Gertrude Lawrence

1873 - Abt 1947  (74 years)

• Name	Gertrude Lawrence
  Birth	1873	Walsall, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Walsall, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Address: Court 2 No 2 House, 16 Birmingham Street
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Bentley, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Park Hill House
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891  [3]
  	Tailoress
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Walsall, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: 32 Caldmore Road, Caldmore
  Departure	18 Oct 1906	London, England   [5]
  	to New Zealand, Destination: Wellington Port of departure: London Line: Shaw Savill and Albion Co Limited Name of Ship: Corinthic Contract ticket number: 011348 Occupation: None Passengers: Gertrude Walker, 31; Gladys Walker, 8; Ed Walker, 4; Hector Walker 2 The family is also present on a shipping list dated 23 August 1906. It would not have been possible to have completed the journey out and returned in the timescale.
  Death	Abt 1947	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [6, 7]
  	Name: Gertrude Walker Birth date: 1873 Age at death: 74 Registration year: 1947 Registration number: 1947/24977
  Notes	1901 census - staying with mother-in-law (widowed) and family
  Person ID	I2578	Gilbert
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Frederick Lawrence,   b. 1840, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 1886, Walsall, Staffordshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Harriet Dolman,   b. 1843, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 1918, Walsall, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1862	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Walker,   b. 1870, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. 2 Mar 1931, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1896	Walsall, Staffordshire, England   [8, 9]
  	Marriage date: 23 May 1896 Marriage place: Walsall, St George County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Groom: William Walker, 25, Bachelor, Tailor's Presser, 36 Ward Street, Father - William Walker (deceased), Case Name Maker Bride: Gertrude Lawrence, 23, Spinster, 117 Green Lane, Father - Frederick Lawrence (deceased), Silver Plater Witnesses: Elijah John Birks, Alice Craddock Archive Reference: D3673/1/7 Page: 51
  Children	1. Victoria Gladys Walker,   b. 23 Sep 1897, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Gerald Lawrence Walker,   b. 10 Nov 1899, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. 1902, Walsall, Staffordshire, England (Age 2 years) + 3. Edward Alfred Walker,   b. 16 Jun 1902, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. 21 Sep 1995, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia (Age 93 years)   4. Hector Granville Walker,   b. 15 Jul 1903, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1873 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Court 2 No 2 House, 16 Birmingham Street - 3 Apr 1881 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Park Hill House - 5 Apr 1891 - Bentley, Staffordshire, England Marriage - 23 May 1896 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 32 Caldmore Road, Caldmore - 31 Mar 1901 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Departure - 18 Oct 1906 - London, England Death - Abt 1947 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Lawrence, Gertrude; Mother's Maiden Surname: Dolman; GRO Reference: 1873 M Quarter in WALSALL Volume 06B Page 708 (accessed 1 Sep 2017). [S5] 1881 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Lawrence, Gertrude; Birth year: 1873; Birth town: Walsall; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Walsall; Parish: Walsall Borough; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 2823; Folio: 5; Page: 4 (accessed 26 Jul 2018). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Lawrance, Gertrude; Birth year: 1873; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Walsall; Parish: Bentley; Town: Bentley; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2246; Folio: 150; Page: 5 (accessed 14 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Walker, Gertrude; Birth year: 1873; Birth town: Walsall; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Walsall; Parish: Walsall; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2703; Folio: 105; Page: 5 (accessed 27 Apr 2018). [S96] Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 (FindMyPast), Walker, Gertrude; Birth year: 1873; Departure year: 1906; Departure port: London; Destination port: Wellington; Destination country: New Zealand (accessed 7 Oct 2018). [S381] New Zealand Death Index (FindMyPast), Walker, Gertrude; 1947 (accessed 10 Nov 2019). [S160] Public Member Trees (Ancestry), Lawrence, Gertrude; Birth: 1873; Location: Walsall, Staffordshire, England; Death: 1947; Location: Wellington, New Zealand; Member Tree: Kay Walker Family Tree (KableWalker) (accessed 4 Oct 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Walker, William - Lawrence, Gertrude; 1896; Walsall, Staffordshire; J Quarter; Volume 6b; Page 1184 (accessed 11 Nov 2017). [S199] Staffordshire Marriages (FindMyPast), Walker, William - Lawrence, Gertrude; 1896; Marriage place: Walsall, St George (accessed 11 Nov 2017).