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1847 Birth
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 Name: Richard Lawton titles & terms: event: Birth Event Date: 07 Nov 1847 Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Gender: Race: registration date: registration Place: christening date: christening Place: christening Age: Death Date: death Age: father: John Lawton father's titles & terms: father's birthPlace: father's Age: mother: Julia Ann Lawton mother's titles & terms: mother's birthPlace: mother's Age: paternal grandfather: paternal grandmother: maternal grandfather: maternal grandmother: additional relatives: volume/ page/ certificate number: item 2 p 92 Film Number: 1420728 Digital Folder Number: 4150577 Image Number: 400
Name: Richard N Lawton Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Age: 2 years calculated Birth Year: 1848 birthPlace: Massachusetts Gender: Male Race (Original): race (expanded): death month: Death Year: Film Number: 14703 digital gs number: 4194639 Image Number: 00498 Line Number: 16 dwelling house number: 82 family number: 96 Marital Status: free or slave: Household Gender Age John Lawton M 35y Julia A Lawton F 35y Augustus C Lawton M 7y Sophia K Lawton F 4y Richard N Lawton M 2y Melintha B Lawton F 5m George B Lawton M 42y
Name: Nelson R Lawton Age: 8 estimated Birth Year: 1847 Gender: Male Race: birthPlace: Massachusetts Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts family number: 396 Line Number: 9 Film Number: 000953977 Digital Folder Number: 004279391 Image Number: 00331 Household Gender Age John Lawton M 40 Augustus C Lawton M 12 Sophia R Lawton F 9 Nelson R Lawton M 8 Melintha B Lawton F 7 Julia A Lawton F 4
Name: Richard W. Lawton Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts birthdate: 1848 birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States relationship to head: Other spouse's Name: spouse's birthPlace: father's Name: father's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States mother's Name: mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States race or color (expanded): White ethnicity (standardized): American Gender: Male martial status: Single age (expanded): 32 years Occupation: Farmer nara Film Number: T9-0523 pAge: 248 page character: C entry number: 1148 Film Number: 1254523 Household Gender Age John Lawton M 66 Richard W. Lawton M 32 Melinthia B. Adams F 31
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 Name: Richard Nelson Lawton titles & terms: event: Death Event Date: 22 Dec 1885 Event Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States Residence: New Bedford street address: Gender: Male Age: 38 Marital Status: Single Occupation: Farmer Birth Date: birthPlace: Wesport estimated Birth Year: 1847 burial date: burial Place: New Bedford, MA cemetery: father: John father's titles & terms: father's birthPlace: Westport mother: Julia A. mother's titles & terms: mother's birthPlace: Westport additional relatives: Spouse: volume/ page/ certificate number: V 364 p 145 No 765 Film Number: 960228 frame number: Digital Folder Number: 4223252 Image Number: 160
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