Notes:

Buried:
Childs Poor Interment 115

Notes:

William is the son of Sarah Maria Lawrence and William Morris.

. William Lawrence Morris married on 1 Dec 1883 in Germany, Maria Anna Best.

. US World War I Draft Registration #4877.
William Lawrence Morris, 1578 Fischener Ave., Detroit, Wayne Co., Mich; Age 39, May 5, 1879
Foreman, Heat treating Dept., Doge Brothers, Jos. Comfare Ave., Hamtracick, Wayne, Mich.
Nearest Relative Mary Morris, 1758 Belvedere Ave., Detroit, MI.
Med Height, Slender-medium build, blue eyes, L. brown Hair. - - -

Died:

William married Maria Anna LILY BEST. Maria was born in Jul 1884 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alt Loc: Germany.

Notes:

William is the son of Elizabeth Kidd & Henry Morris, born Ireland, resided Rodney, Ontario.

Died:
Aged 78 years. Myocardial failure & senility.

William married Sarah Maria LAWRENCE, .xiii on 1 Mar 1877 in York Twp., York Co., Ontario. Sarah (daughter of Peter LAWRENCE, Jr. and Mary D WILLSON, .viii) was born on 26 Jan 1854 in Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died on 4 Mar 1919 in Rodney, Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried in Rodney Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah Maria is the daughter of Mary D Willson.III & Peter Lawrence Jr.

Ontario Land Registry, Simcoe Co.,
Lots 7-8 Con 8 Innisfil - 400 Acres, Books 93, 94, p102 & 182
. 1850 Jun 17, Patent, Crown, to Peter Rezeau Lawrence, Lots 7-8 each at 200 acres [=400 Acres];
. 1852 Jun 13, B&S, Peter Lawrence etux, to Sarah Maria Lawrence, £25, Lot 7 E½, 100 acres;
. 1856 Oct 13, Rufus Skinner of Toronto etux (Sarah Maria), to Alex W Smith of Toronto, £1627, E½ Lot 7, 100 Acres certificate endorsed.

. 1877 Jan 3, at the residence of the bride's father. Twp. of York, Ontario.

. 1919 Mar 10 - Obituary - Morris, At Rodney, Ontario, on Tuesday, Mar 4, Sara Lawrence Morris, wife of Wm. Morris & daughter of Peter Lawrence & Mary Willson & granddaughter of the late Major Peter Lawrence & Elizabeth Cummer of Eglinton.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto.

. 1919 Mar 13, Obituary:
died Mrs. Wm. Morris, Rodney, 66 year, nee Sara Lawrence,
Dau. of Peter Lawrence & Mary Willson.
Ref: Rodney Mercury Newspaper. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 65 y 1m 9 d. Died Diabetes.

Buried:
Lawrence-Morris Family Plot. Massive grey column monument.

Notes:

Married:
Alt. 3 Jan 1877

Notes:

* The Cummer Memorandum:
. 1837 McKenzie Rebellion. 'Aunt Angelina' Irwin Willson, wife of Joshua Willson, was a very ardent Reformer, and she had many an argument before the Rebellion with her brother-in-law, Peter Lawrence, who espoused Tory principles. She stated that after the Rebellion he became disgusted with the Tories and always afterwards voted the Reform ticket.
Ref: Angelina Cummer interview, 1905.

. 1835 Oct 15th Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Notice is hereby given that a Public Meeting will be held at Montgomery's Tavern on Yonge St., On Monday the 14th Nov. next, at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of considering whether it be expedient to establish a Fire Insurance Co.for the Home District, on the principal of Mutual insurance, under the provisions of the Act of Prov. Legislature recently passed,
Signed, 12 signatures, Inc. Peter Lawrence, Joshua l, John Montgomery, Daniel Cummer.
Ref: Correspondent and Advocate Newspaper, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

VERIFY IDENITY
. 1843 July 27, Married William Wilson married Katharine Ross, both of York.
Witnesses: Peter Clarence & John Lawrence.*
Bay Banns. Married by Rev Geo. Fred Playter, Weslyan Minister
Note Peter's brother William Lawrence was married a year later, also by Rev G F Playter.

. 1847 Toronto Directory: Lawrence Peter, Jr., Lot 1 Con 9, Toronto Gore.
. 1852 Census, Gore, Peel Co. Peter Lawrence, Wife Mary, daughter Margt. E Lawrence.
'This tannery is a frame building worth about £250 including all apparatuses.' The Tannery was 2 stories high.

