Samuel Burton Lawrence

Brief Life History of Samuel Burton

Samuel Burton Lawrence was born in March 1840, in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States as the son of Daniel Lawrence. He married Sarah Valnette Marrs on 24 October 1864, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 29 May 1907, in Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Scholls, Washington, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Burton Lawrence
1840–1907
Sarah Valnette Marrs
1849–1937
Marriage: 24 October 1864
Nettie R Lawrence
1865–1940
Frank Lawrence
1867–1880
Clara Lawrence
1868–1880
Lawrence
1870–1880
Floyd Hastings Lawrence
1871–1933
Lawrence
1872–1880
Lawrence
1874–1880
Samuel Burton Lawrence
1878–1954
Lou Leona Lawrence
1881–1945
Bert F Lawrence
1884–1981
John Wiley Lawrence
1887–1963

Sources (11)

  • Samuel Lawrence, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Samuel Lawrence, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"
  • S B Lawrence in entry for Bert F Lawrence and Ethyle E Temple, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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World Events (8)

1843

Historical Boundaries: 1843: Twality, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Twality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Twality, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Washington, Oregon, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

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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