Caroline Jane Lawn, 18631895 (aged 32 years)

Name
Caroline Jane* /Lawn/
Given names
Caroline Jane
Surname
Lawn
Name
Caroline Jane* /Matthews/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Citation details: Census: William LAWN's household (1871), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1871/0014787060 : accessed 9 Dec 2018

1871 England - Census transcript - William Henry Lawn - Household
Ashton Road Goldsmidt Arms, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
William LawnheadMar29wood carver & guilderHull, Yorkshire
Elizabeth LawnwifeMar32Louth, Lincolnshire
Jane Lawndaughter8Louth, Lincolnshire
William Lawnson6Louth, Lincolnshire
Henry Lawnson4Louth, Lincolnshire
Ann Lawndaughter2Louth, Lincolnshire
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 2 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War.
Census
Citation details: Census: William LAWN's household (1871), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1871/0014787060 : accessed 9 Dec 2018

1871 England - Census transcript - William Henry Lawn - Household
Ashton Road Goldsmidt Arms, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
William LawnheadMar29wood carver & guilderHull, Yorkshire
Elizabeth LawnwifeMar32Louth, Lincolnshire
Jane Lawndaughter8Louth, Lincolnshire
William Lawnson6Louth, Lincolnshire
Henry Lawnson4Louth, Lincolnshire
Ann Lawndaughter2Louth, Lincolnshire
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 18 years)
Source citation:

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Death of a sister
Address: 20 Sheep Street, Cirencester
Citation details: December 29, 1888, p8, Deaths, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f18881229%2f193 : accessed 9 Dec 2018
Text:

Dec. 21, at 20, Sheep-street, Cirencester, Annie Maria, daughter of William H. Lawn, aged 19 years.

Marriage
Citation details: October 7, 1893, p8, Marriages, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f18931007%2f173 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Text:

Oct.4, at the parish church, Cirencester, by the Rev. E. H. Townsend, Arthur George, eldest son of Mr. Frederick Matthews, of Cirencester, to Caroline Jane, daughter of Mr. William H. Lawn of Cirencester

Death of a mother
between 1891 and 1901 (6 years after death)
Citation details: Census: William H LAWN's household (1901), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0000757355 : accessed 9 Dec 2018

1901 England - Census transcript - William Henry Smithson Lawn - Household
16 Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationEmpHomeBirthplaceInfirm
William Henry Smithson LawnheadWidower59carver & gilderworkerHull, Yorkshire
Ellen LawndaughterSingle29dressmakerown a/cat homeCirencester, Gloucestershire
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (7 years after death)
Source citation:

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Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (7 years after death)
Source citation:

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Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 2 years)
South Africa
Source citation:

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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 4 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 10 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 18 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 23 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Death
1895 (aged 32 years) Age: 33 years
Family with parents
father
18411924
Birth: before April 1841 Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death: about October 1924Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
mother
18391901
Birth: calculated 1839 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Death: between 1891 and 1901
Marriage MarriageMay 4, 1862Louth, Lincolnshire, England
20 months
herself
18631895
Birth: calculated 1863 21 24 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Death: 1895Malta
3 years
younger brother
1865
Birth: calculated 1865 23 26 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
3 years
younger brother
1867
Birth: calculated 1867 25 28 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
3 years
younger sister
18691888
Birth: calculated 1869 27 30 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Death: December 21, 1888Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
4 years
younger sister
1872
Birth: calculated 1872 30 33 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
2 years
younger brother
1873
Birth: calculated 1873 31 34 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Father’s family with Edith Elizabeth Hulbert
father
18411924
Birth: before April 1841 Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death: about October 1924Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
stepmother
1858
Birth: calculated 1858Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage Marriagebetween October 1901 and December 1901Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Family with Arthur George Matthews
husband
18631937
Birth: between April 1863 and June 1863 22 22 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: between October 1937 and December 1937Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
herself
18631895
Birth: calculated 1863 21 24 Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Death: 1895Malta
Marriage MarriageOctober 4, 1893Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Arthur George Matthews + Jane Jennie Finlay
husband
18631937
Birth: between April 1863 and June 1863 22 22 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: between October 1937 and December 1937Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
husband’s wife
stepson
Private
stepdaughter
Margaret Eileen Laura MATTHEWS (c. 1955)
19061993
Birth: January 5, 1906 42 30 Sabathu, Himachal Pradesh, India
Death: August 25, 1993Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
stepchild
stepson
Private
stepdaughter
1909
Birth: between October 1909 and December 1909 46 34 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
20 months
stepson
19111994
Birth: June 1, 1911 48 36 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: June 4, 1994
stepdaughter
Private

Descendants of Caroline Jane Lawn

  1. Generation 1
    1. Caroline Jane Lawn, daughter of William Henry Smithson Lawn and Elizabeth Ducy, was born calculated 1863 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1895 in Malta.

      She married Arthur George Matthews, son of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, on October 4, 1893 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. He was born between April 1863 and June 1863 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died between October 1937 and December 1937 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales.

Ancestors of Caroline Jane Lawn

  1. Generation 1
    1. Caroline Jane Lawn, daughter of William Henry Smithson Lawn and Elizabeth Ducy, was born calculated 1863 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1895 in Malta.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. William Henry Smithson Lawn, gilder (in 1862), son of John Lawn and Caroline , was born before April 1841 in Hull, Yorkshire, England and died about October 1924 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

    2. Elizabeth Ducy, daughter of Charles Ducy, was born calculated 1839 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died between 1891 and 1901.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      3 of 4 individuals (75% complete).
    1. John Lawn, blacksmith.

    2. Charles Ducy, postman.

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