Here's the same family in 1860 - Norristown Boro Mary EARLS, 38 Matilda, 17, works in factory Samuel, 12 Mary, 10 Annie, 7 Elizabeth, 4 William MAGEE, 68, works in factory I don't have index for 1850, so you may want to ask to get Samuel's father's name. Karen All b. PA ---- DbrhStan@comcast.net wrote: > 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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