Richard Lawrence

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Lawrence was born about 1872, in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Lawrence, was 32 and his mother, Rosa Johnson, was 29.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lawrence
1842–
Rosa Johnson
1844–
Sarah Lawrence
1865–
William Lawrence
1866–
Annie Lawrence
1869–
Richard Lawrence
about 1872–
Polly Lawrence
1876–
Sidney Lawrence
1878–
Susan Lawrence
1867–1921
Gilbert Lawrence
1874–1955

Sources (2)

  • Richard Lawrence in household of Robert Lawrence, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Richard Lawrence in household of Robert Lawrence, "England and Wales Census, 1881"

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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