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- * The Cummer Memorandum
1837 McKenzie Rebellion. 'Aunt Angelina' Irwin Willson, wife of Joshua Willson, was a very ardent Reformer, & 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 & always afterwards voted the Reform ticket. (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 & Advocate Newspaper, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
. 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.
. 1852 Census, Gore, Peel Co. Peter Lawrence,. 'This tannery is a frame building worth about £250 including all apparatuses.' The Tannery was 2 stories high.
. Brother Peter R. Lawrence attended Elisha's barn raising in 1842 & 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 & 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.
. 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.
. DIRECTORY of the COUNTY OF PEEL for 1873-4,
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 & Peter Lawrence
Con 4 West, Lot 12, Peter Lawrence
Con 5 East, Lot 11, Alexander C Lawrence
. Con 3, Lot 36, Twp. of Albion, Charles Carson & Elisha Lawrence
. Con 9, & 10, Lot 2, Toronto Gore, Northern Division, Elisha 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.
. WILL: Lawrence, Peter, Died MAY 3, 1898 File 2745, # 1401
Executors William Morris, merchant, Rodney, Sarah M. Morris, Rodney Ontario. - - - [2]
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1819 - 1898 (79 years)