When Robert Lawson was born on 28 September 1890, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Lawson, was 29 and his mother, Betsy Hignett, was 26. He married Hetty Kay on 19 August 1922, in Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Whitinsville, Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1950. He died on 17 August 1970, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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