George Lawson
1870 – 1943
George Lawson was born in 1870 at Lamplugh. He is one of twin sons born to Joseph and Margaret Lawson.
In the 1871 Census for Murton near Lamplugh, at Murton Hole, Joseph Lawson (farmer of 42 acres, age 46, born at Cumwhiton) is listed as Head of Household living with his wife Margaret Lawson (age 43), and their daughters Jane (scholar, age 13, born at Arlecdon), Margaret (scholar, age 7, born at Lamplugh) and Isabella (age 4, born at Lamplugh), and their sons George and Thomas (both age 1, born at Lamplugh). [Sarah Anne Lawson (daughter, age 11) is not included in this census at this address. Mary Elizabeth Lawson, daughter born 1861, is not listed (possibly dead). Also, a further son Abraham is to be born two years later in 1873, also at Lamplugh.] Also living at the farm is Thomas Lawson (widower, age 79) who is listed as Joseph's father. Also at the farm are the following employees: Mary Harrison (domestic servant, unmarried, age 53, born at Keswick), John Robinson (farm servant, age 23, born at Distington), Mary Harris (general servant, age 20, born at NH), Joseph Steele (farm servant, age 19, born at Lamplugh), and Mark Brownrigg (mineral labourer, age 19, born at Lonwood Lancashire).
In the 1881 Census, now age 11 years, George is listed with the rest of the family at Woodend in Lamplugh [see footnote 1 ].
George's father dies in 1890. In the 1891 Census, George Lawson, at age 21 years, and his younger brother Abraham, age 18, are recorded by profession as iron ore labourers and by status as lodgers in the household of Mr Thomas Martindale, age 31 & also an iron ore labourer, at Knock Munton in Lamplugh. In 1891 George's brother Thomas (also age 21) is one of six servants listed in the household of Cuthbert Cuthbertson, a farmer at Birkby in Crosscanonby.
In 1894, in the registration district of Whitehaven, George Lawson marries Annie Wood [see footnote 2].
In the 1901 Census, both George Lawson (now 31 and listed as Head of Household) and his wife Annie Lawson (also aged 31) are recorded at Lagmoor Head (Kinniside) living with their children Joseph (5), Sarah (3) and Annie (10 months), and a cowman John Robert Close (age 16, born at Frizington).
In the 1911 Census, George Lawson is listed as a Farmer, living with his wife at Catta, Kinniside along with their six children, who are listed:
(1) Joseph Lawson b. 1896 @ Kinniside (d. 1937, age 41)
(2) Sarah Ann Lawson b. 1898 @ Kinniside (d. 1995, age 99)
(3) Annie Lawson b. 1900 @ Kinniside (d. 1989, age 89)
(4) Margaret Lawson b. 1903 @ Kinniside (d. 1987, age 84)
(5) Henry Lawson b. 1906 @ Kinniside (d. 1994, age 88)
(6) George Lawson b. 1908 @ Kinniside (d. 1979 age 71)
George Lawson dies in 1943 at age 73 [see footnote 3 ], and his wife Annie Lawson dies in 1966 at age 96.
The six children marry as follows:
(1) Joseph Lawson at age 28yrs, marries Elizabeth Baxter in 1924, and they have one child:
(1,1) Jean Lawson b. 1925 marries ? Maurice Pickering 1955
(2) Sarah Ann Lawson at age 27yrs, marries Mr Pallister in December 1925 in the registration district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(2,1) Leonard L Pallister b. 1926 marries Freda O Gilbert in 1945
(2,2) Elsie Pallister b. 1929 marries Derrick I Johnson in 1953
(3) Annie Lawson at age 30yrs, marries Henry Sharpe in 1930, and they have two children:
(3,1) Nelson Sharpe b. 1933 marries Jean Richardson in 1957
(3,2) Ida Sharpe b. 1943 marries J Brian Horsley in 1964
(5) Henry Lawson at age 28yrs, marries Mary J Henderson in 1934 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have six children:
(5,1) James Lawson b. 1935 marries Margaret E Clark in 1962
(5,2) George Lawson b. 1936 marries Annie M Langcake in 1960
(5,3) Henry Lawson b. 1940 marries Linda M Harrison in 1967
(5,4) Joyce M Lawson b. 1941 marries Kenneth W Nixon in 1964
(5,5) John J Lawson b. 1942 marries Eileen Carr in 1974
(5,6) William Lawson b. 1945 marries Ruth Rawling in 1971
(6) George Lawson at age 23yrs, marries Mary Birkett in 1931 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have seven children:
(6,1) Lena Lawson b. 1932 marries Edward Gibson in 1958
(6,2) George B Lawson b. 1933 marries ? Irene Audsley in 1952
(6,3) Thora Lawson b. 1934 marries Mr Bolton in 1959
(6,4) Barbara Lawson b. 1936 marries G L Goldsworthy in 1957
(6,5) Joseph Lawson b. 1937 marries Joan Bennett in 1957
(6,6) Dorothy Lawson b. 1939 marries Edward Jackson in 1962
(6,7) Edwin Lawson ? b. 1943 marries Pamela Norton ?
