William Lawn

  General Notes:

1871 Census RG10/4741 Saxton : Nicholas Lawn 36, blacksmith, Mary 36, Char les Herbert 3, William 1 - born in Saxton

1881 Census RG11/4714 Saxton : Nicholas Lawn, 46, Blacksmith, Mary 46, Cha rles Herbert 13, William 11, Nicholas Simpson Lawn 9, Benjamin, Mary Dicke nson, mother-in-law, widow, 82 - born in Saxton

1891 Census RG12/3882 Saxton : Nicholas Lawn 55, blacksmith, Mary 56, Char les H. 23, blacksmith, William 21, labourer in the woods, Nicholas S. 1 9, labourer in the woods, Benjamin 16, apprentice blacksmith

1901 Census RG13/4434 Saxton : Main Street, Mary Lawn, widow 66, farmer, C harles Herbert , married 33, butcher, own account - born in Saxton, Ali ce Ann 25 daughter-in-law, born in Deighton, William 31, Nicholas Simps on Lawn 29, blacksmith, Benjamin 25 - born in Saxton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism: Saxton-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, England, 5 Aug 1869.

• Occupation: Farmer.

William married Mary Elizabeth (Mary Lizzie) Bailey, daughter of Charles Bailey and Martha Bebbington, on 23 Oct 1901 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England. (Mary Elizabeth (Mary Lizzie) Bailey was born about 1874 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England and died in Feb 1946 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England.)