Individual Details

Desmond Duncan Lawrence

(SEPTEMBER 24, 1915 - AUGUST 17, 2000)

Events

BirthSEPTEMBER 24, 1915Turnersville, Coryell County, Texas
Census1920Precinct 8, ED 66, Coryell County, Texas
Census1930Main Street, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas
MarriageAUGUST 14, 1938Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas - Evelyn Estelle Johnson
Miscellaneous1945 - 1946U.S. Navy - Guam
DeathAUGUST 17, 2000Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Bell County, Texas
MiscellaneousAft AUGUST 17, 2000Find A Grave Memorial - Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas
BurialAUGUST 19, 2000Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas

Families

SpouseEvelyn Estelle Johnson (1920 - 2009)
ChildSherry Lea Lawrence (1941 - )
ChildLarry Duncan Lawrence (1945 - )
FatherErnest LaSidney Lawrence (1880 - 1965)
MotherAnna Duncan (1886 - 1983)
SiblingBonnie Virginia Lawrence (1903 - 1993)
SiblingRaymond Deward Lawrence (1905 - 1996)
SiblingWinnifred Rhea Lawrence (1906 - 1991)
SiblingMelvin Gray Lawrence (1908 - 1999)
SiblingEloise Loraine Lawrence (1922 - )

Webtags

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Notes

Birth

He was born in the house on the family farm located on Coryell Creek between Gatesville and Turnersville, TX. Birth location is given as Turnersville, TX on birth certificate.

Census

Age 4 years and 4 months, living with his parents and siblings: Bonnie V., Raymond D., Rhea, and Melvin G. all born in TX.
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Coryell Co., TX, Precinct 8, ED 66, p. 2B. This is the precinct for the area near Turnersville and Coryell Creek where the family farm was located.

Census

Age 14, living with his parents and youngest sister, Eloise on Main St., Gatesville City. Born in Texas.
Neighbors listed next door: Dick Payne living with his mother and sister, Irene Adams. T.A. Saunders family on 10th St. is listed on same page.
1930 U.S. Federal Census, Coryell Co.,TX,JP Precinct 1, ED 50-1, p. 83A.

Marriage

Married at Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's mother's home (the old home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Saunders, bride's grandparents), on N. 10 th Street in Gatesville, Texas, at 8:00 A.M., Sunday, 8-14-1938.

Honeymoon was in San Antonio, TX, after stopping to see the Texas Capitol building in Austin.
Their hotel didn't have air conditioning and was next door to a family home where chickens were raised. The roosters woke them up early every morning during their 2 or 3 day stay.


Miscellaneous

He served in the U. S. Navy from 4-23-1945 to 3-26-1946.
His service was on Guam in the ship's store.

Death

Died at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX

Miscellaneous

His Find A Grave Memorial is #34754651.
The memorial shows a photograph of his double tombstone that is shared with his wife Evelyn Johnson Lawrence and other personal photographs.

Find A Grave

#34754651

Endnotes

1. Desmond D. Lawrence, Second Person: Sherry Lawrence, Location: Gatesville, TX..

2. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..

3. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..

4. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Personal Communication with Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Interviewer: Sherry Lawrence, Informant Address: Gatesville, TX (Lifetime).

5. "Conversation with Evelyn Estelle (Johnson) Lawrence," 24 December 2003 by Sherry Lawrence, Written notes; Evelyn Johnson Lawrence experienced the related stories in person..

6. "Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Digital Images," Family Search, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : Accessed 2015), Digital Images of Original Records, "Marriage Record," 73; Coryell County, Texas, Marriage Records.

7. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002).

8. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, Record Type: State of Texas, FamilySearch Website, www.familysearch.org..

9. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.

10. Sherry Lawrence, Personal Knowledge, Informant Address: Gatesville, TX..

11. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.