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Doris Venita Lawson 1889–1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 AUG 1889

Birth Location: Greymouth, New Zealand

Death Date: 3 APR 1956

Death Location: East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand

Father: George Lawson

Mother: Emily Potbury

Spouse(s): Charles Cooze, William Lindley

Children(s): William (Lindley), Phyllis Cooze

Doris Venita Lawson was born in 1889 in Greymouth, New Zealand, the child of George Henry William Lawson And Emily Elizabeth Potbury. Doris Venita Lawson married Charles Arthur Cooze, William Harry Bill Lindley, and had children including Phyllis May Cooze, William Percival Cooze Lindley. Doris Venita Lawson passed away in 1956 in East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Doris Venita Lawson was born in 1889 in Greymouth, New Zealand, the child of George Henry William Lawson And Emily Elizabeth Potbury.
  • Doris Venita Lawson married Charles Arthur Cooze, William Harry Bill Lindley, and had children including Phyllis May Cooze, William Percival Cooze Lindley.
  • Doris Venita Lawson passed away in 1956 in East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Doris Lawson's Ancestors

Self
Doris Lawson
1889–1956
Birth Place: Greymouth, New Zealand
Parents
George Henry William Lawson
1866–1947
Kaniere, West Coast, New Zealand
Emily (Elizabeth) Potbury
1873–1943
18 Summers' Cottages, New Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents
George Lawson
1832–1894
Hanover, Germany
Mary (Ann) Guest
1834–1921
Speldhurst, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
John Guest
1812–1875
Mary Camfield
1809–1879
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Guest
1786–1871
Rachel Camfield
1789–1875

Doris Lawson's Descendants

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Doris (Venita) Lawson (27 AUG 1889–3 APR 1956) m. Charles (Arthur) Cooze (19 May 1872–11 May 1948) m. William (Harry (Bill)) Lindley (28 Apr 1874–14 Apr 1931)
  1. 1. William (Percival Cooze) (Lindley) 1922–2001 m. Nancy Outen –2002
  2. 2. Phyllis (May) Cooze 1917–1993 m. Rex (Kitchener) Gaffey 1916–1983

Doris Lawson's Timeline

3 Records

1889
27 AUG 1889
Birth of Doris Venita Lawson in Greymouth, New Zealand
Greymouth, New Zealand
1956
3 APR 1956
Age 67
Death of Doris Venita Lawson in Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand
1956
3 APR 1956
Age 67
Burial of Doris Venita Lawson in East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand
East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 AUG 1889
    Event Place: Greymouth, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
    [3] New Zealand, CIVIL Registration Birth Index, Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Registration Birth Index, 1840-1901
    [4] New Zealand, Birth Index, N/A - microfiche from a private collector; New Zealand; Birth Index, 1840-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 APR 1956
    Event Place: Gisborne, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 3 APR 1956
    Event Place: East Cape, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

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