Brief Life History of William Richard
When William Richard Lawrence was born on 1 April 1881, in De Graff, Logan, Ohio, United States, his father, Snow R. Lawrence, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Berry, was 24. He married Flossie E. Larkin on 17 September 1903, in Logan, Ohio, United States. He died on 7 March 1944, in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Marion Township, Marion, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (14)
- William Law, "United States Census, 1910"
- W.R. Lawrence, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997"
- William Richard Lawrence, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1881–1944 Male
1889– Female
Parents and Siblings
1845–1883 Male
1856–1911 Female
Siblings (3)
1874–1963 Female
1878–1940 Male
1881–1944 Male
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1886
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 17
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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