Saturday, February 26, 2011

My father's family

My grandfather was George Henry Lawton.  He was born on July 16, 1886 in Warrington, England.  George had three brothers and one sister. He immigrated to the US in 1907.  He eventually settled in Philadelphia, PA.  George was married twice.  His first wife was Victoria Edwards. They had three children, Victoria, Ralph and Raymond
His second wife was my grandmother, Mary Abrams. She was born on November 9, 1895 in Pennsylvania. Mary was married to Albert Hyde first. She had five children from that marriage, Beatrice, Albert, George, Catherine and Herbert.
George and Mary had two children, Walter and James, my father. 

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