LAURENCE family in Clapham in 1861 Census

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Everyone,
I hope this is not too much of a needle-in-a-haystack request, but I am trying to trace Reginald LAURENCE, who married into the WETHERED family the same year as my gt-grandmother did in 1897...
I believe he was born in Clapham in 1857, and his father was Sydney LAURENCE, b. 1819 and his mother was Mary, b. 1824.
He also had siblings: Mary, b. 1845; Sydney, b. 1847; Walter, b. 1849; Arthur, b. 1850; Percy, b. 1851; Joseph, b. 1853; William, b. 1855; and Howard, b. 1859.
The production line continued until a 13 children had been born, but none of these would show up in the 1861 Census, of course...!
I hope some kind person can find this family for me...
Very best wishes,
Keith

[Valda]

RG9 414 folio 49
Lee Park Lee  Kent
Arthur Jones Lawrence 10  Clapham, Surrey, Scholar   
Percy Ed Lawrence 9 Clapham, Surrey,  Scholar

Regards

Valda

[Keith Sherwood]

Valda,
What a strange little entry!  But it certainly looks like two of his older brothers.  Might they have been at some kind of boarding school here...?
Keith

[yorkierose]

Think the family are spread out all over the place Keith.  Mary A P Lawrence c.1846 Clapham, Pupil in Hove, Sussex  (Belmont Dyke Rd) RG9/604  Folio 57 Page 55

Shelly

[Valda]

I am presuming it was a sort of very small boarding school. The head of the household was a widow of a commanding officer. Along with her relations she had two governesses and 8 boys, some from abroad, so perhaps military connections.

Regards

Valda

[Keith Sherwood]

Shelly and Valda,
I know next to nothing about this family, apart from the fact that Reginald LAURENCE became an engineer and helped found Laurence Scott Electromotors, which at its height employed 3000 people in Norwich.  You can still see remnants of the site as you come into Norwich on the train.
I'd love to find out what Sydney Laurence senior did as a living, if he appears anywhere on the 1861 Census...
Keith

[Valda]

In 1851 Sydney and his family were living in Clapham and he was a stockbroker (born Kennington circa 1819). Not found on the 1861 census but presumed living in Clapham. 1871 census still in Clapham. Sydney was a member of the stockexchange. By 1881 a widower, Sydney had moved to Shanklin Isle of Wight and was a retired member of the stockexchange.

Regards

Valda

[Keith Sherwood]

Valda,
Strange about the 1861 Census...I don't suppose you could give me more details about this family in the 1851 or 1871 Census, could you?
Reginald LAURENCE had no children when married to Esbell WETHERED, and I'm trying to build up a picture of his brothers' and sisters' families.
About a year ago I photographed their grave in Felthorpe churchyard near Norwich, and spoke to an old lady of 93 who went into their house as a young teenager to work in the kitchen of Felthorpe Hall in the early 1920's.
My gt-grandmother, who had been also recently widowed, became very much part of her sister-in-law Esbell's life when Reginald died in 1923...
Keith

[Valda]

1851 census HO107 1576 folio 367
Atkins Road Clapham  Surrey   
Sidney Lawrence 31 Kennington, Surrey, Head  Married Stock broker
Mary Ann Lawrence 26 New Road or New Radnor?, Surrey, Wife  Married 
Mary Ann Pendys Lawrence 5  Merton, Surrey,  Daughter 
Sidney Arthur Lawrence 4 Bayswater, Middlesex,  Son
Walter Lawrence 2 Clapham, Surrey,  Son
Arthur Jones Lawrence 9 mths Clapham, Surrey,  Son 
Harriet Catherine Jones 21 Cardigan, Wales Wife Sister Visitor
plus 6 servants including a footman.

From FreeBMD
1844 June quarter Marriage Brighton
JONES, Mary Ann
LAWRENCE, Sydney

1871 census RG10 698 folio 131
Bygrive? House Clapham  Surrey   
Sydney Laurence 51  Kennington, Surrey, Head Married  Member of stock exchange
Mary A Laurence 47  St Pancras, Middlesex, Wife Married 
Sydney A Laurence 24 ½ Bayswater, Middlesex, Son 
Walter Laurence 23 Clapham, Surrey,  Son Undergraduate Cambridge
Arthur J Laurence 20  Clapham, Surrey,  Son Undergraduate Cambridge
Percy E Laurence 19 Clapham, Surrey,  Son  Studying farming
Joesph A Laurence 17  Clapham, Surrey, Son  Student Kings College London
Edith Laurence 9 Clapham, Surrey, Daughter   
Ellen G Laurence 7  Clapham, Surrey, Daughter
Frederick S Laurence 6  Clapham, Surrey,  Son 
Annie M Laurence 4  Clapham, Surrey, Daughter 
plus 8 servants including a fottman and perhaps the coachman and his family at the Lodge next door.

Regards
Valda