Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Lawless was born on 14 March 1924, in South Nelson, Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, William Alexander Lawless, was 25 and his mother, Marie Louise Josephine Godin, was 20. He married Annie Renovia Brown on 10 June 1976, in River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1931. He died on 26 December 1997, in Yarmouth 33, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Sources (3)
- Jesse Lawless, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Legacy NFS Source: Michael Jesse Lawless - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Michael Jesse Lawless
- Michael J Lawless, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1937 · Miramichi Strike
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
1955 · Recorder Low Temperature
In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam
Name Meaning
Scottish, Irish, and English: nickname from Middle English laweles, laghles ‘lawless, uncontrolled by the law’, applied either to someone who was undisciplined or to an outlaw (i.e. one from whom the protection of the law had been withdrawn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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