Sarah Rosan Lawrason
ID # 2807, (1839-1927)
| Father | Purvis Douglas Lawrason (1814-1880) |
| Mother | Charlotte Temple Shook (1817-1885) |
| Birth | Sarah Rosan Lawrason was born on 29 September 1839 at Dumfries Township, Gore District, Upper Canada. |
| Baptism | She was baptized on 16 June 1845 at Dumfries Circuit. |
| Marriage | She married Thomas Fawcett, son of Thomas Fawcett and Margaret C. Shaw, on 16 December 1863 at Brant County. MS248 reel 5 Vol. 1, Page 116 Brant County Marriage Register, No. 189 Return of marriages solemnized by M. Fawcett a minister of the Wesleyan M. Church for the year ending 31st day of December, A.D. 1863 Thos. Fawcett, 24, born Oxford, residing St. George. Parents Thomas and Margaret. Sarah Lawrason, 24, born Dumfries, residing St. George. Parents Purvis D. and Charlotte. Witnesses M. X. Carr and Sophia Carr of Brantford. Date of marriage Oct. 16 (1863) The officiating minister, Michael Fawcett, was the brother Rev. Thomas Fawcett and the uncle of the groom. Rev. Thomas Fawcett, the father of the groom, died in 1859 of injuries he sustained while a passenger on a train that derailed. Both Michael and Thomas Fawcett were Wesleyan Methodist ministers and both served the church at St. George. The gazetteer of 1865-66 for Brant County places Rev. Michael Fawcett, W.M. minister in St. George as well as Thomas Fawcett, dentist. Sophia Fawcett Carr was Thomas' sister. |
| Marriage | She married William Booth on 24 November 1880 at St.George, Brant Co.. Marriage reg. 001239-80 South Dumfries, Brant Co. William Booth, 36, widower, piano tuner, born Napanee, residing Toronto. Parents John and Nancy Booth. Sarah Fawcett, 36, widow, born South Dumfries, residing St. George. Parents Purvis D. and Charlotte Lawrason. Witnesses James H. Fleming and Victoria Lawrason, both of St. George. The groom was Presbyterian and the bride a Methodist. On 24 November 1880 at St. George. Clergyman Rev. Mathew Swan. |
| Death | She died on 23 February 1927 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 87. |
| Burial | She was buried on 24 February 1927 at Forest Lawn Mausoleum. |
| Note | The Wesleyan Methodist baptisms show Sarah's date of baptism, along with two siblings, as June 16, 1845, in the Dumfries Circuit. This will have been in Dumfries Township and almost certainly at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in St. George. Her date of birth is shown as September 29, 1839, and the officiating clergyman was G. Ferguson. Sarah's middle name is written as Rosan. Roseann or Roseanne perhaps being intended, but Rosan is what is written on the Wesleyan Methodist Baptism record. The images of these pages, by the way, are as presented by Bower-McBurney Genealogy at bowergenealogy.ca/resources/methodist/. This is an excellent resource. Death reg. 001852-27 Toronto, York Co. Sarah R. Booth died Feb. 23, 1927, at 30 South Drive. Age 88. Born St. George Sept 26, 1838. (Baptism record indicates Sept. 29, 1839.) Parents Purvis D. Lawrason and Charlotte Shook, both born Ontario. Informant F. A. Reid, 12 Cluny Drive, grandson. Burial Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Feb. 24, 1927. |
Children of Sarah Rosan Lawrason and Thomas Fawcett |
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| Last Edited | 3 Aug 2022 |