William Fredrick LAWRENCE, .17
1851 - 1922 (70 years)-
Name William Fredrick LAWRENCE Suffix .17 Born 9 Nov 1851 Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario 
- Lot 6 Con 1 Yonge St. & Lawrence Ave.
Gender Male Died 25 Jul 1922 Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario - Aged 70y 8m, 127 S Christina St. Died Arterio Sclerosis, 2 years, contributory Mitral Stenosis. 1 year
Buried Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario Person ID I441 Richard Patterson NJ & ON Last Modified 22 Mar 2020
Father Jacob LAWRENCE, .III
b. 13 Dec 1821, Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario
d. 25 Aug 1885, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario (Age 63 years) Mother Anne MARIA WILKINSON
b. Apr 1830, St. Catharines, Lincoln Co., Ontario
d. 10 Aug 1900, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario (Age 70 years) Married 25 May 1848 Denison (Weston), York Co., Ontario - St. James Cathedral, Toronto Wit: Charles Denison & Peter Lawrence, Res., Weston, ON.
Lawrence, JACOB, X Anna Maria Wilkinson, both of York 1848 MAY 25
W Meth. Witnesses: John Dennison & Mary Lawrence
Double weddings, Anglican and Methodist? - P J Ahlberg
Family ID F221 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eliza Jane CARROLL
b. 28 May 1855, Brooke Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario
d. Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario Married 25 Sep 1877 Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario Children 1. Edward Carroll LAWRENCE, .ii
b. 10 Dec 1878, Watford, Lambton Co., Ontario
d. 21 Sep 1961, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario (Age 82 years)2. William RALPH LAWRENCE, .20
b. 29 May 1883, Watford, Lambton Co., Ontario
d. 29 Oct 1921, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario (Age 38 years)3. Cecil LAWRENCE
b. 30 May 1890, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario
d. 30 May 1890, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario (Age 0 years)4. Charles WILBUR LAWRENCE, .7
b. 11 Jun 1891, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario
d. 2 Nov 1932, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario (Age 41 years)Last Modified 15 Jul 2014 Family ID F309 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Most of the Lawrence children attended the school at Eglinton Avenue., Toronto.
. 1861 Census, York Twp., York Co., Ontario
Note1: At the time this area was called Eglinton, (Toronto), York Twp., York Co., Ontario. Eglinton Ave. is a bit of a stretch, being a few miles distant. The post office was at Eglinton. Previously this area running on both sides of Yonge Street was called Newtonbrook; later called Willowdale in North York, today it is a northern area in the city of Toronto.
. Agricultural Census 1861, York Twp:
1861 Jan 29, Toronto, oath by enumerator Robt. James Jr., states to the best of his belief the said & Personal & Agricultural Census are correct & true.
. My Enumeration Travel Extended from lot 6, on the East Side of Yonge Street* to the Town Line of Markham, First & second concessions of York Twp. In which there are 1 brick Primitive Methodist Church, acc. about 400 people; 1 English [Anglican] brick church, acc. 500; 1 Episcopal Methodist Church, brick, acc. 400; 1 Wesleyan Methodist Church, brick, acc 800, beside 2 schoolhouses. 3 flour mills capable of grinding a large amount of grain; 5 sawmill worked by water & one steam worked.
There are 2 stores, 3 taverns, land is generally good, most people are engaged in agricultural pursuits, land is heavy clay & good for wheat except for wheat owing to the midge the last few years, in many cases a spring crop failure. Crops last summer was much in grieved by a severe hailstones literally those having oats before they were reaped. Signed, Robt. James Jr., Enumerator.
Note2: Lot 6, ES Yonge Street is the home of Wm. F Lawrence & residing with him is his widowed grandmother Elizabeth Cummer { sister to Mrs. Mary Ann Cummer Willson.
1894 Jun 30 -Paid $212.40, to Jacob Lawrence & Co., material for building council house
Ref: Dept. of Indian Affairs, Chippewas of Sarnia, Ont. #5.
Ref: Sessional papers of The Dominion of Canada, 1896.
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- Most of the Lawrence children attended the school at Eglinton Avenue., Toronto.