Perhaps this is a possibilty? EARLS, MARY (1870 U.S. Census) PENNSYLVANIA , MONTGOMERY, NORRISTOWN Age: 47, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: M593 Roll: 1378 Page: 32 Mary Earls 47 Keeping house CAN both parents of foreign Samuel 21 Laborer PA Mary 19 at home PA Annie 16 work's cotton mill PA Elizabeth 13 work's cotton mill PA Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: <DbrhStan@comcast.net> To: <PA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [PACEN] EARL, Lawson, Montgomery Cty., 1920 > Karen, > Thanks so much! These are definitely them! And I did a search for Samuel > L. Earl on the LDS site and found the marriage date for Laura and Samuel. > Laura's maiden name was Baird, and she was my mother's great-aunt ( but my > mother never met her or Lawson). We didn't know about Virginia. > > If it's not too much trouble, could you check 1860 and 1870 to try to find > the elder Samuel Earl's parents? > > > Thanks again, > Deb > > >> Deb, >> >> I started off looking in 1900 Norristown for any boys of age who could >> have >> married Laura and I found a family with a Joseph & Samuel L. So I >> entered >> Samuel Earl and found them in Allegheny Co in 1910 >> >> 1910 Allegheny Co, 20 wd Pittsburgh >> >> EARL, Samuel L, Head, 31, married 7 yrs, laborer, iron mill, rents house >> Laura J, wife, 29, 2 children / 2 living >> Lawson S, son, 2 >> Virginia, daughter, 2/12 >> >> All b. PA, PA, PA >> >> 1920 Montgomery Co, 10-wd Norristown living at 206 Noble St >> >> BEARD, William, Head, 81, rents, gardner, private family >> Anna A, wife, 69 >> Victor S, son, 41, single, driver, ~~ Co >> BROWN, Anna M, daughter, 37, married, packer, medicine co >> Clarence, son in law, 27, married, house painter >> HINKLE, Vera, daughter, 25, married >> William M, son in law, 31, married, foreman carpenter, building co >> Jessie M, grandson, 8 >> William B, grandson, 7 >> EARLE, Laura, daughter, 38, widowed, trained nurse, steel plant >> Virginia, grand daughter, 9 >> >> All b. PA, PA, PA, so the Lawson found in Phila is probably yours. >> >> The family I found in 1900 , 6-wd Norristown Boro were >> >> EARL, Mary, Head, May 1853, 47, widowed, 4 children / 4 living, rents >> house >> Joseph, son, Jan 1872, 25, machinist >> Samuel L, son, Feb 1879, 21, helper on rolling machine >> >> So, of course, I had to find them in 1880 to see who Samuel's father was. >> Here >> they are in 2-wd Norristown >> >> Samuel L EARLES, 32, Laborer >> Mary J, 27, keeping house >> William T, son, 7 >> Joseph, son, 5 >> Ida, daughter, 3 >> Samuel L, son, 1 >> >> All born PA, PA, PA >> >> So not only do you have Lawson's father's name, may possibly have his >> grandparents also. If you'd like look ups before 1880, let me know. I >> tried to >> find the Mary & Joseph in 1910 to make sure this was or wasn't the same >> Samuel, >> but I couldn't find them. (Well, I haven't tried real hard yet but I >> will look) >> >> Karen >> >> ---- DbrhStan@comcast.net wrote: >> > Thanks Jenn and Gail for taking the time to look this up. Definitely >> > the >> Laura, Lawson, and Virginia in 1930 are mine. It's very possible the >> Lawson Earl >> at Girard College is mine also. I believe the father may have been >> deceased by >> 1920, and the family was poor, and Girard College was a tuition free >> boarding >> school for low income families. >> > >> > >> > Thanks again for your help. >> > >> > Deb >> > >> > >> > > Deb, >> > > >> > > On a side note, in the 1920, found a Lawson Earl, 12, indexed as as >> > > "Inmate" >> > > at Girard College in Philadelphia >> > > A coincidence? >> > > >> > > Jenn >> > > . >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: "Gail Steckel" <gail@gregsteckel.com> >> > > To: <PA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> > > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:56 PM >> > > Subject: RE: [PACEN] EARL, Lawson, Montgomery Cty., 1920 >> > > >> > > >> > > > The 1930 shows Laura age 48 with children Virginia, 20, and Lawson, >> > > > 22. >> > > > They are on Marshall St. in Norristown >> > > > >> > > > The only interesting thing I find is, in 1910, a Laura Earl, age >> > > > 28, >> > > > living >> > > > with Alfred Earl, on Marshall St. in Norristown, but the only child >> > > > they >> > > > have is a 1 yr old dau. named Bethric/Betheic. >> > > > >> > > > Perhaps if you wait a bit Ancestry will have its every-name 1920 >> > > > census >> > > > index and then we'll be able to find them in 1920. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: Deb [mailto:DbrhStan@comcast.net] >> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:06 PM >> > > > To: PA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >> > > > Subject: [PACEN] EARL, Lawson, Montgomery Cty., 1920 >> > > > >> > > > I would appreciate a lookup for Lawson Earl, born 1908 in >> > > > Norristown, Pa., >> > > > mother Laura, born 1882. 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