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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