Maud Hattie Lawrence

F, #5373, b. 15 November 1870, d. 13 March 1963
Father*Solomon H. Lawrence b. 29 Dec 1836, d. 10 May 1933
Mother*Mary Sophia Graham b. 27 Aug 1845, d. 26 May 1935

Family

Harry Wood b. 20 May 1874, d. 22 Jun 1950
Children
Relationship3rd great-granddaughter of Jean George Bezanson
Maude Hattie Lawrence
     Maud Hattie Lawrence was born on 15 November 1870 at Manchester, New Hampshire.1 She and Minnie Lawrence were twins. The Arlington source cites "Goffs Falls, NH" as her place of birth; that might be in Manchester or a part of the town of Goffstown.2 Maud Hattie Lawrence married Harry Wood on 31 December 1898 at Arlington, Massachusetts. She was 28. He was 24; the ceremony was performed by Elder Richard Bullard.3,1,2 Maud Hattie Lawrence was listed as a spouse when Harry Wood petitioned the court to become a naturalized citizen on 12 December 1923.4 Maud Hattie Lawrence and Harry Wood were divorced on 18 June 1931.5,6,7,8 Maud Hattie Lawrence died on 13 March 1963 at, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, at age 92.9 She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, Massachusetts🌏.10,11,12 Walter Cardinal, Alta (Wood) Cardinal, their son Arthur, and Alta's mother Maud (Lawrence) Wood share a headstone in Evergreen Cemetery.11
     Maud was born in Manchester, NH, while her parents were visiting relatives there. She was raised in Nova Scotia. She moved to Arlington, MA, with her husband Harry Wood.13

     Harry Wood and Maud Hattie Lawrence were mentioned in an article that appeared in The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) on 19 June 1931:
FORMER BURLINGTON WOMAN IS GRANTED A DIVOPCE

Mrs Maude L. Wood, now of Somerville, was granted a decree nisi of divorce in Middlesex Probate Courl yesterday after she had testified that her husband struck her and abused her on a number of occasions when she protested against his treatment of animals on his Burlington farm.

Once when he was beating a horse, she said, he struck her with a broom handle when she protested. Harry Wood, the husband, did not contest his wife's action.5


     Obituary from The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 15 March 1963:
WOOD -- In Jamaica Plain, Mar. 13, Maude (Lawrence) formerly of Brighton. Beloved wife of the late Harry, devoted mother of Mrs. Clara Ward of Boston, Mrs. Alta (Cardinal) Standell of Florida, and the late Mrs. Thora (Learnard) Hehir. Funeral Services at the Gerald W. Lehman Funeral Home, 569 Cambridge st., Brighton, Friday afternoon at 2. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interrment Evergreen Cemetery. Visiting hours Thursday, 2 to 5, 7 to 10 p.m.9

Census Summary

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Census, Residence

Census1881Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1881 at Lower Horton, Nova Scotia, in the household of Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham with Sarah Ann Bezanson.14,15
Census1891Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1891 at Avonport, Nova Scotia, in the household of Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham with Sarah E. Loveless.16
Census1900Harry Wood and Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1900 at Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with Annie Etta Wood.17
Residence1910Maud Hattie Lawrence and Harry Wood lived at 261 Broadway, Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1910.18
Census1910Harry Wood and Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1910 at 261 Broadway, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with Clara May Wood, Thora Irene Wood, Alta Florence Wood, Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham.19
Residence1916Maud Hattie Lawrence and Harry Wood lived at Burlington, Massachusetts, in 1916.20
Census1920Harry Wood and Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1920 at Lexington Street, Burlington, Massachusetts, with Clara May Wood, Thora Irene Wood and Alta Florence Wood.21
Census1930Harry Wood and Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1930 at Lexington Street, Burlington, Massachusetts, with Ethel Marie Smith, Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham.22
Residence1933Maud Hattie Lawrence lived at 13 Sargent Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1933 with Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham.8
Census1940Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1940 at 9 Farrington Ave, Brighton, Massachusetts, in the household of Walter Francis Cardinal and Alta Florence Wood with Russell Walter Cardinal, Muriel Alta Cardinal, Arthur Edward Cardinal, George Francis Cardinal and William R. Cardinal.7
Census1950Maud Hattie Lawrence appeared on the census of 1950 at 23 Russell Terrace, Arlington, Massachusetts, in the household of Donald Stanley Learnard and Thora Irene Wood with Robert Guy Learnard, Richard Bradley Learnard and Thora Lorraine Learnard.23
Last Edited7 Jul 2021

Citations

  1. [S172] "Maud Wood's Bible."
  2. [S209] William Richard Cutter, Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  3. [S7] New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910", Wood, Harry; Lawrence, Maud; Arlington Marriage Register; Year: 1898; Volume: 479; Page: 69.
  4. [S927] Ancestry.com, "Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950", Harry Wood; Petition; 12 December 1923.
  5. [S19] Article, "Former Burlington Woman Is Granted a Divorce", The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 June 1931, p. 23.
  6. [S4] 1940 U.S. Federal Census; Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; ED: 9-84; Page: 9B; Image: 18, where Harry Wood is listed with Ethel (Smith) Wood as his wife.
  7. [S4] 1940 U.S. Federal Census; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; ED: 15-718; Page: 18A.
  8. [S667] Ancestry.com, "U.S. City Directories", Greenough's 1933 Somerville, Massachusetts Directory, pp. 269, 463.
  9. [S2] Maude (Lawrence) Wood Death Notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 15 March 1963, p. 32.
  10. [S182] Mary Margaret (Cloherty) Cardinal, "Cardinal Family History."
  11. [S368] Interview, Mary Margaret (Cloherty) Cardinal, April 8, 2000.
  12. [S836] Various Contributors, "Find A Grave", Maude Hattie (Lawrence) Wood, Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, Massachusetts; Memorial Number: 69073092.
  13. [S171] John Cardinal, "Research Notes."
  14. [S5] 1881 Canadian Census; Lower Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia. Roll: C_13173, Page: 24, Family No: 111.
  15. [S350] Census Records of Kings County (published), Year=1881, Location=Lower Horton, Code=i-2, Page=24, Fam=111.
  16. [S5] 1891 Canadian Census; Avonport, Kings, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6317; Family: 98; Page: 23.
  17. [S4] 1900 U.S. Federal Census; Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T623 655; Page: 28B; ED: 660.
  18. [S667] Ancestry.com, "U.S. City Directories", Massachusetts City Directories, Arlington, 1910, 150, 90.
  19. [S4] 1910 U.S. Federal Census; Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_594; Page: 14B; ED: 729; Image: 735.
  20. [S667] Ancestry.com, "U.S. City Directories", Massachusetts City Directories, Arlington, 1916, 184, 17; business is listed in Arlington, residence is listed as Burlington.
  21. [S4] 1920 U.S. Federal Census; Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Burlington; Roll: T625_706; Image: 919; ED: 22; Sheet: 6A.
  22. [S4] 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Burlington; Roll: T626_914; Image: 460; ED: 9-193; Sheet: 9A.
  23. [S4] 1950 U.S. Federal Census; Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 3303; ED: 9-39; Sheet: 6.
  24. [S342] Alta Florence (Wood) Cardinal, Social Security Account Number Application.