Records of Laurence Wedgwood on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Laurence Wedgwood in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Laurence Wedgwood and the Wedgwood Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wedgwood Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Wedgwood family tree.

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Miscellaneous Wedgwood Databases

Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Laurence Wedgwood. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Laurence Wedgwood

Laurence Wedgwood

Laurence Wedgwood (1844 – 5 May 1913) was a director of the Wedgwood pottery firm.

Wedgwood was the youngest son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife, Frances Mosley. Wedgwood helped incorporate Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. in 1895. Elder brothers Godfrey and Clement were also in the business. He was the great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married Emma Elizabeth Houseman on 18 April 1871 and they had six children:

*Kennard Laurence Wedgwood (1873-1949), partner in Wedgwood & sons.*Mary Frances "Molly" Wedgwood (1874-1969)*Gilbert Henry Wedgwood (1876-1963), an officer in the York and Lancaster Regiment*Clement John Wedgwood (1877-1954)*Geoffrey Walter Wedgwood (1879-1897)*Unnamed daughter (born and died 22 October 1882)

Source: Laurence Wedgwood, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Wedgwood

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