Birth: 30 August 1907 Bolsterstone, Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Arthur James Lawton 1878-1957
Mother: Rose Hannah Thickett 1873-1955
Christening: 13 October 1907 St James, Milnhope, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 2 August 1930 Christ Church, New Mill, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Ethel Bottomley 1906-1954
Death: 21 June 1994 Lepton, West Yorkshire, UK
Maurice T Lawton 1932-a1939
Jean Lawton 1934-1934
June Lawton [Cutts] 1934-2004
Stanley Lawton 1936-a1939
Ann R Lawton 1939
Derrick R Lawton 1948
Birth of Arthur Lawton in FreeBMD in October-December 1907 in Wortley (9c 335). Joseph Lawton was registered on the same page so I assume they were twins.
His sister was born in Kirkburton in 1908.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 for Arthur Lawton born 30 August 1907, baptised 13 October 1907 at Milnhope St James, parents Arthur James and Rose Hannah Lawton. "Page 6 Baptism solemnized in the Chapelry of Milnhope in the Diocese of York in the County of York in the Year One thousand nine hundred and nine [...] Aug. 30 October 13th No, 54 Arthur [parents] Arthur James, [a] Farmer and Rose Hannah Lawton [of] Royd Bolsterstones".
In the 1911 census as Arthur Lawton aged 3, born in Bolsterstone, Bradfield, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (AJ and Rose Hannah), brother (Joseph), sister (Ada), (half)sister Irma Ann Thickett aged 10 and a servant (Herbert Woodhouse aged 61, widowed and a farm labourer) in Kirkburton, West Riding, Yorkshire.
His brother and sister were born in Huddersfield in 1913 and 1916.
Marriage of Arthur Lawton and Ethel Bottomley in FreeBMD in July-September 1930 in Huddersfield (9a 783)
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for Arthur Lawton, father Arthur James Lawton, and Ethel Battomley (sic) on 2 August 1930 in New Mill, Christchurch. "Page 67 1930 Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the Parish of New Mill in the County of York [...] [No.] 133 Arthur Lawton [aged] 22 [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] Fulstone [father] Arthur James Lawton [a] Labourer, [and] Ethel Bottomley [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [of] Jackson Bridge [father] Charles Frederick Bottonley [a] Joiner. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of Fred Dryson, Harry Liverridge [and] Ada Lawton".
His wife and family were living at 3 High Royd, Kirkburton, Yorkshire from the 1939 Register.
His children were born in Huddersfield from 1932 to 1948.
His wife died in Leeds in 1954.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Arthur Lawton born 30 August 1907 in June 1994 in Huddersfield (B43C 0891C 264).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Arthur Lawton died 21 June 1994 in Lepton, Huddersfield, probate 6 October 1994 in Leeds. "Lawton, Arthur of 18 Highgate Crescent Lepton Huddersfield West died 21 June 1994 Probate Leeds 06 October Not Exceeding £125000".
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Arthur Lawton.
Arthur Lawton was the father of June Lawton, wife of Anthony John Cutts, grandnephew of Rachael Adams, wife of Charles Edward Read, Felicity's second cousin three times removed.
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