REVISED .............			Family Pedigree Chart
						#8 Unknown Unknown
				#4 - Frin#770 Lawton, George & Mrs Mary - / mr: HBr:1796 WBr:1803
						#9 Unknown Unknown
		#2 - Frin#396 Lawton, Robert & Anne Jane - / mr:1863 HBr:1832 WBr:1837
						#10 Unknown Unknown
				#5 - Frin#2011 White, Robert & Mary - / mr: HBr:1797 WBr:1797
						#11 Unknown Unknown
#1 - Frin#9 Lawton, Francis Alfred & Phoebe - / mr:1903 HBr:1874 WBr:1883
						#12 - Frin#1728 - Continued on C#05-1 Wood, Joseph Smith & Elizabeth - / mr:1803 HBr:1783 WBr:1785
				#6 - Frin#1716 Wood, Joseph Charles & Catherine - / mr:1840 HBr:1817 WBr:1820
						#13 - Frin#1744 - Continued on C#06-1 Burke, Edmund Edward & Ellendor - / mr:1815 HBr:1776 WBr:1779
		#3 - Frin#10 Wood, Jacob Smith & Phoebe Almira - / mr:1878 HBr:1850 WBr:1858
						#14 Unknown Unknown
				#7 - Frin#11 Whelpley, James & Frances - / mr:1853 HBr:1830 WBr:1822
						#15 - Frin#2022 Cox, William & Mrs William - / mr: HBr: WBr:

Husband - Lawton, Francis Alfred, Farmer on Old Black River Road Born: 20 Jul 1874 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB,
Died: 15 Mar 1920 - St John, NB in Lunatic Asylum
Bur: ABOUT 16 Mar 1920 - Fern Hill Cemetery, Saint John, NB,
Marr: 10 Feb 1903 - Saint John, , NB,
Francis Alfred Lawton (Frank)


Phoebe Wood Lawton with her famous long hair rolled up, going into the porch, up the stone steps, to the farm-house.

Parents: Lawton, Robert, Farmer & Millman (IRIN#218) & White, Anne Jane, Farmers wife, buried with son Francis, Fernhill, but a mistake on burial permit shows where her daughter, Mary Edith signed her own name in the place of her mother's. (IRIN#1408) - FRIN#396

Wife - Wood, Phoebe Almira, Farmer, left her inheritance of Wood estate to Lawton children, excluding Edward Christopher Lawton, her son by Christopher Cosman.
Born: 14 Nov 1883 - Mispec, St John.
Died: 5 Feb 1975 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB,
Bur: ABOUT 8 Feb 1975 - Fern Hill Cemetery, Saint John, NB,
Marr: 10 Feb 1903 - Saint John, , NB,


Parents: Wood, Jacob Smith, Bds. Gilbert's Lane, 1875, Weigher of hay & straw, 1875, Hay Market in Saint John, later, Farmer, Red Head, Simonds, NB (IRIN#54) & Whelpley, Phoebe Almira, died 6 days after daughter Phoebe was born (IRIN#55) - FRIN#10


Children

1.Female: Lawton, Mabel E, Store keeper, Old Black River Road - IRIN#1254
Born: 24 Dec 1903 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 8 Oct 1992 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Bur: - Ocean View Cem, Saint John, NB,
Spouse: Sprague, James Albert, Saint John Water Dept. Member Order of Buffaloes - IRIN#786 - FRIN#192
Marr: 9 Mar 1923 - Saint John, , NB,
Aunt Mabel, Jim and Darlene
Mabel Lawton and Albert Sprague

2.Female: Lawton, Grace Almira - IRIN#776
Born: 28 Mar 1905 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 13 May 1977 - Saint John, , NB, Canada
Bur: - , , ,
Spouse: Horsman, Phillip - IRIN#787 - FRIN#130
Marr: Jul 1924 - Saint John, , NB,
Spouse: Hayes, William C Bill, boyfriend, went to States, Roman Catholic - IRIN#6520 - FRIN#2149
Marr: - , , ,
Aunt Grace and kids.
Grace Almira Lawton and Phillip Horsman

