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Joseph Schofield Lawrence 1923 – 2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Jul 1923

Birth Location: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

Death Date: 30 May 2001

Death Location: Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States of America

Father: Joseph Lawrence

Mother: Josephine Carr

Spouse(s): Mary Lilly, Dorothy Devaull

Children(s): John Lawrence, Jacqueline (Dickens), Joseph Lawrence

Born in 1923 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, Joseph Schofield Lawrence Jr was the child of Joseph Schofield Lawrence and Josephine B Carr. In time, Joseph Schofield Lawrence Jr married Mary Claire Lilly and Dorothy Evelyn Devaull, and they raised a family that included John J (Jack Upstate) Lawrence, Jacqueline Owen Lawrence (Dickens) and Joseph Schofield Lawrence. Joseph Schofield Lawrence Jr died in Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States of America in 2001.

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Parents

Joseph Lawrence
1886 – 1968
Birth Location: Phila. PA
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Josephine Carr
1892 – 1982
Birth Location: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Lilly
1921 – 1995
Birth Location: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
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Dorothy Devaull
1920 – 2004
Birth Location: Camden NJ
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Children(s)

John Lawrence
1945 – 2022
Birth Location: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jacqueline (Dickens)
1945 –
Birth Location: –
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Joseph Lawrence
1953 – 2018
Birth Location: Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 Jul 1923
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017, Social Security Death Index, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1437, Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3699; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 51-405, Number: 201-12-0799; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951, Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2102; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0589; Image: 1073.0; FHL microfilm: 2341836

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1923
    Event Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2102; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0589; Image: 1073.0; FHL microfilm: 2341836

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3699; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 51-405

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3699; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 51-405

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1437

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1944
    Event Place: Davis , N. C
    Record Source: Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, The Times-Tribune; Publication Date: 26/ Jan/ 1944; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.29995483,0.26244682,0.404006&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Upper Darby

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Davis , N. C
    Record Source: Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, The Times-Tribune; Publication Date: 26/ Jan/ 1944; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.29995483,0.26244682,0.404006&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 May 2001
    Event Place: Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States of America
    Record Source: New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017, Social Security Death Index, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Number: 201-12-0799; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Eglington Cemetery Clarksboro, NJ Woodbury, NJ 08096
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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