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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: Hogan on Wednesday 06 March 13 18:02 GMT (UK)
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Hi All
Can anyone tell me where I can try and fond out details about a man born in Jamaica
Abraham Lawrence was born around 1847/49, he later came to Liverpool.
Any advice would be great, hoping I can find something out about his birth/parents.
Cheers
Ant
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Did he marry in England? if so, marriage certificate should (hopefully) list name and occupation of father.
Do you know when he arrived in U.K.? if he was a child then other family members might have also travelled with him.
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1881 RG11 3615 90 11
Abraham Lawrence, 32, Sailor, b. British Subject, Jamaica
Wife Alice, 28, b.Wolverhampton
1871 RG10 3827 75 25
Alice Lawrence, Head, marr, 19, Mariner's wife - ship at sea, b Wolverhampton
FreeBMD marriage - Abraham Lawrence, Liverpool, 1870, Sep Qtr, 8b 814 - on same page Alice Jones
Possibility?
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Thank you both :D :D
That is him Hanes
So get the cert. Is their anything I can check online for Jamaica.
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The marriage was at St Matthew, Liverpool.
There's a partial transcript here https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFXP-JQ8
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I see he called his son Dwaney so that suggests consistency with naming convention... named after Abraham's father
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Thanks Shaun J
I noticed Abraham had named one of his daughters Alice, and his only son Dwaney (1881 Census). Wondered if it was significant.
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This could be his father Duanie https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHD8-Q3N
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I noticed Abraham had named one of his daughters Alice, and his only son Dwaney (1881 Census).
Not Dawny - it was Dwaney
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Blimey
Thank you all so much.
How did you find all this so fast?
This is great, thank you again.
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Hi Hogan, two books that might be of interest to find out more about the family in Jamaica:
My Ancestor Settled in the British West Indies, by John Titford. Published by the Society of Genealogists 2011.
Tracing your West Indian Ancestors, by Guy Grannum.
This web site has lots of info on Jamaica families: http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/
There is a zip file to download to see if your surname(s) appear. If so, a one month subscription is just $9 (USD).
You didn't mention whether you had found them in passenger lists. If not there could be some additional information there.
Regards,
Paul
Tittensor One-Name Study homepage: www.tittensor.com
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This is great information. This person is my great-great grandfather and 8 came to a dead end on Ancestry. I've tried looking at various other sites for Jamaica records and didn't find anything more on him. I'll continue looking.
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Abraham Lawrence Is My Great Grand Father come to liverpool as seaman married Alice jones in 1870 who's daughter Elizabeth Lawrence went to marry John Isiah Quarless who was from Barbados
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Abraham Lawrence Is My Great Grand Father come to liverpool as seaman married Alice jones in 1870 who's daughter Elizabeth Lawrence went to marry John Isiah Quarless who was from Barbados
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Abraham Lawrence Is My Great Grand Father come to liverpool as seaman married Alice jones in 1870 who's daughter Elizabeth Lawrence went to marry John Isiah Quarless who was from Barbados
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Baptism: 9 Jul 1874 St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Abraham Thomas Lawrence - Son of Abraham Lawrence & Alice
Abode: 93 Up. Frederick Street
Occupation: Mariner
Baptised by: Thos. L. Pain
Register: Baptisms 1838 - 1905, Page 88, Entry 704
Source: LDS Film 1546062
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Lawrence Abraham was my great grandfather. According to the 1901 census he ran a boarding house in Upper Pitt Street. To my knowledge he had five daughters and one son. Emma,Alice, Harriet, Eliza and Sarah -Ann,plus Dewany. My grandmother was Sarah Ann. On my grandmothers side of the family most of the males have Lawrence as their second name.
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Dewayn Lawrence is may dads grand father Hus son my grandfather is son Ernest Edward Lawrence snr my dad Ernest Edward Lawrence jnr born 1937
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abraham lawrence his son my great grand father
Dwayn Lawrence is
My grand father Ernest Edward Lawrence snr dad my dad is Ernest Edward Lawrence jnr born 1937 Liverpool uk