8. | Elisha William LAWRENCE, .8 was born on 12 Jan 1866 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario (son of John Rezeau LAWRENCE, .xv and ANNnie KERSEY); died on 28 Oct 1944 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Woodbridge. Notes:
Elisha William Lawrence is the son of Annie Kersey & John Rezeau Lawrence.
. Football: The Claireville Rustics, one of Peel's notable football teams, was organized in 1883 & played its first contest against the Churchville Tigers, a tie game in which neither team was able to score. At Woodbridge Fair in 1886, the Rustics competed in a football tournament in which which Richmond Hill defeat Claireville for the first prize $25. Claireville's team was at its best in 1886 & 1887. It disbanded about 890 after numbering in its ranks such well-known foot-ballers as: Elisha Lawrence & William E T Lawrence.
Recorded here for further research:
. Softball: More recent teams elsewhere have included groups at Bolton & Claireville, A Bolton nine playing around 1925-6 against Palgrave, Beeton, Etc. A recent Claireville team was officered by R. Lawrence, President.
. Ontario Marriage Registration, York Co.
Elisha W Lawrence, b. Toronto Gore, Residing at Woodbridge, Ontario, Merchant
Married Isabella V Watson, 23 /1873, Vaughan Twp., daughter of Isabella & Wm. Watson.
Wit: Isaac J Lawrence, Toronto Gore, Jennie M. Forbes, Toronto.
Married 8 Jan 1896, Vaughan, Anglican, Rev. W F Swallors.
. Obituary
1944 Oct 28 - Elisha W Lawrence, Former resident of Toronto, Elisha W Lawrence, 78, dies here today at the home of his son, Harold R Lawrence, Deputy Reeve of Brampton, 12 Wellington St. W, where he had resided for the last 2 years.
Mr. Lawrence was born in Toronto Gore & moved to Toronto in 1910. for more than 30 years he was a salesman of the Massey-Harris Co. Ltd & later with the Moore & Hughes & the National Motors Ltd. He was a member for more than 50 years of the Masonic Order & past master of Blackwood Lodge AF & AM, Woodbridge. One time member of the Church of the Messiah, Toronto, the latterly been associate with Christ Church Brampton. Surviving besides his son are 3 brothers, John in BD; Isaac, Woodbridge & Alec R Lawrence, Weston & a sister Mrs George Ekland, Woodbridge. - - -
Birth:
Claireville (Brampton), Ontario.
Died:
Lot 2, Con 9.
Buried:
Monument 1.1. 8045 Islington Ave., Woodbridge.
Elisha married ISABELla Victoria WATSON on 8 Jan 1896 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario. ISABELla was born on 24 May 1872 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; died in 1906 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Woodbridge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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