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Arthur Lawless

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Exeter, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1942 (76-85)
Wandsworth RD, London, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Lawless and Mary Ann Lawless
Husband of Florence Deborah Lawless
Father of Sylvia Florence Cowie; Major Philip Henry Lawless MC and Arthur Piercy Lawless
Brother of John Baker Lawless; Henrietta Lawless; James Henry Lawless and Mary Gertrude Lawless

Occupation: 1861 - Nurse Child, Wine shipper 1901, Wine and Spirit Shipper 1911, Wine merchant
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About Arthur Lawless

Please note that the comments below from Nick Barrat are incorrect -

"Arthur Lawless was the legitimate son of Henry and Mary Ann Lawless, born in January 1861. He and his brother were baptised together on January 10th of that year. He was wet nursed by Jane Bickham at the time of the Census that April. He was not a foundling etc. He was my great grandfather... Angela Johnson"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633189/Family-detective.html

Family detective - Nick Barrat

"Arthur was adopted when he was only a few months old by a shepherd ✽ and his family. He was described as a nurse child in the 1861 census, with all the usual connotations of illegitimacy and abandonment."

✽ 1861 Census in the household of Jane Bickham - butler's wife - living in Sowton, Devon.

Births Mar 1861

  • Lawless Arthur Exeter 5b 81

1871 Census

  • Henry Lawless HD Mar 44 Wine Merchant born Devon, Exeter
  • Mary Ann Lawless Wife m 44 born Devon, Exeter
  • John B Lawless son 16 Scholar born Devon, Exeter
  • Henrietta Lawless daur 13 scholar born Devon, Exeter
  • James H Lawless daur 11 Scholar born Devon, Exeter
  • Arthur Lawless , son, 10 scholar born Devon Exeter
  • Mabel G Lawless daur 6 Scholar born Devon, Exeter
  • Amy Smythe 16, domestic servant
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Arthur Lawless's Timeline

1861
1861
Exeter, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1891
November 29, 1891
Wandsworth, London, England (United Kingdom)
1897
1897
Hampstead, London, England (United Kingdom)
1899
1899
London, England (United Kingdom)
1942
1942
Age 81
Wandsworth RD, London, England (United Kingdom)