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William Henry Lawson Sr
Lifespan: 1841 – 1899
Birth: 25 Mar 1841 in Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Farmer, Laborer
Marriage: Mary Ann Cromwell
Children: Joseph William Lawson, Cecelia Ellen Lawson, Elizabeth Ann Lawson, Samuel George Lawson, Mary Jane Lawson, Louisa Margaret Lawson, James Henry Lawson, Major Dangerfield Lawson, Sarah Amelia Lawson, John Alexander Lawson, Emma May Victoria Lawson, Orrby Arbery Dia Lawson, Reuben Lawson, Flossie Sophia Lawson, Jemima Redella "Minnie" Lawson, Mabel Mosella Lawson
Parents: Dangerfield Lawson & Elizabeth Harris
Death: 08 Jan 1899 in Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Burial: Unknown
Chapter 1: Early Family Origins – Roots on Canadian Soil
In the years before Canadian Confederation, when Wellington County was still young and wild, a man named Henry Dangerfield Lawson settled in what would become Peel Township. He and his wife, Elizabeth, raised their family among the wooded hills and farmland that stretched beneath the vast Ontario sky. Though roads were still little more than muddy tracks and communities often clustered around churchyards and mills, the Lawsons were part of a generation that helped transform forested frontier into rooted farms.