. 1852 Agricultural Census, York Twp., York Co, East of Yonge Street:
Peter Lawrence, Con A, Lot 6: 25 A. wheat produced 500 Bushels; No Barley or Rye produced,
Peas 8.5A gals 255 Bsh., 10A Oats yields 200 Bsh., 2 A. Potatoes yields 70 bus, 3 A. Turnips yields 300 Bsh., 14 Hay Bundles, 60 lbs Wool.
4 milch cows, 5 Calves, 3 horses, 11 pigs, 500 lbs., 1000 lbs. barrel beef.

. Brother Peter R. Lawrence attended Elisha's barn raising in 1842 and prevailed on them to dump the whiskey because it causes accidents at barn raising. This was the first barn bank in the Gore for many years. At the same time mother sow and piglets invited themselves to the barn raising banquet, but their squeals alerted the building bee of the impending disaster.
On the Census of Gore Twp. in 1852 Peter's son, Peter Lawrence, Jr. lived on the adjacent frontside of the farm lot of Uncle Elisha Lawrence, (i.e. at Lot 9, Con 2, Elisha R Lawrence was on the adjacent adjoining backside of Lot 8, Con One.) - PJA]

. 1861 Census, York Twp., York, Ontario, 43 y/1818, W. Methodist, Married.

. 1868 Vellore, Vaughan Twp. [?] - Peter Lawrence was the teacher. Mr. Lawrence was paid $26.00 for 13 lessons. The classes were three nights per week. Mode of teaching by note.
Ref: Pioneering with Billy: The story of the Jarretts / Jarrots, Mary Jarrott Cassar, 2000. [The date of 1868 was not clearly referenced - PJA].

. 1871 Nason's East and West Ridings of the County of York
Lawrence, Peter, Con 1 WSYonge, Lot 21, Farmer, freeholder, Willowdale.

. 1871 Lovell's Cdn. Dominion Directory, Willowdale: A village in the Twp. of York, west riding in the county of York. Distant from Thornhill, a station of the Northern railway, 5 miles, from Toronto 9 miles, fare 25¢ Mail daily, Population about 150. Peter Lawrence, farmer.

. 1873-4 DIRECTORY of the COUNTY OF PEEL
by JOHN LYNCH, Brampton, Printed at the Brampton Progress Chromatic Printing House, 1874.
List of Original Patentees of Lands,
CHINGUACOUSY Twp., East of Hurontario Street,
Con 1 East, Lot 26, John Lawrence
Con 4 West, Lot 11, John Peeler and Peter Lawrence
Con 4 West, Lot 12, Peter Lawrence
Con 5 East, Lot 11, Alexander C Lawrence.
Con 3, Lot 36, ALBION TWP., Charles Carson and Elisha Lawrence.
Con 9 & 10, Lot 2, Toronto Gore, Northern Division, Elisha Lawrence.

. 1881 Newmarket & York Twp., Directory:
Con 1, Lot 5, Eglinton, Tenant, Lawrence, F
Con 1, Lot 6, Wanstead, freeholder, Jacob Lawrence
Con 1, Lot 6, Willowdale, freeholder, Lawrence, Peter
Con 1, Lot 6, Eglinton, freeholder, Lawrence, Sam
Con 1, Lot 6, Toronto, freeholder, Lawrence, Wm.
Note1: Brother Jacob is giving his living & working address as Wandstead, near Sarnia, Ontario. Willowdale, Newtonbrook & Eglinton are the same & evolving name place. Perhaps each individual men gave their own answer to their location.

. 1898 May 5 - Obituary.
At Rodney, on May 34d at 1:30 am, Peter Lawrence in his 80th year. Funeral from his late residence, Stinson street., at 2 pm, My 5, Services in Methodist Church, Interment at Rodney Cemetery.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto.

. 1898 May 3 - WILL of Peter, Lawrence, gentleman, Rodney, ON.
- wife, Mary Lawrence
- daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Lawrence
- daughter, Sarah M. Morris, (nee Lawrence), wife of William.
Ref: Elgin Co. Archives, Surrogate Court Records.

