Maxwell Picton Lawrason
ID # 3189, (1892-1980)
| Father | Thomas Picton Lawrason (1851-1938) |
| Mother | Sarah Helen Bell (1854-1932) |
| Birth | Maxwell Picton Lawrason was born on 9 August 1892 at Lynden, Ontario. |
| Marriage | He married Velma Lenore Swarts on 24 June 1919 at Princeton, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co.. Mrge reg. 020525-19 Princeton, Oxford Co. Max Picton Lawrason, 26, bachelor, farmer, Methodist. Born and residing Lynden. Parents Thos. P. Lawrason and Helen Bell. Velma Lenore Swarts, 23, spinster, Methodist. Born and residing Princeton. Parents James H. Swartz and Margaret Black. Witnesses Nelson Lawrason, Copetown, and Maggie H. Swarts, Princeton, Ontario. On 24th June, 1919, at Princeton, by E. Sheppard, Methodist, Ingersoll. Note that the name Swarts, also is spelled as Swartz. |
| Death | He died in 1980. |
| Burial | He was buried at Jerseyville Cemetery, Ancaster Twp.. |
| Note | At some point, Max Lawrason married a second time. Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society provides a transcription of Jerseyville Cemetery and next to the Bell and Lawrason stone appears the following: Gladys M. Monkhouse / 1909 - blank/ beloved wife of / Maxwell P. Lawrason. This transcription was done, however, in 1988. Gladys died in 1997 and a photo of her stone with her death year inscribed appears on CanGenWeb. An index for the Brantford Expositor also notes a death year for Gladys of 1997, but there are a number of years that are blank and just when Max and Gladys were married is presently unknown. |
| Last Edited | 8 Jul 2016 |