Brief Life History of Rodney Joseph
When Rodney Joseph Lawrence was born on 23 July 1919, in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States, his father, Frederick Ernest Lawrence, was 29 and his mother, Mary Magdalena Lince, was 26. He married Ruth Jane Larsen on 26 March 1948, in Alpena, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States in 1950. He died on 31 October 1980, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Rodney Lawrence, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rodney Lawrence, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Rodney J Lawrence in entry for Christine Lawrence, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1919–1980 Male
1924–2012 Female
Children (1)
1952–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1890–1952 Male
1892–1969 Female
Siblings (5)
1916–1974 Male
1918–1995 Female
1919–1980 Male
1926– Female
1935–1985 Male
World Events (8)
1920
Age 1
1921 · Flash floods kill 1500
Age 2
1936 · Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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