Lawson, John 1784 – 1859				Father:	Lawson,	John		17??-1???
				Mother:	,	-		17??-1???
Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
1784	York	n/a	Yorkshire
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
5 Feb 1859	York	Jan-Mar 1859	Yorkshire E. R.	York		Vol 9d, p 7
Lightfoot, Mary York 1787-1866/9	Marriage
	Date	1 May 1809
	Place	St Martin’s, Micklegate
	District	York
	County	Yorkshire
	GRO ref.	n/a
Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse
George Lawson		11 Dec 1810	York	1851-1870		25 Dec 1838	York	Matilda Heselwood
John Lawson		24 Dec 1812	York	1851-1870		30 Jul 1843	York	Ann Young
Margaret Lawson		20 Jan 1815	York	Oct 1843	York	Single
Ann Maria Lawson		23 Nov 1818	York	Jan-Mar 1877	Brighton	20 Jan 1845	Leeds	William Mowbray
William Lawson		1820	York	after 1842
Henry Lawson		8 Aug 1822	York	Oct-Dec 1893	York	26 Oct 1845	York	Jane Lumley
Michael Lawson		29 Jul 1824	York	Apr-Jun 1886	York	Jan-Mar 1854	York	Mary Hall
Thomas Lawson		15 Aug 1828	York	after 1850
Charles Lawson		23 Jul 1831	York	Apr-Jun 1913	York	1851-1901	York	Marrianne
Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
1 May 1809	Parish marriage record		St Mary Bishophill Senior		Labourer
16 Dec 1810	Son George’s baptism		Skeldergate, York		Rullyman
6 Jun 1841	1841 England Census		Skeldergate, York		Rullyman
25 Apr 1842	William’s Freedom record		Skeldergate, York		Rullyman
22 Oct 1844	Henry’s Freedom record		Skeldergate, York		Rullyman
1 Jul 1845	Michael’s Freedom record		Skeldergate, York		Carter
15 Jan 1850	Thomas’ Freedom record		Skeldergate, York		Rullyman
30 Mar 1851	1851 England Census		Coates Buildings, Skeldergate		Drayman
21 Jun 1852	Charles’ Freedom record		Coates Buildings, Skeldergate		Labourer
5 Feb 1859	Death record		44 Goodramgate, York		Carter
7 Apr 1861	1861 England Census				Carter (deceased)
Additional Information
It is likely that the first son of John and Mary was named after George III, the reigning monarch, whose severe illness in late 1810 required his eldest son, George, to rule in his place as Prince Regent. Their next two sons, appear to have been named after John himself and Mary’s father Henry Lightfoot. John and William were labourers. Henry was a brushmaker. Michael was a drayman. Thomas was a carter and then a tobacconist. Charles was a printer compositor. Henry’s wife, Jane, died in 1848, within three years of their marriage. 44 Goodramgate, where John Lawson died, was the residence of his son Charles Lawson.

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