1821
Born
25 February 1821 at Moulton
1821 Moulton Chapel, Lincolnshire February 25th 1821, Moulton, Nr. Spalding (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Elizabeth Lawson
1821 – 1879
Elizabeth Lawson was born on 25 February 1821 at Moulton, daughter of John Lawson. She married Robert Drewery on 15 May 1844. Elizabeth died on 5 September 1879.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Birth Baptism
- 1821 Moulton Chapel, Lincolnshire February 25th 1821, Moulton, Nr. Spalding (Parish Records)
- Marriage
- May 15th 1844 to Robert Drewery in Holbeach (Parish Records)
- Death
- September 5th 1879 Holbeach aged 60 years
- Parents
- John Lawson born the Drove Holbeach, Lincolnshire Bridget Adams born the Drove, Holbeach, Lincolnshire
- Siblings
- William Lawson baptised November 15th 1818, Moulton Elizabeth Lawson baptised February 25th 1821 Moulton Mary Lawson baptised October 12th, 1823 Moulton Samuel Lawson baptised March 26th 1826, Moulton Thomas Lawson born 1837, Holbeach
- Children
- Ann Drewery born I845, Holbeach John Drewery born I846, Holbeach William Drewery born I848, Holbeach Elizabeth Drewery born 1850, Holbeach Robert Drewery born 1853, Holbeach Matthew Drevvery born 1858, Holbeach Fanny Drewery born 1862, Holbeach
- 1841c
- Possibly living in as Indoor Servant to Charles Hammomd, Farmer in Fosdyke Fen, Boston
- 1844
- Marries Robert Drewry (sic) in Holbeach on May15th 1844
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Parents
The children of John & Bridget
· Elizabeth Lawson b. 1821this page · · ·
The children of John & Mary Timms
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Marriage
Children
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Possibly living in as Indoor Servant to Charles Hammomd, Farmer in Fosdyke Fen, Boston— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1844
Married Robert Drewery
15 May 1844
No. 293. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Holbeach in the County of Lincoln:
May 15, 1844 — Robert Drewry, of full age, bachelor, labourer, of Holbeach Hurn, father John Drewry, labourer; and Elizabeth Lawson, of full age, spinster, of Holbeach, father John Lawson, shoemaker. Married after banns, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church. This marriage was solemnized between us: the mark ✕ of Robert Drewry, the mark ✕ of Elizabeth Lawson — in the presence of: the mark ✕ of William Lawson, the mark ✕ of Caroline Ward.
— Marriage certificate — Holbeach parish church (1844)
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- Marriage certificate — Holbeach parish church (1844) — Certified copy of the marriage entry (General Register Office, AB 298570), ordered by Janet in September 2006; her photograph of it is shown here. William Lawson was Elizabeth's brother, by Janet's note. The father's entry — John Drewry, labourer — is the strongest corroboration of the baptism: John was the era's common written form of Jonathan, and Jonathan German Drewry was the only Drury householder with a wife Ann at Long Sutton in Robert's birth-window. from Mum’s research
1879
Died
5 September 1879
September 5th 1879 Holbeach aged 60 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.