and these grandchildren marry as follows:
(2,1) Leonard L Pallister at age 19yrs marries Freda O Gilbert in 1945 in the district of Whitehaven and they have children:
(2,1,1) Alan G Pallister b. 1945 in Whitehaven
(2,1,2) Shirley M D Pallister b. 1950 in Millom
(2,1,3) Ian R Pallister b. 1956 in Whitehaven
(2,1,4) Anthony S Pallister b. 1957 in Whitehaven
(2,2) Elsie Pallister at age 24yrs marries derrick I Johnson in 1953 in the district of Whitehaven and they have two children:
(2,2,1) Marion Johnson b. 1955 in Carlisle
(2,2,2) Dorothy Johnson b. 1957 in Carlisle
(3,1) Nelson Sharpe at age 24yrs, marries Jean Richardson in 1957 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have three children:
(3,1,1) Nelson William Sharpe b. 1958 in Whitehaven
(3,1,2) Edwin Richardson Sharpe b. 1962 in Whitehaven
(3,1,3) Stephen Henry Sharpe b. 1965 d. 1991, age 26yrs
(3,2) Ida Sharpe at age 21yrs, marries Joseph Brian Horsley in 1964 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have three children:
(3,2,1) Sheena Marion Horsley b. 1966 in Whitehaven
(3,2,2) Colin Brian Horsley b. 1968 in Whitehaven
(3,2,3) Duncan Robert Horsley b. 1971 in Whitehaven
(5,1) James Lawson marries ? Margaret E Clark in 1962 in the district of Cockermouth, and have two children:
(5,1,1) Pauline Lawson b. 1964 in Cockermouth
(5,1,2) Raymond John Lawson b. 1969 in Cockermouth
(5,2) George Lawson at age 24yrs, marries Annie M Langcake in 1960 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have one child:
(5,2,1) David Lawson born 1961 in Cockermouth
(5,3) Henry Lawson at age 27yrs, marries Linda M Harrison in 1967 in the district of Whitehaven, x.
(5,4) Joyce M Lawson at age 23yrs, marries Kenneth W Nixon in 1964 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have two children:
(5,4,1) Mark A Nixon born 1965 in Cockermouth
(5,4,2) Linda Jennifer Nixon born 1969 in Cockermouth
(5,5) John J Lawson at age 32yrs, marries Eileen Carr in 1974 in the district of Whitehaven ?, and they have one child:
(5,5,1) Michael James Lawson ? born 1983 in Whitehaven
(5,6) William Lawson at age 26yrs, marries Ruth Rawling in 1971 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have two children:
(5,6,1) Stephen John Lawson born 1976 in Whitehaven
(5,6,2) Andrew William Lawson born 1979 in Whitehaven
(6,1) Lena Lawson at age 26yrs, marries Edward Gibson in 1958 in the district of Whitehaven.
(6,2) a George B Lawson (records unclear) age 19yrs marries Irene Audsley in 1952 in the district of Wharfedale.
(6,3) Thora Lawson at age 25yrs, marries Mr Bolton in 1959 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have one child:
(6,3,1) Lesley A Bolton born 1962 in Whitehaven
(6,4) Barbara Lawson at age 21yrs, marries Gordon L Goldsworthy in 1957 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(6,4,1) Denise Goldsworthy born 1963 in Whitehaven
(6,4,2) Anita Helen Goldsworthy born 1967 in Whitehaven
(6,5) Joseph Lawson at age 20yrs, marries ? Joan Bennett in 1957 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have four children:
(6,5,1) Linda Lawson born 1957 in Whitehaven
(6,5,2) Janice Lawson born 1958 in Whitehaven
(6,5,3) Martin Lawson born 1961 in Whitehaven
(6,5,4) Joanne Lawson born 1964 in Whitehaven
(6,6) Dorothy A Lawson at age 23yrs, marries Edward Jackson in 1962 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(6,6,1) Deborah Jackson ? born 1965 in Durham/Cumberland
(6,6,2) David Jackson born 1966 in Whitehaven
(6,7) Edwin Lawson age 28yrs, marries ? Pamela Norton in 1971 in the district of Millom: (records unclear here)
and these great grandchildren marry as follows:
(2,1,2) Shirley M D Pallister at age 20yrs, marries Norman F Jackson in 1970 in Blackpool, (records unclear).
