Anthony Willis family tree » Henry Fisher Lawrence (1834-1919)

Personal data Henry Fisher Lawrence 

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Household of Henry Fisher Lawrence

He is married to Mary Jane Jeanes.

They got married on November 16, 1884 at St Saviour St Peters church, Liverpool Grove, Wolworth Rd, Newington, Surrey, he was 50 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  8. Celia Agnes Lawrence  1871-1918 


Notes about Henry Fisher Lawrence

A Tailor all his life, and also a very good violinist, Henry Lawrence appears to have worked in his later years for the top outfitters Gieves & Co in Portsmouth - ultimately the firm that became the very exclusive and sartorial Gieves & Hawkes at No 1, Savile Row in London.

From way back, the original Portsmouth shop owned by Melchisedek Meredith ('Old Mel') drew many naval clientele and with Portsmouth a busy waterfront town and the centre of the seafaring world it became the place for maritime uniforms. 'Old Mel' tailored the uniform worn by Admiral Lord Nelson when he was killed in action on HMS Victory at Trafalgar in 1805.

The Portsmouth business was eventually sold in 1841 to Joseph Galt and with James Gieve as a partner by 1852, they serviced supply ships and troops overseas during the Crimean War. Gieve bought out Galt in 1887 to establish Gieves & Co and after his death in 1888, Gieve's two sons James W & John took over the business.

Henry Lawrence worked for them from the early 1890's onwards and being an experienced tailor, probably moved from Northampton down to Portsmouth because of the growing demand for his skills. By 1900, 52% of the world's shipping was controlled by Britain, and Gieves became tailor by appointment to the Royal Navy. Being dressed in uniform by Gieves became integral to officer training and 98% of cadets from the Royal Naval College were decked out in Gieves. He must have been kept busy!

Basic source of story from Jill Young, NZ, Feb 2012.

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  2. 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 1006; Folio: 36; Page: 26
  3. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  5. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 1546; Folio: 53; Page: 49; GSU roll: 1341373
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Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1834

  • The temperature on September 21, 1834 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1834: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
    • March 18 » Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
    • May 30 » Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
    • July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
    • July 15 » The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
    • October 16 » Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.

Day of marriage November 16, 1884

  • The temperature on November 16, 1884 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.

Day of death March 5, 1919

  • The temperature on March 5, 1919 was between 5.9 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
    • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
    • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
    • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
    • September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
    • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.


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