Anna Lawless was the youngest daughter of Eugene William Lawless and Elizabeth (Bessie) DeCourcy. Eugene and Bessie were married in 1884 in Limerick Ireland and very soon after left Ireland to settle near Decatur Nebraska.
- Eugene and Bessie Story – from courtship to the rest of their lives. Story – Appendix
- Mary Louise (Minnie) Lawless – first child. She moved to Washington State and was a teacher. She married twice and had two children by the first husband Phil Thompson. She was also a postmistress.
- Eugenia Lawless – Second child. Spent most of her life in Sioux City Iowa.
- John DeCourcy Lawless – Third child was a farmer. He lost a leg in WWI but continued farming the rest of his life. He married Blanche and had 3 children. John stayed in the Decatur area.
- Anna Lawless – The fourth and youngest child. Went to school at St. Joseph Academy in Clyde MO. Helped take care of her father after her mother died until she married Oliver Johnson in 1915. Anna’s story continues in the Oliver Johnson Family stories.
- Charles Lawless Story – Eugene’s brother immigrated from Ireland and settled in the Decatur area. He married and had a daughter who became a nun. His wife was a member of the Omaha Indian Tribe in Macy NE. This is an interesting story!
- Anna and Oliver Story – (in development) This story starts with their marriage in 1915. Anna moved with Oliver to a farm near Lyons Nebraska. Later the family moved to Miller South Dakota.
Eugene and Bessie’s children can be seen in Videos.
About the Lawless Name
DESCENDANTS OF SIR HUGH de LAIGHLEIS
Though the surname Lawless is formed from the old English word Laghles meaning an outlaw, it may , as far as Ireland is concerned, be regarded as falling in the Anglo-Norman category. Following the invasion in 1172, the name Laghles, Laules, Lawles appears frequently in medieval records up to the end of the 16th.century throughout Leinster and Munster, particularly in Co. Kilkenny, and in due course they became one of the “Ten Tribes of Kilkenny” In the 13th. century several of the names were prominent at New Ross and other places in Co. Wexford. The family was linked with Ballycorus as early as the 13th century.