William Lawrence abt 1826 Hertforshire .

[Crod74]

I am looking for information on my x2 Great Grandfather William Lawrence born abt 1826 in Hertfordshire as stated on his death cert 1897 overseer at Blenheim Farm, Longford ,Tasmania, Australia.

He married Ann Campbell on the 11th October 1856, Launceston Tasmania,Australia. Witnessed by Ann's Father John Campbell.
Has children
William John 1858
Thomas Campbell
Walter Allan
George Blenheim
Ernest Albert
Laura Ann
Tasman Robert
Percy Donald
Cristinna 1880
I cant seem to find any information in 1841 or 1851 census that would match naming patterns ??

[Girl Guide]

Do you have the marriage certificate for William & Ann?  If so what is the name of William's father  and the father's occupation?

Hopefully those two pieces of information may help in locating the father in the census records.

Do I take it that William arrived in Australia after the 1851 census?

[trish1120]

FreeREG has these possible Williams born c 1821-1828 Hertfordshire;

William LAWRENCE   Baptism   10 May 1822   Hertfordshire   Hemel Hempstead : St Mary :
William LAWRANCE   Baptism   01 Jun 1823   Hertfordshire   Great Hormead : St Nicholas :
William LAWRANCE   Baptism   17 Jul 1825   Hertfordshire   Datchworth : All Saints : Parish
William LAWRENCE   Baptism   06 Nov 1825   Hertfordshire   Little Berkhamsted : St Andrew :
William LAWRENCE   Baptism   22 Jun 1828   Hertfordshire   Barkway : St Mary Magdalene :

1822 one seems to have been buried soon after.

www.freereg.org.uk

When you have found these Baptisms on FreeREG you click on the Deatils and it will show Parents names.

Familysearch.Org has several also 1821-1828 in Herts.

Rememeber on Census the name could be spelt Lawrence/Lawrance/Laurance etc

[bevj]

The Tasmanian marriage certificate doesn't give any details of parents.
You can see the original here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mhs/

Name:Lawrence, William
Record Type:Marriages
Gender:Male
Age:31
Spouse:Campbell, Ann
Gender:Female
Age:18
Date of marriage:11 Oct 1856
Registered:Launceston
Registration year:1856

They were married in the Wesleyan Chapel so maybe you should be looking for a non-conformist baptism record.

Bev

[Crod74]

Thank you all for the replies and hints. I am pretty new to this so all the sites and hints are very helpful.

The record with parents Thomas and Mary  might be him ?? I will also check out non-conformist baptisms.

He died on the 29th of May 1896 aged 69?
married 1856 aged 31? so birth in between 1825-1827 ?

rgds
Clayton

[trish1120]

It may take a bit of work but if you have access to Census I would search for all those Williams on 1841/1851/1861 Census to see if any of them disappear after 1851 Census.

EG the one born c 1823 is still in England in 1871
(oops forgot to add born Ware from memory)

[LizzieL]

The Barkway one (1828) is still here in 1861 - married with two young children

[Crod74]

The two Williams i have been unable to account for in 1851 or after are

William Lawrance Great Hormead, St Nicholas, Father Thomas (Labourer) and Mother Mary Chapman.
children Ann 1820, William 1823, Sarah 1825, Catherine 1827, James 1830, George 1832.

1841 Census Hare Street Great Hormead.
Thomas 40 (Labourer)
Mary 45
Sarah 17
Catherine13
James 12
George 8?


William Lawrence Little Berkhamsted, St Andrews, Father James and Mother Sarah Fellows
1841 census
James 35-39
Sarah 35-39
William 15-19
Joseph 11
Jphn 9
Emma 6
Sarah 3.