John Lawn, the third child of Jenefer Webster and her husband, James Lawn, a miner, was born on 4 November 1840 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. John, his seven brothers and three surviving sisters were raised in the…
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Samuel Lawry was born at St Mabyn, Cornwall, England, on 22 August 1854, the fifth child of Gertrude Robins and her husband, Walter Lawry, a farmer. The Lawrys emigrated to New Zealand on the Queen of the Mersey in 1862…
Charles Henry Laws was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, on 21 January 1867, the eldest of seven children of Mary Ann Newlands and her husband, Thomas Laws, a journeyman joiner. Thomas Laws was a…
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Richard Lawson was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, on 16 June 1875, the fifth child of Thomas Lawson and his wife, Susan Sides. His parents had emigrated from Ireland to Warrnambool, where his father…
Robert Arthur Lawson (baptised Robert) was born on 1 January 1833 at Grange, in the parish of Abdie, Fife, Scotland. He was the fourth child of James Lawson, a carpenter, and his wife, Margaret Arthur. Educated at the…
Frederic Le Cren and his brother, Henry John Le Cren, were born in London, England. Henry was baptised on 3 September 1828; Frederic was born on 7 November 1835. They were the sons of Henry Le Cren and his wife, Emma…
Ellen Leahy was born on 12 June 1870 to Bridget McNamara and her husband, Daniel Leahy, who farmed in the Waimea West district near Nelson, New Zealand. The family later moved to Blenheim where Ellen was educated by the…
Alexander Lean was born in London, England, on 21 May 1824, the son of Charles Lean, a stockbroker, and his wife, Emma Cleghorn Proctor. Nothing is known of his early education, but he was a clever and cultivated man.…
Leonard Poulter Leary was born at Palmerston North on 24 March 1891 into a comfortable, middle-class, Methodist family. He was the second of four sons of Florence Lucy Giesen and her husband, Richard Leary, a chemist…
Eric Albert Johnson was born in Suva, Fiji, on 8 November 1908 to an Australian father, Frank Johnson, and his Fijian-born wife, Mary Lee; sometime in the 1940s Eric assumed the name Lee-Johnson. His ancestry was never…
John Alfred Alexander Lee was the son of Alfred Lee and Mary Isabella Taylor. In 1889 they had filled out a form giving notice of their intention to marry but failed to actually do so. Alfred was a man of many parts –…
Mary Isabella Taylor was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 18 June 1871, the first child of Alison (Alice) McDonald and Alexander Taylor, a railway porter. In 1877 she emigrated with her parents from Glasgow…
Robert Lee was born at Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, where he was baptised on 1 July 1837. He was the son of Ann Hatfield and her husband, John Lee, a hatter and furrier. Robert was educated at the Grantham national…
Samuel Leigh was born probably on 1 September 1785 at Milton, Staffordshire, England, the son of Matthew Leigh, an engineer; his mother's name is unknown. Samuel initially belonged to the Congregational church, but…
Anton Bernhardt Julius Lemmer was born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany, probably in 1870 or 1871, the son of Adolf Lemmer, an agent, and his wife, Alivine Schostach. He was educated at music schools in Berlin and Hamburg…
Nathaniel William Levin was born in London, England, on 4 May 1818, the son of William Lewin Levin, a Jewish merchant, and his wife, Frances Joseph. At 21 years of age, after training in his father's business, Nathaniel…
William Hort Levin, frequently called Willie Levin, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 7 August 1845. Both his parents, Nathaniel William Levin and his wife, Jessie Hort, were active adherents to the Jewish faith.…
Enoch Bruce Levy was born on 19 February 1892 at Auckland, the sixth of eight children of William Levy, a nurseryman, and his wife, Esther Ann Bruce. William had been orphaned as a child in Wales and took his name from…
John (Jack) Philip Lewin was born at Masterton on 3 June 1915, the second son of Frederick John Lewin, an engine driver, and his wife, Mary Theresa Williams. Jack’s father, who was president of the New Zealand…
Edward Lewis was born on 21 July 1831, at Pillgwenlly, near Newport, Monmouthshire, England, the son of Evan Lewis, a gardener, and his wife, Ann Thomas. When Edward was about 10 years old the family emigrated to New…