Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Ira Lawrence 
Birth19 Feb 1887, Louisville, St Lawrence Co, NY
DeathJun 1985, Massena, St Lawrence Co, NY
BurialLouisville Comm Cem, St Lawrence Co, NY
OccupationFarmer
FatherRoyal Wolfe Lawrence (1849-1942)
Misc. Notes
Son of Royal Wolfe Lawrence and Cecelia L. Weegar.
celebrated his 94th birthday in the Massena hospital.
[Obituary] Massena Observer - Thursday, 27 June 1985
MASSENA — Funeral services for Samuel I. Lawrence, 98, a resident of the Highland Nursing Home, will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena with Rev. Stanley E. Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Louisville Community Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home were held Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Mr. Lawrence died at 5:05 a.m. Tuesday morning (June 25,1985) at the nursing home where he had been a resident since November of 1983.
Surviving are two sons, Lester C. and Lloyd S., both of Massena; a daughter, Mrs. Ancel (Lois) Ashley of Massena; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by 10 brothers and sisters.
Mr. Lawrence was born in Louisville on Feb. 19, 1887, son of Royal W. and Celia Weegar Lawrence. He married Flossie M. Wells on Nov. 21, 1908 in Aultsville, Ont. Mrs. Lawrence died April 13, 1972. Mr. Lawrence was a retired dairy farmer.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
celebrated his 94th birthday in the Massena hospital.
[Obituary] Massena Observer - Thursday, 27 June 1985
MASSENA — Funeral services for Samuel I. Lawrence, 98, a resident of the Highland Nursing Home, will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena with Rev. Stanley E. Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Louisville Community Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home were held Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Mr. Lawrence died at 5:05 a.m. Tuesday morning (June 25,1985) at the nursing home where he had been a resident since November of 1983.
Surviving are two sons, Lester C. and Lloyd S., both of Massena; a daughter, Mrs. Ancel (Lois) Ashley of Massena; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by 10 brothers and sisters.
Mr. Lawrence was born in Louisville on Feb. 19, 1887, son of Royal W. and Celia Weegar Lawrence. He married Flossie M. Wells on Nov. 21, 1908 in Aultsville, Ont. Mrs. Lawrence died April 13, 1972. Mr. Lawrence was a retired dairy farmer.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Spouses
Birth26 Jul 1890, East Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Death13 Apr 1972, Massena, St Lawrence Co, NY
BurialLouisville Comm Cem, St Lawrence Co, NY
FatherCornelius Arthur “Neal” Wells (1862-1936)
MotherEmma Amelia Casselman (1871-1946)
Misc. Notes
Lived in Louisville and Massena NY after their marriage. They celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1958.
They had two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Loraine) Love (m. 12 Dec 1938) and Mrs. Ancel (Lois) Ashley; two sons, Lester and Lloyd, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; all living in Massena. Mrs. Lawrence had two sisters, Mrs. Grace Cole, Louisville, and Mrs. Willa Canough, Ingleside, Ont., and two brothers, Arthur and Charles Wells, East Syracuse. (1958)
[Obituary] Massena, NY Observer - Tuesday 18 Apr 1972, pg 10
MRS. SAMUEL LAWRENCE - Funeral services for Mrs. Flossie M. Wells Lawrence, 81, wife of Samuel Lawrence, 92 North Main St, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Donaldson Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Lampard, pastor of the Advent Christian Church, officiated. The body was placed in the vault for later burial in Louisville.
Mrs. Lawrence died in Massena Memorial Hospital at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Apr. 13, 1972. She had been hospitalized at various times during the past few months. Surviving are the husband; one daughter, Mrs. Ancel J. (Lois) Ashley, and two sons, Lester and Lloyd S. Lawrence, all of Massena; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Grace) Cole, Waddington, and Mrs, Foster (Willa) Hilyard, Ingleside, Ont.; two brothers, Charles and Arthur Wells, both of Syracuse.
Mrs. Lawrence was born July 26, 1890, a daughter of Cornelius and Emma Casselman Wells, in East Williamsburg, Ont. She attended schools in Canada and she and Samuel Lawrence, Louisville, were married in the Methodist parsonage in Aultsville, Ont., Oct 21, 1908, by the Rev. Mr. Stilwell, then pastor. Since their marriage, they have resided in Louisville and Massena.
Mrs. Lawrence was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Massena, the WCTU and St. Lawrence Rebekah Lodge 348, Rebekahs.
They had two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Loraine) Love (m. 12 Dec 1938) and Mrs. Ancel (Lois) Ashley; two sons, Lester and Lloyd, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; all living in Massena. Mrs. Lawrence had two sisters, Mrs. Grace Cole, Louisville, and Mrs. Willa Canough, Ingleside, Ont., and two brothers, Arthur and Charles Wells, East Syracuse. (1958)
[Obituary] Massena, NY Observer - Tuesday 18 Apr 1972, pg 10
MRS. SAMUEL LAWRENCE - Funeral services for Mrs. Flossie M. Wells Lawrence, 81, wife of Samuel Lawrence, 92 North Main St, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Donaldson Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Lampard, pastor of the Advent Christian Church, officiated. The body was placed in the vault for later burial in Louisville.
Mrs. Lawrence died in Massena Memorial Hospital at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Apr. 13, 1972. She had been hospitalized at various times during the past few months. Surviving are the husband; one daughter, Mrs. Ancel J. (Lois) Ashley, and two sons, Lester and Lloyd S. Lawrence, all of Massena; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Grace) Cole, Waddington, and Mrs, Foster (Willa) Hilyard, Ingleside, Ont.; two brothers, Charles and Arthur Wells, both of Syracuse.
Mrs. Lawrence was born July 26, 1890, a daughter of Cornelius and Emma Casselman Wells, in East Williamsburg, Ont. She attended schools in Canada and she and Samuel Lawrence, Louisville, were married in the Methodist parsonage in Aultsville, Ont., Oct 21, 1908, by the Rev. Mr. Stilwell, then pastor. Since their marriage, they have resided in Louisville and Massena.
Mrs. Lawrence was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Massena, the WCTU and St. Lawrence Rebekah Lodge 348, Rebekahs.
Marriage21 Oct 1908, Aultsville, Stormont Co, Ontario, Canada
Marr MemoMethodist Church, Rev. Stillwell