Executors: William Morris, merchant, Rodney, Sarah M. Morris, Rodney, Ontario.
Ref: File 2745, # 1401 Elgin Co.,
Note1: 1873 Jan 17 - Peter is the executor in this WILL of in-laws:
Teetzel, Johathan J, sons: Charles L. Teetzel; William, Eltham, Wayne Michigan, Names N, George John Teetzel; Mahlon,
Executors: Peter Lawrence, Southwold; William H. Hughes, St. Thomas, tinsmith.
[Teetzel are also in-laws of Richard Lawrence]
Dau: Elizabeth King, Mary Ann Johnston; Susan Willson; Margaret Conn.

Note2: for further research: LAWRENCE,
John, of Southwold, d 1878 File 747, #1381, executor Peter Lawrence, Southwold, son, daughter Etholinda Lawrence Sons: Dennis, Peter & John Lawrence. Wife Mary Lawrence.

. Rodney Cemetery, 21991 Queens Line, Aldborough Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Monument: Massive grey granite round column
West - In memory of Margaret Lawrence
died May 21, 1927 aged 77 yrs. Harvey Kidd Morris born Nov. 29, 1885 died Jan. 19, 1942 Lawrence
South - In memory of Peter Lawrence died May 3, 1898 aged 79 years
Mary Willson wife of the above died Dec. 27, 1902 in her 75th year.

Ontario Land Registry,
Lot 6, Con 1 East Yonge St., North York Book 2, p2-3
[i.e.North East side of Yonge & Lawrence Ave., Toronto]
. 1845 Dec 22, B&S, Peter Lawrence, to Jacob Lawrence, £2000, N &ESHalf, 105 A.
. 1860 Jul 18, Grant, Jacob Lawrence eux, to Peter Lawrence, £5000, Part 33Quarter A.
. 1861 Feb 25, Trust, Jacob Lawrence, to John Willson stall, £1, Part 33Quarter A.
. 1883 Oct 25, Grant, Peter Lawrence et, to Geo D Morse, $2000, Part A.

Lot 21, Con 1 West Side Yonge, Abstract North York Book 109, p3.
1803 Sep 20, Patent, Crown, to John Corn, 210A
. 1855 Nov 25, John Cummer ex ux, to Peter Lawrence Jr, £1700, Pt 70 acres.
. 1855 Dec 23, Bargain & Sale, John Cummer et eux, to John Willson, £1000, Part W Half 29 acres.
. 1856 Nov 26, Mortgage, Peter Lawrence Jr eux, to John Cummer, £1000, E pt 130A
. 1855 Dec 23, B&S, John Cummer et ux, to John Willson, £`1000, Part WHalf 29A.
. 1859 May 14, B&S, Henry Johnson, to John Willson, £894, Part 50 A.
. 1861 Dec 17, Grant, Peter Lawrence et ux, to John Cummer. $2400, Part 30A
. 1867 Feb 15, Quit Claim, John Cummer etux, to Peter Lawrence, $, $1., Part E Part 40A West.
. 1867 Feb 2, Mortgage, Peter Lawrence et ux, to Amelia Harding, $500, Part # 40 A.

. Research &transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Lawrence Ave. & Yonge Streets

Died:
Aged 90. Cancer 2 years. Massive grey granite round column.

Buried:
21991 Queen's Line, west of Rodney

Peter married Mary D WILLSON, .viii on 23 Jan 1845 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of Lieut. Col. John WILLSON, .4 and Sarah SNIDER) was born on 4 Apr 1828 in Willowdale (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 27 Dec 1902 in Rodney, Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried in Rodney Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Marriage Notices
23rd inst., in York Tp. at the residence of her father, John Wilson Esq.,
Peter Lawrence, son of Peter Lawrence, of Yonge Street
& Miss Mary Wilson. Rev. Samuel Rose.
Ref: Christian Guardian, Toronto. 29 Jan 1845.

. Lists of Marriages to be recorded by the Clerk of the Peace in the Home District (i.e. Toronto):
Solemnized by License, by Rev. Samuel Rose, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Yonge Street.
23 Jany 1845, Peter Lawrence to Mary Wilson
Witnesses Edwin Snider & Mary Lawrence.

Obituary
. 1903 Jan 4, Lawrence, at Rodney, Ontario, Mary Willson, beloved wife of the late Peter Lawrence & daughter of Jon Willson, the 4th, J.P., aged 74 year 8 months.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto. - - -

Birth:
Yonge Street.

Died:
Aged 74y 8m 23d.

Notes:

Married:
Ref Rev Rose , W Meth, Yonge St. 1845 JAN 23 Wit: Edwin Snider & Mary Lawrence