3.Male: Lawton, Gordon Francis - IRIN#778
Born: 2 Apr 1907 - Old Black River Rd, Saint John, NB, Canada
Died: 15 Feb 1996 - Saint John, , NB, Canada
Bur: - Fernhill Cem, Saint John, ,
Spouse: Everett, Thelma Rebecca - IRIN#789 - FRIN#197
Born:June 26, 1910, Burnt Land Brook, NB.
Died:June 28, 2009, Saint John, NB, age 99.
Marr: 29 Oct 1936 - Saint John, , NB,


Gordon and Thelma Lawton

Gordon Lawton and Thelma Everett

4.Male: Lawton, Arthur Lloyd - IRIN#777
Born: 1909 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: Dec 1976 - Saint John, , NB, Canada
Bur: - Fernhill Cem, Saint John, NB,
Spouse: Gordon, Mary Esther - IRIN#788 - FRIN#204
Marr: 7 Sep 1939 - SaintJohn, , NB,
Spouse: Buckle, Mabel Gertrude, employed MRA's - IRIN#795 - FRIN#217
Marr: 12 Aug 1960 - Saint John, , NB,
Arthur Lawton Arthur Lawton and Mary Gordon

5.Female: Lawton, Hazel - IRIN#781
Born: 29 Oct 1910 - Old Black River Rd, Saint John, NB, Canada
Died: 22 Oct 1991 - Victoria, , BC, Canada
Bur: - Fern Hill, St John, NB,
Spouse: Phillips, Joseph, Died by suicide - IRIN#792 - FRIN#228
Marr: 21 Dec 1893 - Saint John, , NB,
Spouse: Cooper, Bill, boyfriend, worked in cotton mill, unmarried - IRIN#6521 - FRIN#2150
male child, given up for adoption.
Hazel Lawton and Joe Phillips


6. Male: Lawton, Earl - IRIN#779
Born: 18 Mar 1913 - Old Black River RD, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 20 Mar 1986 - Old Black River Rd, Saint John, NB,
Bur: - Ocean View Cem, Saint John, NB,
Spouse: Campbell, Daisy Viola - IRIN#790 - FRIN#198
Marr: - , , ,

Earl and Daisy Lawton

7.Male: Lawton, Earnest Roy - IRIN#774
Born: 29 Aug 1914 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 4 Jan 1996 - Saint John, , NB,
Bur: - , , ,
Spouse: Merry, Freda - IRIN#785 - FRIN#216
Born: 6 Feb 1916 - Saint John,
Died: 3 Oct 1995 - Saint John, , NB,
Marr: 3 Mar 1938 - Saint John, , NB,

Children

1. Male: Lawton, Charles Roy - IRIN#10 Born: - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Conley, Eleanor Margaret - IRIN#20 - FRIN#311 Marr: 12 Aug 1961 - Saint John, , NB,

2. Male: Lawton, Kenneth Earl Lawton - IRIN#9 Born: - Saint John, , NB Spouse: Douglas, Elizabeth Jane - IRIN#25 - FRIN#312 Marr: 5 Jun 1971 - Saint John, , NB,

3. Male: Lawton, Murray Ronald, Carpenter - IRIN#1032 Born: - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Hatheway, Dawn Luise - IRIN#27 - FRIN#313 Marr: 14 Apr 1990 - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Pearce, Brenda - IRIN#2055 - FRIN#603 Marr: 25 Jun 1977 - Saint John, , NB,

4. Female: Lawton, Audrey May - IRIN#13 Born: - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Payne, Walter - IRIN#1052 - FRIN#559 Marr: 5 Aug 1961 - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: London, Clarence - IRIN#2027 - FRIN#567 Marr: 6 Nov 1981 - Saint John, , NB,

5. Female: Lawton, Joan Ellen - IRIN#18 Born: 25 - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Smith, Glendon Murray, Carpenter, C.P.R. - IRIN#1053 - FRIN#315, Died 2008. Spouse: Palmer, Charles - IRIN#2040 - FRIN#597 Marr: 29 Aug 1964 - Saint John, , NB,

6. Female: Lawton, Ruth Marie - IRIN#1031 Born: - Saint John, , NB, Spouse: Gaudet, Edward - IRIN#1054 - FRIN#316 Spouse: Chamberlain, Brian Austin - IRIN#2060 - FRIN#606 Marr: 10 Jul 1976 - All Saints Anglican Church, Saint John, NB,

Earnest Lawton

8.Male: Lawton, Cecil William - IRIN#780
Born: 30 Aug 1917 - Old Black River RD, St John, NB,
Died: 12 Sep 1975 - Halifax, , NS, Canada
Spouse: Moore, Marion - IRIN#791 - FRIN#195
Marr: 4 Jan 1937

Son-Gordon Lawton- born 18 April 1937-died 29 March 1987, Saint John, NB

Daughter-Marion Thelma Lawton-born 3 April, 1938. Died June 28, 1938, age 2 months, 25 days, Old Black River Road, Buried-Cedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John, NB.



