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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Trevor	Report	21 Aug 2013 07:54
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	To all those who replied. Many, many thanks and much appreciated Best regards Trevor M itchell
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,491 Send Message	Maddie	Report	15 Feb 2013 12:21
	could this be father john ????????????, 1783 is baptism date, not birth date name: John Lawton gender: Male baptism/christening date: 13 Jul 1783 baptism/christening place: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW,WEDNESBURY,STAFFORD,ENGLAND birth date: birthplace: death date: name note: race: father's name: John Lawton father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Jane mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: C05520-4 system origin: England-ODM source film number: 421615 reference number:
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 5,162 Send Message	Jonesey	Report	15 Feb 2013 12:13
	If you are interested in that part of the world you may find these sites of interest: http://www.west-bromwich-photos.co.uk/aboutus.htm http://archive.org/details/westbromwichpari01west
	Researching: Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,491 Send Message	Maddie	Report	15 Feb 2013 11:43
	a tree on ancestry has the following not sure if it is accurate John Lawton Birth September 1805 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Death 1896 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England Birth 1805 Sep Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 8 source citations Baptism 1805 8 Sep St Bartholomews Church Wednesbury Marriage to Pheobe Jones 1825 28 Sep Age: 20 All Saints Church West Bromwich IGI cert witness James Jones and Ellen lawton Residence 1841 Age: 36 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1851 Age: 46 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1861 Age: 56 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1861 Age: 56 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1871 Age: 66 St Bartholomew, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1881 Age: 76 Cannock, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1891 Age: 86 Cannock, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Death 1896 Age: 91 Cannock, Staffordshire, England father John Lawton Birth abt 1777 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Death 1777 abt Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 2 source citations Residence 1841 Age: 64 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Residence 1851 Age: 74 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England mother Ann - no info provided following children Matilda Lawton 1826 – 1895 Maryann Lawton 1828 – 1832 William Lawton 1830 – Phoebe Lawton 1834 – Emma Lawton 1835 – Eliza Lawton 1836 – Selina Lawton 1837 – Harriet Lawton 1839 – Margaret Lawton 1839 – Thomas Lawton 1839 – Comfort Lawton 1843 – 1878 Rueben Lawton 1847 – 1878 Alfred Lawton 1856 – phoebe jones 1800 Feb Wednesbury source IGL 1851 census 3 source citations Christening 1802 21 Nov Age: 2 St Bartholomews Church Wednesbury parents Thomas and Mary Jones. (IGL) Marriage to John Lawton 1825 28 Sep Age: 25 All Saints Church West Bromwich IGI cert witness James Jones and Ellen lawton Residence 1841 Age: 41 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Residence 1851 Age: 51 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England 1 source citation Residence 1861 Age: 61 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Death 1863 Age: 63 West Bromwich source BDM records Jqtr 6b 451 maddie
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	15 Feb 2013 06:50
	If you are looking for anyone else who is researching the same family, have you used the Search All Trees function, above?
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 6,033 Send Message	K	Report	15 Feb 2013 05:29
	Hello Trevor Have you considered this John from Famliy Search? K name: John Lawton gender: Male baptism/christening date: 08 Sep 1805 baptism/christening place: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW,WEDNESBURY,STAFFORD,ENGLAND birth date: birthplace: death date: name note: race: father's name: John Lawton father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Ann mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: C05520-4 system origin: England-ODM source film number: 421615 reference number:
	Researching: Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Trevor	Report	15 Feb 2013 02:20
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	I have come to a full stop Is there anyone else researching same lines that can help me. any advice /tips/info would be greatly appreciated Best regards Trevor Mitchell in a very wet Queensland p.s.I have got one John Lawton mariied a Phoebe Jones in West Bromwich 18/09/1825. No info earlier

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