The Lawless Family of Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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 St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
The Lawless Family attended this church,
build in 1863. It was an important part of their lives. Their children
were baptized here. Several members of the family are buried in the
cemetery to the left of the church. A small brochure commemorating the 125
year founding of the church states:
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Eleanor, had ten children. They lived on a farm in Kings County, Lot 56,
Little Pond, Prince Edward Island. In 1841 they grew wheat, barley, oats,
potatoes; they manufactured 10 yards of cloth; they produced 200 pounds
of butter from their 10 cattle; they also had 3 horses, 5 hogs and 13
sheep./2
Their youngest son, Paul, was born on 8 January 1837./3 On 16 June, 1862 Paul married Bridget Quinn. Bridget Quinn was born in Ireland 18 March 1868 and immigrated to Canada when she was about four years old./4 She died 1 March 1907./5 Paul died 16 March 1890./6 Paul and Bridget had 10 children. They were a handsome family (see picture below). They named their fifth child Paul. Bridget and Paul and lived on 50 acres in Little Pond, Lot 56, King's County, PEI. It had a one and a half story wooden house with eight rooms. Paul's mother, Ellen, aged 90, was also living with them in 1881. Paul was a farmer and his sons, John and James, were listed as "farmer son". /7 The last eight of their children were baptized at St. Francis de Sales Church. A land plat from 1880 shows the property was across the street from St. Francis de Sales Church, with the school house on the corner of their lot. His brother John, owned the property adjacent to his and next to the Little River, a small inlet off of Howe Bay./26 Their children were: John Joseph Lawless, born 9 June 1863,/8 died 23 April 1896
/15 Anastasia and Paul both moved to Connecticut and married there. Anastasia married John Deluhery on 7 Aug 1895 in Chester, Middlesex Co., CT /25 and Paul married John's sister, Emma Deluhery. Their younger sister, Maryan Lawless, also moved to Connecticut and lived with Anatasia and John. When she died in 1896, my grandmother was heartbroken. She had dearly loved her sister. /24 /1 John Lawless and his wife, Ellen Sullivan Tombstone, St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, photographed by Alice Evans, great-great-granddaughter, July 2001. /2 John Lawless Household, 1841 Canadian Census, Vital Records and Agricultural, Prince Edward Island, Lot 56, p. 1, FHL microfilm no. 899936. /3 Paul Lawless Household, 1901 Canadian Census, Vital Records, Prince Edward Island, Kings County, Lot 56, Little Pond, p. 7, house 57, family 56. FHL microfilm no. 1843591. /4 Paul Lawless Household, 1901 Canadian Census, Vital Records, Prince Edward Island, Kings County, Lot 56, Little Pond, p. 7, house 57, family 56. FHL microfilm no. 1843591. /5 Burial record, Bridget Lawless, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, not paginated. FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /6 Burial record, Paul Lawless, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, not paginated. FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /7 Paul Lawless household, 1881 Canadian Census, Vital Records and Agricultural, Prince Edward Island, Kings County, Lot 56, Little Pond. p. 26, line 12. FHL microfilm no. 1375800. /8 Birth index record for John Joseph Lawless, at St. George's Parish, Division of Vital Statistics, Baptisms prior to 1886, Prince Edward Island. Kings County, Lot 56, PEI, Canada, book 1, p. 863. FHL microfilm 1487758. /9 Paul Lawless Household, 1901 Canadian Census, Vital Records, Prince Edward Island, Kings County, Lot 56, Little Pond, p. 7, house 57, family 56. FHL microfilm no. 1843591. /10 James Lawless Tombstone, St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, photographed by Alice Evans, great-grandniece, July 2001. /11 Helen Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /12 Anastasia Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /13 Anastasia Deluhery entry, Death Certificate No. 3418, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY. /14 Paul Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /15 Family data, John Deluhery Family Bible, no publication date, but in first page "Given to John Deluhery by Anastasia Lawless in January 1895. Original owned in 1999 by T. P. O'Brien, (Columbus, OH). The Deluhery Family bible passed from John Deluhery to his daugahter, Margaret Deluhery, to T. P. O'Brien, John's grandson.. /16 Paul Lawless entry, death certificate, Deep River, Middlesex County, Connecticut. /17 Maryan Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /18 Maryan Lawless entry, John Deluhery Family Bible, no publication date, but in first page "Give to John Deluhery by Anastasia Lawless in January 1895. Original owned in 1999 by T. P. O'Brien, (Columbus, OH). The Deluhery Family bible passed from John Deluhery to his daugahter, Margaret Deluhery, to T. P. O'Brien, John's grandson. /19 Margaret Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /20 Robert Francis Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /21 Robert Francis Lawless entry, death in Stamford, CT /22 Bridget Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /23 Agatha Lawless, Baptismal Record, Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Sepultures in the Parish of St. Francis de Sales Church; Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada, FHL Microfilm No. 0862433. /24 Oral family history from Viola Deluhery O'Brien. /25 Deluhery-Lawless marriage certificate, 7 August, 1895, Chester, (Connecticut) Registry of Vital Statistics (main author), 1847-1917. Family History Library microfilm no. 1378292. /26 J. H. Meacham & Company Illustrated historical atlas of the Province of Prince Edward Island, from surveys made under the direction of C. R. Allen. Library of Congress, 74158302.1880. p. 115-116.
Picture taken on PEI in about 1909 Back row: Gat (Agatha- twin of Brigid) Ellie and Brigid Front Row: Jim Lawless, Paul Lawless (my great-grandfather), David Welch, Brigid Lawless (my great- grandmother), and Robert Lawless Further information on this family will be found at http://www.islandregister.com/lawless.html Thanks to Denis Lawless for a great research job. Use this link for more information on genealogy on Prince Edward Island
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