Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Lawrence was born on 10 April 1794, in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Joshua Lawrence, was 40 and her mother, Ruth Nims, was 34. She married Breed Osgood on 6 December 1811, in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 4 August 1836, in Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (39)
- Sophia Lawrance, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Sophia Lamreuce, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969
Spouse and Children
1785–1826 Male
1794–1836 Female
Children (5)
1815–1815 Female
1816–1819 Male
1818–1819 Male
1820–1889 Male
1823–1825 Male
Parents and Siblings
1753–1827 Male
1760–1816 Female
Siblings (15)
1781–1864 Male
1783–1854 Female
1785–1862 Male
1788–1810 Male
1788– Male
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
1803
Age 9
1808
Age 14
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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