John William (Laws) Lawes (1880)

Biography

John was born in 1880^[1] in Roos, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of John Laws and Charlotte Carrick; the family lived in Anlaby, Yorkshire, in 1881^[2] and 1891.^[3]

At the time of the 1901 census John worked as a waggoner for the Scruton family in Bishopsoil, Yorkshire.^[4]

In 1901 he married Kate Leighton after banns were read in Eastrington, Yorkshire.^[5][6] By 1911 the family lived in Anlaby, Yorkshire, where John worked as a coppersmith's labourer at a railway locomotive depot.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO birth index. LAWS, JOHN WILLIAM. Mother CARRICK. GRO Reference: 1880 S Quarter in PATRINGTON Volume 09D Page 303. GRO.gov.uk
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-3LH9 : 11 December 2017), John W Laws in household of John Laws, Anlaby, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 8, Piece/Folio 4750/70, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,328.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7P3Y-HPZ : 26 November 2020), John William Laws in household of John Laws, Anlaby, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS9J-BFN : 21 May 2019), John Law in household of William Scruton, Bishopsoil, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wallingfen subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Eastrington. Banns of marriage between John William Lawes, bachelor of Sandholme, and Kate Leighton spinster of Sandholme in this parish, were published as follows: 15, 22, 29 Dec 1901.
   Yorkshire Banns Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 12 Jan 2021
6. ↑ GRO index. Marriages Dec 1901. LAWES John William. Howden 9d 187. FreeBMD
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7TS-B2C : 18 July 2019), John William Laws, Anlaby, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.