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John DeCourcy Lawless Families
I am finding out all sorts of things about the John DeCourcy Lawless family while I am working on his story. There are quite a few still pictures that are being…
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Name Spellings
n the past, name spellings were fluid. When someone was born and their name was entered in the family Bible, that was usually the way the name was…
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Update on Eugene Lawless Story
I made quite a few changes to the Eugene Lawless story. When I read through it I realized that the flow could be better. Also, there was some…
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Charles Lawless Update
I found a deed and some other documents related to the property that was owned by Eileen Lawless, Charles’ daughter. The change was made on page 7. There…
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Anna Lawless Story is done
Anna’s story during her growing years is finished. It can be found at: https://gibbsjohnsonfamilyhistory.com/lawless-family/ The story was built from a few newspaper articles and old letters that have…
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Anna Lawless
I am working on adding more detail to the Anna Lawless story. This part of her story is about her life before she got married. I found a…
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- New Cousin contactedWhen I was on Family Search recently, I happened across a name associated with Aunt Minnie Lawless’ branch of the family. I contacted Marie Nelson and she answered. She is Aunt Minnie’s great granddaughter. This is the lineage. Minnie (Marie Louise) had two children, Bernice and Donald. As far as… Read more: New Cousin contacted
- January 2025 Update!For several months I have been working on transcribing family letters. I have been using ChatGPT to do the transcription and it does a pretty good job. There is much more to learn about it as I have been finding out in several webinars. Besides the interpretation of handwriting, it… Read more: January 2025 Update!
- Eugenia and Minnie Lawless StoriesI didn’t know either of Anne’s two sisters. I remember her talking about them, but don’t remember anything she said about them. I also remember her talking about Blanche, her brother John’s wife. I am putting together their stories from letters and facts found on Family Search. I have some… Read more: Eugenia and Minnie Lawless Stories
This story is very interesting related to the connection with the Omaha Indian tribe. Charles has no living descendants.
This is a revised version of Eugene’s story. Some things were added. e.g. found the Eugene and Elizabeth marriage record…
Thanks for writing the Eugene Lawless story.