Olive Emily Laws Part 1

Jean Lowrie, her daughter, has very kindly let me publish Olive Wood's Profile and given me access to  photos to illustrate it.

Percy & Emily Laws

Mrs Wood was born in Brisbane on the 19th July 1909, the fourth child of Emily & Percy Laws. 

 Her first most vivid memory of early childhood was when she was 4 1/2 years old. They were living at Dyeton Road Dutton Park, when her 11 months old brother Stanley died. The vivid scene she has always remembered was her standing at the bedroom window watching the horse drawn hearse move away from their home to the cemetery. 




Her father was a sign writer (1)and he and Mrs Laws raised a son, Percy, and three daughters, Dorothy, Eileen and Olive (Mrs. Wood). Soon after Stanley's death they shifted to Gladstone Rd. and she went to Dutton Park school for a short time then she and her sister Eileen were sent to the Normal School in Adelaide St. City where Anzac square is now. ( Note -See  http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2010/01/corner-adelaide-edward-sts-2.html  for more information about the school.)
 The memory she recalls most of this period is during the War when a soldier had died it was a regular thing to hear the band coming in the distance playing ' "The Dead March of Saul" The Class stood with their heads bowed until the procession passed by. They had another change of house to Hill End and as her sister was not happy at school they were transferred to St. John's Cathedral school in Ann St. 

(1) See pevious post  http://familytreeblossoms.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/longest-laws-family-run-business-in.html

Percy Murray and May Emily Laws family

Another large branch of the family.

The youngest of William & Sarah's children Frank Charles and his wife Margaret  did not have any children.

Lionel Edgar and Louisa Rebecca Laws Family

Now to the largest family branch.

Ernest Albert and Annie Brigadia Laws family

Unfortunately there are no living descendants of Ernest and Annie.

Lilian Laws and Joseph Samuel Langham family

Another branch to look out for at the reunion on May 20 2018.

Florence Laws and Edward Hutchison Family

Now to the Florence Laws family so other members of the Laws family can see where we all fit in. As I'm sure that we all will need to know which branch our other Laws relatives belong to when we meet up at the reunion.

The William & Sarah Laws family tree

William Frank  and Sarah Sophia Laws had seven children. The eldest boy William Camper Laws was left behind with his Goodall grandparents. See my previous blog about him http://familytreeblossoms.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/william-camper-laws-1859-1911.html
Constance Ada died very young before they left for Queensland so they embarked on their journey with 3 children and Sarah  heavily pregnant with the next child Lionel Edgar who was born at sea. See previous blog about the journey. X marks the spot where Lionel Edgar Laws was born on February 12 1868.
The family expanded in Queensland when the 2 younger boys were born.