(2,1,3) Ian R Pallister at age 19yrs, marries Suasan M Ashburner in 1975 in Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(2,1,3,1) Lindsey Anne Pallister born 1989 @ Whitehaven
(2,1,3,2) John Richard Pallister born 1991 @ Whitehaven
(2,1,4) Anthony S Pallister at age 21yrs, marries Angela M Hyde in 1978 in Trafford Manchester, and they have two children:
(2,1,4,1) Anthony David Pallister born 1979 @ Manchester
(2,1,4,2) Martin John Pallister born 1982 @ Manchester
and then age 48yrs marries Patricia A Paraskevas in 2005 in Salford (no issue).
(2,2,1) a Marion Johnson marries in 1979 in Kendal, Westmorland.
(3,2,1) Sheena Marion Horsley at age 21yrs, marries Ian Todhunter in 1992 in the district of Wigton, and they have one child:
(3,2,1,1) Laura Marie Todhunter born 1996 @ Whitehaven
(3,2,3) Duncan Robert Horsley at age 24yrs, marries Helen M Carter in 1995 in the district of Carlisle, and they have two children:
(3,2,3,1) William Robert Horsley born 1997 @ Carlisle
(3,2,3,2) Thomas Duncan Horsley born 2000 @ Carlisle
(5,1,1) Pauline Lawson at age 21yrs, marries George G Relph in 1985 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have five children:
(5,1,1,1) Sarah Jean Relph born 1986 @ Whitehaven
(5,1,1,2) James Geoffrey Relph born 1987 @ Whitehaven
(5,1,1,3) Robert Jackson Relph born 1988 @ Whitehaven
(5,1,1,4) Zara Joanne Relph born 1990 @ Whitehaven
(5,1,1,5) Joseph William Relph born 2000 @ Cockermouth
(5,1,2) Raymond John Lawson at age 26yrs, marries Emma K Gunson in 1995 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have two children:
(5,1,2,1) Rebeka Kate Lawson born 1999 at Whitehaven
(5,1,2,2) Owen James Lawson born 2003 at Whitehaven
(5,2,1) David Lawson at age 27yrs, marries Sheila M Pearson in 1988 in the district of Wigton, and they have three children:
(5,2,1,1) Claire Elizabeth Lawson born 1990 at Whitehaven
(5,2,1,2) Hannah Christine Lawson born 1991 at Whitehaven
(5,2,1,3) Ella Dorothy Lawson born 2000 at Whitehaven
(5,4,1) Mark A Nixon at age 22yrs, marries Hilary J Stoddart in 1987 in the district of Wigton, and they have three children:
(5,4,1,1) William Anthony Nixon born 1992 at Whitehaven
(5,4,1,2) Emily Jane Nixon born 1995 at Whitehaven
(5,4,1,3) Molly Elizabeth Nixon born 2000 at Whitehaven
(5,4,2) Linda J Nixon at age 18yrs, marries Barry Askew in 1987 in the district of Cockermouth, and they have two children:
(5,4,2,1) Rebecca Jayne Askew born 1991 at Whitehaven
(5,4,2,2) Laura Jennifer Askew born 1994 at Whitehaven
(5,6,1) Stephen J Lawson marries Amanda.
(6,3,1) Lesley A Bolton at age 22yrs, marries Ian T Garth in 1984 in the district of Whitehaven.
(6,4,1) Denise Goldsworthy at age 25yrs, marries Robert K Riley in 1988 the district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(6,4,1,1) Jamie Robert Riley born 1992 at Whitehaven
(6,4,1,2) Jack Andrew Riley born 1995 at Whitehaven
(6,5,1) Linda Lawson at age 22yrs, marries Colin A Benn in 1977 in the district of Whitehaven. They may have moved to Pontefract (unclear).
(6,5,2) Janice Lawson at age 17yrs, marries Steven Newton in 1975 the district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(6,5,2,1) Fiona Newton born 1976 at Whitehaven
(6,5,2,2) Craig Newton born 1977 at Whitehaven
(6,5,4) Joanne Lawson at age 26yrs, marries John P O'Hanlon in 1990 in the district of Whitehaven, and they have two children:
(6,5,4,1) Ellie O'Hanlon born 1996 at Whitehaven
(6,5,4,2) Millie O'Hanlon born 1999 at Whitehaven
Footnote 1.
Joseph Lawson (1825 – 1890)
Joseph Lawson was born in 1825 at Cumwitton near Carlsile. In the 1841 Census, at age 16 years, he is recorded at either Wigton or Penrith. In the 1851 Census at age 25 he is recorded at Carlattan Brampton, where he is one of three “general servants” in the household of Sarah Routledge (55) and her four children (aged 22 - 32).
In 1856, aged 31 years, he marries Margaret Nelson in the registration district of Whitehaven. Margaret Nelson was born in 1828 at Distington. In the 1861 Census, now 46, he is listed as resident in the district of Whitehaven.
