William Lawrence
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William Coldham Lawrence (1887 - 1916)

William Coldham Lawrence
Born in Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1910 in Cambridgeshire, Englandmap
Died at age 28 in Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, Francemap
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Biography

  • Born in Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire, England
  • By 1891 moved to Horseway, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire with occupation scholar
  • 1901 living at Langwood Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England with occupation cattleman
  • By 1911 after his marriage to Eliza Pope moved to Newgate Street, Doddington, Cambridgeshire.
  • Eliza Pope died in 1915, leaving him with a child, who was looked after by his mother-in-law.
  • 1916 Died of wounds in France and is buried in Étaples, pas de Calais, France

Sources

  • England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 27 April 2020), database entry for Lawrence, William Coldham (mother’s maiden Coldham), GRO Reference : 1887 S Quarter in SAINT IVES Volume 03B Page 285 Occasional Copy: A
  • "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4Y87-C3Z : 2 May 2019), William Lawrence in household of Charles Lawrence, Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Huntingdonshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  • "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSQ3-Z17 : 21 May 2019), William Laurence in household of Charles Laurence, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Chatteris subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  • FreeBMD (marriage spouse Pope) [1]
  • "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KJ-X7V : 22 July 2019), William Lawrence, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, 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.
  • Soldiers Will [2]
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission [3]
  • Soldiers' Effects [4] subscription required
  • Chatteris Remembers [5]




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