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Walter Franklin Lawson 1944–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1944

Birth Location: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: Abt 2002

Death Location: Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA

Father: Arthur Lawson

Mother: Cassie Hilton

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The story of Walter Franklin Lawson began in 1944 in Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA. Walter Franklin Lawson passed away in 2002 in Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Franklin Lawson began in 1944 in Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA.
  • Walter Franklin Lawson passed away in 2002 in Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA.

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Walter Lawson's Ancestors

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Walter Lawson
1944–2002
Birth Place: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Arthur Mitchell Lawson
1896–1962
Newcomb, Campbell, Tennessee, USA
Cassie (Ellen) Hilton
1910–1992
Campton, Wolfe, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Jefferson) Helton
1868–1954
Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Eliza (Jane) Gilbert
1890–1961
Wolfe, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
Enoch Bowman
1823–1909
Nancy Shoemaker
1848–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Jr
1812–1863
Nancy Eastis
1821–1861

Walter Lawson's Timeline

2 Records

1944
Abt 1944
Birth of Walter Franklin Lawson in Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
2002
Abt 2002
Age 58
Death of Walter Franklin Lawson in Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA
Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1944
    Event Place: Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt 2002
    Event Place: Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, USA

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