In the 1881 Census for the registration district of Whitehaven, Joseph Lawson, age 56 years, is listed as a Farmer living at Woodend in the Parish of Lamplugh along with his wife Margaret Lawson, age 53 years, and their six children:
(1) Sarah A Lawson 21, Dressmaker born 1860 at Distington
(2) Margaret Lawson 17, farmer's daughter born 1864 at Distington
(3) Isabella Lawson 14, scholar born 1867 at Lamplugh
(4) George Lawson 11, scholar born 1870 at Lamplugh
(5) Thomas Lawson 11, scholar born 1870 at Lamplugh
(6) Abraham Lawson 8, scholar born 1873 at Lamplugh
Also listed as living at Woodend Farm was Thomas Preston age 40, born in Keswick, a farm servant (indoors).
Joseph Lawson died in 1891 in the district of Whitehaven at age 66 years. His wife Margaret had died in 1884 at age 56.
Footnote 2.
Annie Wood was born in 1870 at Egremont, the daughter of Henry and Mary Wood. In the 1871 Census she is listed as aged 1yr and living at 34 Main Street, Egremont along with her father (Henry Wood, a miller, age 36, born in Lamplugh), her mother (Mary Wood, age 35, born in Egremont) and William Wood (her brother, a scholar, age 11, born in Egremont), and a domestic servant Sarah Braithwaite (age 36, born in Egremont).
In the 1881 Census, Annie Wood (now age 11, a scholar) is listed as living along with her father Henry Wood (age 46, a corn miller) and her brother William Wood (age 21, an unemployed corn miller) in the household of Mrs Rebecca Borrowdale (a farmer, age 48, born in Preston Quarter Cumberland) at Winscales, Beckermet. All three are listed residing as boarders at Mrs Borrowdale's farm. Also living at Winscales, Beckermet are Mrs Borrowdales' three children Jacob (a farmer's son, age 22, of Winscales), Isaac (a farmer's son, age 19, of Winscales) and John (a scholar, age 14, of Winscales). Also listed as resident at the same address are Hannah Mullender (a retired schoolmistress, age 80, born in Carlisle) and Jane Foster (a general domestic servant, age 17, born in Cornwall).
In the 1891 Census, Annie Wood (age 22) is listed as a general domestic servant living in the household of John and Elizabeth Williamson and their four children, their niece and three other servants at Dickinson Place in the parish of Allonby. In full, the Census records John Williams (44, a Farmer, born Allonby), his wife Elizabeth (42, of Cockermouth), their children Walker (7, scholar), Bertha (6, scholar) Elizabeth (7 months), their niece Deborah (21, living on her own means, born in Padshaw), two farm servants George Postlethwaite (22, of Lorton) and Joseph Wm Davidson (16, of Allonby) and two general domestic servants Annie Wood (22, of Egremont) and Maragaret Ritson (15, of Crosby).
In 1894 Annie marries George Lawson, an iron ore labourer from Lamplugh.
Annie lived with her daughters Sissy and Maggie in Moor Row until her death in 1966 at age 97.
Footnote 3.
The Probate Office at Carlisle records the death of George Lawson as occurring on 1st January 1943 at Liza Brow Cottages, Kinniside, Cleator. Probate was granted to Thomas Pallister, farmer, and Henry Sharpe, farm worker. Effects: £1743 19s 1d.
Footnote 4.
Thomas Lawson (1870 – 19xx)
In the 1901 census Thomas Lawson (age 30, Head of Household, quarryman?) is listed at No.3 Arlecdon Parkes Road via Cockermouth, along with his wife Mary Lawson (age 25), his step-daughter Jane Adams (age 6), his daughter Margaret Lawson (age 4) and a boarder John Thompson (age 45,).
In the 1911 census Thomas Lawson (age 40, born Lamplugh, Head of Household, coal miner) is listed at No.3 Arlecdon Parkes Road via Cockermouth, along with his wife Mary Lawson (age 35, married 14 years) his daughter Margaret Lawson (age 14), his son Joseph Lawson (age 7), and his daughter Mary Jackson Lawson (age 5).
Footnote 4.
Abraham Lawson (1873 – 1912)
In the 1901 census Abraham Lawson (age 28) is listed as Head of Household at Reading Room Cottage in the Parish of Lamplugh along with his wife Sarah Lawson (age 26) and three boarders: John Graham (52, iron ore miner, widower, born at Loweswater), John Graham (age 24) & Harrison Graham (age 21).
In the 1911 census for Salter & Eskett Lamplugh, Abraham Lawson (age 38, Head of Household, iron ore miner) is listed at the postal address Kirkland Cockermouth along with his wife Sarah Lawson (age 37, wife of 17 years, born Lamplugh) and his brothers-in-law John Graham (age 34, iron ore miner, born Lamplugh) & Harrison Graham (age 31, iron ore miner, born Lamplugh).
Abraham Lawson's death is recorded for Jan-Mar 1912 at age 39, in Cumberland.