Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Lawson was born in 1723, in Old Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Michael (Mitchell) Lawson, was 36 and her mother, Janet Walls, was 35. She married John Gordon on 23 December 1742, in Old Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 8 May 1782, in Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 59.
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- 1742 John Gordon - Old parish registers - Banns and Marriages - Dailly
- 1782 Christian Lawson - Old parish registers - Deaths and Burials - Dailly
- Legacy NFS Source: Christian Lawson -
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Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic ‘son of Lawrence’; see Law 1. It is also found in Ireland since the 17th century.
Americanized form of Swedish Larsson and Danish, Norwegian or North German Larsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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