James Thomas Lawrence 1893 - 1956

A general farm worker and the child of James Lawrence (an agricultural labourer) and Elizabeth Mount (a domestic servant), James Lawrence, the great-uncle of Nigel Horne, was born in St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England on 4 Oct 18931,2,3,4 and married Mary Knowler (with whom he had 5 children: James Thomas, George Edward, Thomas William, Jack and Ronald) at St Augustine, Northbourne, Kent, England on 14 Sept 19185.

During his life, he was living in Staple, Kent on 31 Mar 19011; at Oast Cottages, Cleve, Monkton, Kent on 2 Apr 1911, less than a mile from his half-brother Herbert Lawrence who was living at 2 Oast Cotts, Monkton, Thanet, Kent, England7; and at 1 Church Cottage, Woodnesborough, Kent on 29 Sept 19392.

He died on 20 Jan 1956 in Ashford, Kent3 (died running for the bus. He had had a heart attack. [ No citation for evidence ]) and is buried at Ramsgate Cemetery, Ramsgate, Kent. He served in the military in France from 1914 to 1915 (east Kent Buffs then Labour Corps Awarded the Military Medal).

Citations

1. 1901 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National
2. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the head of the household)
3. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
4. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
5. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
6. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 8 and the son of the head of the household)
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 17 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Burial place (Ramsgate, Kent, England) has no citations

Emily Cowell (née Lawrence) residence is same location probably should be recorded as the same address (' 7 Pouces Cottages, Manston, Kent, England'/' 1 Church Cottage, Woodnesborough, Kent, England') in 1939

Dorothy Pearson (née Cowell) residence is same location probably should be recorded as the same address (' 7 Pouces Cottages, Manston, Kent, England'/' 1 Church Cottage, Woodnesborough, Kent, England') in 1939

Frederick Cowell residence is same location probably should be recorded as the same address (' 5 Pouces Cottages, Manston, Kent, England'/' 1 Church Cottage, Woodnesborough, Kent, England') in 1939