Elisha William LAWRENCE, .8

1866 - 1944  (78 years)

• Name	Elisha William LAWRENCE
  Suffix	.8
  Born	12 Jan 1866	Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario
  	Claireville (Brampton), Ontario.
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1944	Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario
  	Lot 2, Con 9.
  Buried	Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Woodbridge
  	Monument 1.1. 8045 Islington Ave., Woodbridge.
  Person ID	I179	Richard Patterson NJ & ON
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	John Rezeau LAWRENCE, .xv           b. 6 Dec 1830, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario           d. 11 Mar 1920, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	ANNnie KERSEY           b. 9 Mar 1845, Coleraine, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario           d. 11 Feb 1927, Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario  (Age 81 years)
  Married	13 Dec 1860	Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario
  	Home of Ann Kersey, Coleraine, Vaughan Twp.
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ISABELla Victoria WATSON           b. 24 May 1872, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario           d. 1906, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario  (Age 33 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1896	Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario
  Children	1. William Harold Rezeau LAWRENCE, .22           b. 29 Oct 1896, Woodbridge, York Co., Ontario           d. Apr 1966, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York  (Age 69 years)   2. George Chas. Watson LAWRENCE, .iv           b. 4 Aug 1902, Woodbridge, York Co., Ontario           d. 28 Sep 1906, Woodbridge, York Co., Ontario  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Zoe Elizabeth SNIDER           b. 1871, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Married	17 Jun 1915	Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  	Congreationalist Church, 50 Wilton Ave.
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F1078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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. - - - [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] William Perkins Bull, 1934, 'Printed in Canada, on Canadian Paper'.