with this at last thanks to your help. Yes, I do have the Will but Edward is not mentioned at all which led me to think he must have died young. Now I have found on familysearch the marriage between Edward LAWRENCE, son of William, at St James, Westminster on 10 March 1839 to Charlotte Caroline DOISY. Although Edward would have been only 15-16, I now believe it must be the right family as I can't find any of them in any census. Thanks so much to both of you. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bradford" <caroline.bradford@btinternet.com> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [MDX] Edwin LAWRENCE > Hi Jan > > Do you have William's will? There is a highly probable PCC one proved in > May 1855 - downloadable from DocumentsOnline at > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills. > > Best wishes > > Caroline > > I would like to find any reference to the early life of >> Edwin LAWRENCE who was said to have been born in London in 1840 please. >> He spent some of his life in Chile, marrying there in 1870, and >> becoming a Master in the Masonic Lodge . He is thought to be a son or >> grandson of William LAWRENCE who was born in 1782 in Old Windsor, >> Berkshire and died in 1855 in Lambeth Surrey. William LAWRENCE owned a >> coffeehouse at 21 James St, Long Acre among other London properties. >> >> Thanks , >> Jan >> in sunny Queensland. >> >> >> ************************************** >> Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** >> superfluous old messages in replies. >> >> List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jan I very much doubt that this marriage is "yours" for two reasons: 1) Assuming you have Edward's birth date right, a marriage at 15-16 would be phenomenally unlikely. Marriage at such a young age (for a man) in the early 19th century was very rare generally, and for the son of a gentleman (or even a prosperous man of business) practically unheard of. 2) The 1841 census shows an Edward and Charlotte LAWRENCE in St Pancras with a one year old son Edward. This Edward's baptism in 1840 (just right following an 1839 marriage) gives his mother's full name as Charlotte Caroline, thus making it very probable that these are the pair whose marriage Anne found on FreeBMD. Hope this helps Caroline > Thanks, Anne and Caroline. I'm moving foward with this at last thanks > to your help. Yes, I do have the Will but Edward is not mentioned at > all which led me to think he must have died young. > Now I have found on familysearch the marriage between Edward LAWRENCE, > son of William, at St James, Westminster on 10 March 1839 to Charlotte > Caroline DOISY. Although Edward would have been only 15-16, I now > believe it must be the right family as I can't find any of them in any > census. > Thanks so much to both of you. > > Jan

That seems a bit of a stretch to me - none are particularly uncommon names. I'd be inclined to get the marriage certificate to see what father William's occupation was - if it's along the lines of victualler, vintner or wine merchant, then you'd know you had the right one. Marriages Mar 1839 DOISY Charlotte Caroline St. Jas. Westr. 1 92 LAWRANCE Edward St. Jas. Westr. 1 92 (transcribed as St Jus Westn but definitely St Jas Westr.) Anne South Australia William and Mary are in the 1851 census Neil & Jan Hearn wrote: > Thanks, Anne and Caroline. I'm moving foward with this at last thanks to your help. Yes, I do have the Will > but Edward is not mentioned at all which led me to think he must have died young. Now I have found on > familysearch the marriage between Edward LAWRENCE, son of William, at St James, Westminster on 10 March > 1839 to Charlotte Caroline DOISY. Although Edward would have been only 15-16, I now believe it must be the > right family as I can't find any of them in any census. Thanks so much to both of you. > > Jan