Lizzie Lawrence Genealogy and Family History Notes

Manitoba Vital Statistics
Last Name: Lawrence
First Name: Lizzie
Date Of Birth: 09/19/1887
Place Of Birth: R.M. Of North Cypress
Sex: F
Registration Number: 1887,005358
Registration Date:
Mother's Maiden Last Name: Hume
Mother's Given Names: Margaret
Registration Number: 1887-005358

1901 Census of Canada View the census
Name: Lizie Lawrence
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 14
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1887
BirthPlace: Manitoba
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Marg
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scottish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Christian
Occupation: Farmer
Province: Manitoba
District: MacDonald
District Number: 8
Sub-District: Cypress (North/Nord)
Sub-District Number: B-7
Family Number: 2
Page: 1

1906 Saskatchewan Census- View the census
Name: Lissy Lorenz
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 19
BirthPlace: Manitoba
Family Number: 134
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: John
Mother's name: Magaret Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 4, 5, 6 In Ranges 4, 5, 6 West of The 2nd M
Sub-District: 9
Page: 15

1911 Census of Canada View Census
Name: Elizebeth McCurdy
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 23
Birth Date: October 1887
Birthplace: Manitoba
Family Number: 198
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Tribal: Scotch
Province: Saskatchewan
District: Assiniboia
District Number: 207
Sub-District Number: 13
Census Year: 1911
Page: 19

McCurdy: Dick & Lizzie

Richard McCurdy was born in Ontario in April 1873. He received his education at Chesley, Ontario. He worked at different jobs and was printer of the Chesley Enterprise newspaper for some time.

Richard and his brother, Dan, decided they would give the west a try. Thus on July 8, 1901, Richard made out his application for a homestead on the NW 1/4 2-6-6-W2 at Alameda, N.W.T.

In 1902 he broke thirty-two acres and in 1903 a further thirty-eight and seeded the thirty-two acres which had been broken the previous year. He progressed quite well ; in 1904 he broke another fifty acres and seeded seventy acres. By 1902- 1903 he had acquired two horses and built a house, size twelve by twenty feet, valued at sixty dollars. In 1904 he purchased a third horse and built a sod stable to house the animals, valued at $100.00. On October 21, 1904, at the age of thirty-one years, Richard received the patent on the land he had homesteaded.

He purchased the SE 1/4 10-6-6-W2 and this land became the home quarter. Taxes on this half section of land on October 30, 1909 were found to be $22.00.

The first local post office was at Weir Hill, District of Assiniboia, Northwest Territories.

By the standards of the day, Richard was now well established. In 1907 he married Elizabeth Lawrence, who was born September 19, 1887. Elizabeth's parents had both come to Manitoba from Scotland. Her father arrived in 1882 and her mother probably about the same time. They were married in 1886. Their family included: Elizabeth, Jim, John, William, Mary, Ida, Gertie and Bella.

In 1902 Elizabeth's father came west from their home in Inglow, Manitoba to apply for a homestead in the Saskatchewan area. The site they chose is the present home of their grandson, Bruce and Lilli Peckover and their children. In 1904 the rest of the family came from Manitoba. In 1907 the family returned to Manitoba, with the exception of Elizabeth, Jim and John. Elizabeth managed the household duties for her two brothers . That same year, 1907, she married Richard McCurdy and continued her work as well as managing her own home, which was not far from her brother's farm.

Richard and Elizabeth had five children.

Elizabeth remarried in 1920 and she continued farming with her new husband, Robert Shea. Bob, as he was commonly known, came to Saskatchewan from Winnipeg. He was born January 24, 1899 and came from a large family of fourteen children. Elizabeth and Bob had four children.

Excerpts from
"Poet's Corner"
Pages 773, 774 & 775

Shea: Robert and Elizabeth

Robert, or Bob, as he was most commonly called, was born in Winnipeg in 1899 and attended school in that city. He moved to the Lampman area at the end of the First World War. He married Elizabeth McCurdy (nee Lawrence) in 1920, who had four small children from her marriage to Richard McCurdy.

Bob and Elizabeth farmed for many years north of Lampman near the side of Weir Hill School and they had four children.

Bob was Councilor for the Division Six of the R.M. of Browning No. 34 for ten years from 1937 until 1947.

Bob passed away in 1951 at the age of fifty-one. Elizabeth passed away in 1969 at the age of eighty-two.

Excerpts from
"Poet's Corner"
Page 894



Obiturary
Mrs. Elizabeth Shea

Funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth Shea, 82, late of Lampman and formerly of Estevan, who died on December 19, 1969 was held at 2 P.M. Monday, December 22 from the Lampman United Church with Rev. R. Thompson officiating. Internment was in the Browning Cemetery.

Mrs. Shea was born September 19, 1887 at Douglas, Manitoba and came to Saskatchewan in 1914.

Predeceased by a son Cecil McCurdy in 1966, Mrs. Shea is survived by three sons- Gordon McCurdy of Browning; Walter McCurdy of Ottawa; Eric Shea of Winnipeg; four daughters- Mrs. Ray (Viola) Hingston of Lampman; Mrs. Bob (Irene) Rowsome of Ottawa; Mrs Stan (Edith) Hammett of Bemerside, Saskatchewan; and Mrs. Ed (Olive) Weber of Regina; one brother- James Lawrence of Browning; three sisters- Mrs. Bella Fraser of Carberry, Manitoba; Mrs. Ida Peckover of Winnipeg; Mrs. Gertie Blenkhorn of Inglow, Manitoba; twenty-two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Paul bearers were Cecil Paus, Harry Christofferson, Kenneth Trachsel, Bernard Shaw, Bill McGill and Stanley Trachsel.

Funeral arrangements were in care of the Estevan Funeral Home (Orsted).

The Estevan Mercury
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Info film # R 1.60
Provincial Archives
Regina, Saskatchewan

Browning News

Sympathy of the community is extended to the family and friends of Mrs. Elizabeth Shea, who passed away quietly in her sleep on December 19, 1969 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Viola Hingston of Lampman. Mrs. Shea was a resident of the Browning district for many years. She died at the age of 82. Internment will be at the Browning Cemetery.

The Estevan Mercury
Wednesday, December 31, 1969



More About Lizzie Lawrence:
Burial: 22 December 1969, Browning Cemetery, Browning, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hobbies: Loved baking, family and friends
Known As: "Liz" or "Elizabeth"
Occupation: Homemaker
Religion: United Church of Canada

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