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Title: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: Hogan on Wednesday 06 March 13 18:02 GMT (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 06 March 13 18:26 GMT (UK)
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.
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: hanes teulu on Wednesday 06 March 13 18:40 GMT (UK)
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?
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: Hogan on Wednesday 06 March 13 18:42 GMT (UK)
Thank you both :D :D

That is him Hanes

So get the cert. Is their anything I can check online for Jamaica.
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: ShaunJ on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:20 GMT (UK)
The marriage was at St Matthew, Liverpool.

There's a partial transcript here https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFXP-JQ8
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: ShaunJ on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:26 GMT (UK)
I see he called his son Dwaney so that suggests consistency with naming convention... named after Abraham's father
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: hanes teulu on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:27 GMT (UK)
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.

Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: ShaunJ on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:29 GMT (UK)
This could be his father Duanie https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHD8-Q3N
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: ShaunJ on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:32 GMT (UK)
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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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: Hogan on Wednesday 06 March 13 19:35 GMT (UK)
Blimey

Thank you all so much.

How did you find all this so fast?

This is great, thank you again.
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: Tittensor ONS on Monday 25 March 13 13:10 GMT (UK)
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

Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: LitaCA_74 on Friday 27 December 13 16:16 GMT (UK)
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.
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Saturday 26 April 14 04:05 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Saturday 26 April 14 04:45 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Saturday 26 April 14 04:48 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Saturday 26 April 14 05:50 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: Lilian Samata on Friday 12 December 14 23:03 GMT (UK)
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.
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Friday 28 October 16 03:45 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Abraham Lawrence Jamaica
Post by: mark lawrence on Friday 28 October 16 03:51 BST (UK)
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