Birth: April-June 1895 Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: John James Best 1853-1904
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Bradley 1865-1923
Christening:
Marriage: July-September 1919 Auckland, Durham, UK
Wife: Alice Hay 1897-1946
Death: April-June 1937 Hartlepool, Durham, UK
Henry Best 1920
Elsie Best 1921
Albert Best 1924
Dorothy Best 1928
Lawrence (Laurence) H Best 1931-a1957
Jean Best 1933
Birth of Lawrence Harker Best in FreeBMD in April-June 1895 in Leeds (9b 413).
His sister was born in Auckland in 1896.
In the 1901 census as Lawrence Best aged 6, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), two brothers (John E and Wilfred), (half)brother (Thomas) and sister (Gladis) in four rooms in Westerton, Durham.
His father died in Hartlepool in 1904.
In the 1911 census as Lawrence Best born in Leeds, Yorkshire, single, a coal miner minding landry below ground, and living with his widowed mother (Elizabeth), two brothers (John Edward and Wilfried), (half)brother (Thos William Bradley), and sister (Gladys) at Quarry Houses, Coundon Westerton, Durham.
Entry in Ancestry UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Lawrence Best born in 1895, Private 295029 D. L. I. (Durham Light Infantry) discharged 29 January 1919 due to disability, address 12 Quarry Houses, Westerton Bishop Auckland.
Marriage of Lawrence H Best and Alice Hay in FreeBMD in July-September 1919 in Auckland (10a 615).
His first three children were born in Auckland from 1920 to 1924 and last three in Hartlepool from 1928 to 1933.
Death of Lawrence H Best in FreeBMD in April-June 1937 aged 42 in Hartlepool (10a 160).
There are four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Larence Best.
Lawrence Harker Best was the father of Lawrence (Laurence) H Best, husband of Sylvia Louise Reah, wife of Joseph Elsworth Croker, husband of Irene Durham, granddaughter of Barbara Ann Barton, wife of William Thompson, uncle of Stoddart Thompson, husband of Lily Alice Botell, mother of Eric Francis Botell, my brother-in-law.
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