Eleanor Lawson
1751 - 1814
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Eleanor Lawson |
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| Full Name: | Eleanor Lawson | Parents | |
| ID Number: | 1591 | Edward Lawson | |
| Born: | Eleanor Skelly | ||
| Christening: | 17 December 1752 | Rushen | |
| Death: | |||
| Buried: | 2 January 1814 | Rushen | |
| Marriage: | 20 February 1773 | Henry Steich |
CHILDREN | |||
| Andrew (2730) | Baptised: 31 May 1773 | Married: Margaret Crebbin | Buried: |
| Thomas (2731) | Baptised: 27 August 1775 | Buried: 18 September 1775 | |
| Margaret (2732) | Baptised: 27 October 1776 | Buried: 5 September 1781 | |
| Catherine (2733) | Baptised: 2 April 1780 | Buried: 10 January 1781 | |
| Margaret (2734) | Baptised: 13 Decmeber 1781 | Married: | Buried: |
| Thomas (2735) | Baptised: 25 February 1784 | Drowned: 12 August 1793 | |
| Ann (2736) | Baptised: 1 September 1786 | Married: | Buried: |
| Catherine (2737) | Baptised: 1 September 1786 | Buried: 31 October 1786 | |
Eleanor Lawson was baptized on the 17th of December, 1752, at Rushen. She was Confirmed in 1770 at Arbory. She married Henry Steich on the 20th of February, 1773, at Rushen. She was buried on the 2nd of January, 1814, at Rushen.
On the night of the 12th of August, 1793, two fishing boats collided in the dark. Of the fourteen mean aboard, only one survived. A memorial at Rushen records the names: Henry Watterson & son; Henry Steich & son; William Watterson; Edward Miller; William Watterson; Richard Christian; John Maddrell; John Keig; Edward Gell; Edward Lawson; William Gell. The sole survivor was John Taylor.
