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Alexander Lawson
1773 - 1846
Lawson Genealogy
Biographical Notes
Parents

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Siblings (none)
Descendants

Son: Wm. Lawson

Paternal Lineage

Son of Unknown

Missing Documentation

Lineage is unknown between 1495 and 1773. Alexander Lawson is believed to have descended from Richard Lawson, as noted below:

Son of Richard Lawson

Missing Documentation
Paternal Lineage prior to 1296 is unknown.
Other Related Notes and Links

General

Chronology of Events during the lifetime of Alexander Lawson (1773 - 1846)

Excite Search Results: 1773

Great Britain

City.Net Great Britain Map

Lady Lawson Wynd

Excite Search Results: wynd

Excite Search Results: "lady wynd"

City.Net Search Results for lady wynd

WebCrawler Search Results for: Lady Wynd

WebCrawler Search Results for: Lady Lawson Wynd

WebCrawler Search Results for: Wynd

Excite Search Results: "castle wynd"

Lanarkshire

GENUKI - Lanarkshire index page

City.Net Search Results for lanarkshire england

City.Net Search Results for lanarkshire scotland

Excite Search Results: lanarkshire

Lanarkshire Home Page

Lanarkshire Development Agency

 Lanarkshire Family History Society - Summary Information
 

The Lawson Name in Scotland

Now this is cool.... Scottish Tartans Society, official registry of all known tartans (patterns) has info about the Highland Dress, including images and specifications of the official Belted Plaids. Each clan had its own woven pattern, consisiting of straight lines of specific colors and widths crossing at right angles, measuring 5 feet wide and 18 feet long. The plaid (blanket) was wrapped around the waist to form the kilt (skirt), the remainder being draped across the shoulder. Also called the Great Kilt, the plaids enabled the Scots to sleep outside in extremely cold weather without need for tents, and was especially used in times of battle. The belt used to secure the kilt was also used to carry a sporran (leather pouch). Shown below are those registered to the Lawson name.
 

Scottish Tartan Society
Scottish Tartan Society
Tartans Registered 
to the 
Lawson Name
J. & S. Lawson
of Edinburgh
Strathclyde
District
Col Lawson
Saskatchewan District
G. Lawson

Musselburgh District
Then here are some other links to the Lawson name in Scotland:

Lawson name

J Lawson, Butcher
Richard Lawson Motor Company
Robert M Lawson Haulage Contractor
 

Article from Suil na h-Iolaire March 1996

Harris-based genealogists Bill and Chris Lawson passed over control of their genealogy centre Co Leis Thu to a community trust last August. This was so that the Lawsons could concentrate on research in Nova Scotia. There are now plans to transfer the family history archives, which represent years of work carried out by the Lawsons, onto a computer database. Other plans are to establish a larger archive and visitor centre to meet the increasing demand for genealogical searches.

Article from Suil na h-Iolaire March/April 1997

Work begins on Northton Genealogical Centre Design work has begun on the new genealogy and visitor centre for the Northton Heritage Trust in the Western Isles. The trust has taken over the great store of genealogical archives collected over many years by Bill and Chrissie Lawson. The centre will not be open for at least another year, assuming that lottery funding is forthcoming. Two people have been employed under the Training for Work Scheme to put the records onto computer, while another job is to be created with the teleworking agency Lasair in Benbecula to put written records onto CD-ROM. 
Drew Lawson's Genealogy Page

Philedelphia

Scotland
 

  1. Family History - Interesting collections and information
  2. Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
  3. Genealogy Links
  4. Scotland: Genealogy
  5. Electric Scotland's Scottish Clans Menu - A guide to over 200 Scottish Clans
  6. Electric Scotland's Search Engine
  7. Maps of Local Governments in Scotland
  8.  Scotweb - Scottish Goods and Clan Information from Scotland
  9.  Excite Search Results for "Scotland"
  10.  List of Scottish WWW sites
  11.  Scotland: Gateway to Scotland
  12.  Tourist Scotland
  13. More Scottish Sites
  14.  Scotland Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
  15.  Scotweb Scottish
  16.  Genealogy Information
  17.  Scots in History of Scotland
  18.  HISTORY OF THE REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND
  19.  The Scottish Genealogy Society

Biggar
 

  1.  Excite Search Results for "Biggar"
  2.  The Clyde Valley:Biggar
  3.  Taste Of Scotland - Biggar 
  4. Biggar-Net 
  5. Scotwalk 
  6.   Excite Search Results for "Biggar AND Scotland AND Lawson"
  7.  
 Wallace 700
 
Law : is an English and Scottish Patronymic name from a Middle English pet form of the given name Lawrence; occasionally it is an English Place name for the name who lived by the hill, derived from Northern Middle English hlaw = hill or burial mound. Lawes and Lawson are traditional
Patronymic versions of Law. Richard Law emigrated to America in 1638 and was one of the founders of Stamford, Connecticut. 

Lawton : English Place name from settlements common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, which derived their names from Old English hlaw = hill, burial mound + tun = enclosure, settlement. The literal meaning would be "hill settlement" and
someone from that place might be identified as Lawton. 

 Surname Meanings: I-O* Broken Arrow Publishing 
 
 
 
Related Indices
Lawson Genealogy
History of the Lawson Family
See also: Known Relatives of William Harris Lawson, Jr.
for an alphabetical listing of all known relatives,
linked to their genealogy pages as created.
See also: William Harris Lawson, Jr.
and
Kinships by First Instance of Blood and Marriage
Index of Same Name Sites
Please send additions, corrections, etcetera to: Bill Lawson


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