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Gordon and Viola Lawton Wedding

Gordon was brought up by his Aunt Tilly(Moore)Dimock. The Dimock's, Tilly, Herb and son David lived in Kingston for many years. David was famous for blowing bubbles from the pilot's window on the ferry. He lost his life in a house fire.

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Oh, so much love.

This is Rachel, Gordon's first grand-child, and they were very close til the day he died! We lived with him until she was about 3 and after he was no longer able to work because of his heart problems he baby-sat her after school while she was in elementary school.

He enrolled her in highland dance lessons when she was 4, so Tuesday afternoons were their time. He took her to dance class and they always went to dinner after.

One time, when Rachel was about 6, I took her to a restaurant I had never been to. The waitress came over and asked Rachel if she wanted "her usual". Sandra Lawton



Gordon's family to come soon. Cecil's line is alive and well and sending the young ones into the future.



9.Male: Lawton, Allan - IRIN#783
Born: 3 Sep 1918 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 16 Sep 1990 - Saint John, NB
unmarried - IRIN#793 - FRIN#229
Alan Lawton

10.Male: Lawton, Russell William - IRIN#782
Born: 4 Feb 1920 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada
Died: 18 Jul 1993 - Saint John, , NB,
Bur: - Fernhill Cem, , NB,
Spouse: Judge, Doreen - IRIN#1111 - FRIN#407
Marr: - Saint John, , NB,
Children- Wayne, Gail and Marilyn
Russell Lawton




Phoebe Lawton and Christopher Wager Cosman

Grama Phoebe was a tiny woman, 4'11", with long hair rolled up in a huge topknot. She had a hard life on that farm out the muddy Old Black River Road with her 11 hungry children. She never complained when I knew her, but went about her gardening and her life in her private way. Grama noted all the accidents that befell those on the farm and she listed the relatives she remembered. She mentions Josiah Wood, Lieut. Gov. NB as a cousin, but my research shows his father direct from England, rather than a descendant of the Wood family of PEI who came from Essex but were in PEI for generations. However, Phoebe owned him as a cousin and maybe she knew of a link.


The Old Black River Road in the 1920's,30's and 40's was a narrow muddy track, almost impassable in spring. It branched off to the left from Bayside Drive on the Courtenay Bay, a harbour on the Bay of Fundy, at Redhead corner, and led, just a little inland from the bay, all the way through to Black River, and on out to Saint Martins. On the way, this ever narrowing wagon trail led past Mispec Stream where we swam as kids, Beaver lake with its old fishing club lodge, Brandy brook and Grassy Lake, where people went to pick berries, to fish and hunt, to get lost, to commit murders and suicide, and on past the remote farm of the Guillet family and to the magnificent beach at Back River.

At Brandy Brook, near Enchanted lake, lived the Brandy Brook Hermit, Oscar Craig, known to most people as Oscar Wilde. He actually lived at times in a cave at Mispec Stream and would harness himself to a cart to pull his kindling wood to town for sale, a distance of about 15 miles.Coming and going, he would sleep the night in Frank and Phoebe Lawton's barn. A farmer out the road by Beaver lake beat Oscar up and he died.

Oscar's brother, Bob Craig, visited at times and he was seen once in a odd occupation. He had fitted up a wagon wheel with chains and suspended it from a tree so he could direct the motions of the stars. In the 1901 Saint John Census there is a Robert Craig born in 1852 to a family in Saint John, possibly Oscar's parents.

The following clipping is from the memories of Harrison MacElwaine, a printing-pressman born in Saint John in 1902.












Oscar Craig, Hermit of Brandy Brook and Mispec Stream, who slept in Frank and Phoebe Lawton's barn on his way to and from town.


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