Brief Life History of Lillian Rose Or Viola
When Lillian Rose Or Viola Lawrence was born on 3 November 1897, in Williams Bridge, Bronx, New York, United States, her father, David Gasner Lawrence III, was 38 and her mother, Katherine Christina Haas, was 36. She married Herbert Freeman Nichols on 24 June 1916, in Westchester, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 1 March 1963, in Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 65.
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Sources (12)
- Lillian Nichols, "United States 1950 Census"
- Viola Lawrence, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Lillian Rose Lawrence, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
Spouse and Children
1892–1975 Male
1897–1963 Female
Children (5)
1917–2005 Female
1919–1930 Female
1922–2008 Male
1924–2006 Female
1931–1931 Female
Parents and Siblings
1859–1951 Male
1861–1932 Female
Siblings (2)
1894–1974 Female
1897–1963 Female
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
1903
Age 6
1916
Age 19
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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