Eugene married Mary Elenore LAWRENCE, .xvii. Mary (daughter of William Elisha Thomas LAWRENCE, .18 and Mabel SMITH) was born in 1909 in Brandon, Cornwallis Co., Manitoba; died on 2007 Feb 8 in Prince Edward Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary:
2007 Feb 14 - PACKMAN - Mary Elenor of Charlottetown and formerly of Stratford, PEI and Etobicoke, Ont. On Feb 8th at age 97. Predeceased by her husband Eugene Harold Packman. Hillsboro Funeral Home

Died:
Aged 97. Verify.

Notes:

William Elisha Thomas Lawrence is the son of Mary Kersey & Isaac Huver Lawrence.

. Homestead Oak Lake in the Assiniboine Valley, Manitoba
Pipestone Man. Bluff Farm.
1917 they moved 3 mils south of Verden, Manitoba so the children could attend school.

. Son Wm Aubrey Lawrence had a Bible that was in his possession at Wallace, Manitoba, Farmer, since 1944. For as long as he could remember the Bible was prior to that in the possession of his father Wm. E T Lawrence. The handwriting was neither his father's for mothers: They read:
Margaret Annie Lawrence, Daughter of Isaac H & Mary Lawrence b. 10 Dec 1861.
Sarah Catherine Gertrude Lawrence, b 20 Jul, 1864
Wm Elisha Ts. Lawrence, b. 31 Oct 1865
James Huver Lawrence, born 10 Sept 1867
John Prine Lawrence, b. 15 May 1869
Ida Elizabeth Lawrence, b. 2nd 1871
Townley Rezeau Lawrence, b. June 4, 1874
Charles Jonathan Lawrence, b. Nov 14, 1879
Mabel Agnes Tryphemia Lawrence, b. Sept 5 1884.

. 1906 Census Pipestone, Manitoba:
William Lawrence, Born Ontario, Resided Pipestone:
20 Horses, Milch cows 10, Other cattle: 75, No sheep, 13 Hogs.

. 1906 Census, Brandon, Manitoba
Wm. Lawrence, 61, address Pipestone
Mabel, age 32; Aubrey, age 9, Prine age 7, Freda Lawrence ate 4.

Hired men working for Wm. Lawrence are George Burton, age 24 1882 &
Edward Burton, age 18, 1888. Both arrived 1905.
George Burtons & Edward Pearson (Pierson) are both in-laws of the Lawrences & are also lived near the Lawrences in Toronto Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. - - -

Birth:
Clairville (Brampton), Ontario

William married Mabel SMITH on 31 Oct 1893 in Brandon, Cornwallis Co., Manitoba. Mabel was born on 30 Jul 1873 in Stratford-on-Avon, England; died in 1967 in Virden, Manitoba; was buried in Virden Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mabel is the daughter of Sarah Fessy & Joseph Smith, both of Birmingham, England.

. Mabel's eight Lawrence children are:

Verna Mabel 1895-1895
William Aubrey 1897; married Jessie Evelyn Greig; Two Lawrence children.
John Perine (Prine), the .XVII, born 1898, Married Maoe Chant, One Lawrence child.
Freda Mildred, 1902; married R. Bruce Watson.
Mable Marion, 1906; m. James Wankel; Three Wankel children.
Mary Eleanor,1909, m. Eugene Harold Packman.
Charles Oliver, 1911 - 1913.
Myrtle Lawrence, 1915 - 1915. - - -

Notes:

Two Lawrence brothers married two Kersey sisters:
John Rezeau Lawrence married Ann Kersey &
Isaac Huver Lawrence marred the younger sister Mary Kersey.

Farmed south half of father's farm at Claireville where he bred horses.

. 1883 Oct 25, West York & Vaughan Agricultural Societies: J R Lawrence, Durham heifer 1 yr old; Isaac Lawrence: Herd of Cattle, 1 male & 4 females.
Ref: York Herald newspaper.

Died one year before his wife died, leaving 7 of their children without parents. The youngest child, Mabel was only 2 when her mother died & Mabel herself was a frail children who died a 7 years of age.
The oldest son William was under 21 and the farm was sold leaving the children to scattered with whomever could give them a home,
notably their older sister, Margaret Lawrence - Burton
& by Uncle John Rezeau Lawrence.
Ref: Toronto Peel Directory 1866 Toronto Gore. N.D. Lawrence, Isaac H, Con 9, Lot 2. - - -

Birth:
Isaac Hoover. [Indefinate date of death is overwritten as either 19th or 29 Dec. 1885).

Died:
Age 49y 8m 16d, Clairville. Peritonitis, 3 days.

Buried:
Toronto Twp. Gore., with parents, wife, Dau. Mabel, son John P.

Isaac married Mary KERSEY on 13 Dec 1860 in Coleraine, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of William KERSEY and Margaret BEATON) was born on 28 Jun 1843 in Coleraine, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died on 20 Apr 1871 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried in Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two Lawrence brothers married two Kersey sisters:
John Rezeau Lawrence married Ann Kersey &
Isaac Huver Lawrence marred the younger sister Mary Kersey. - - -

Birth:
Sister of Mrs. John R Lawrence, Annie Kersey.