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     Mary Lawson was born in 1840.

     Richard Lawson was born on 16 July 1793 at England. He married Sarah Hodgetts, daughter of Convict Thomas Hodgetts and Harriet Luce, in 1825 at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Richard Lawson died on 30 May 1856 at 'Little Hampton', Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, Australia, at age 62. He was buried circa 2 June 1856 at Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, Australia.

     Richard Lawson was born in 1829. He died in 1852.

     Richard Lawson married Hannah Lawson. Richard Lawson was born in 1836.

     Richard Lawson married Mary (?) Richard Lawson was born in 1806.

     Her married name was Dowie. Sarah Maria Lawson was born on 3 August 1851.

     Thomas Lawson was born in 1827. He died in 1883.

     William Lawson was born in 1831. He died in 1881.

     William Lawson was buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Wellington Street, Longford, Tasmania, Australia. He died circa 1918 at Tasmania, Australia.

     William Lawson was born on 15 September 1839 at Norfolk Plains, Tasmania, Australia. He married Adelaide Lucas, daughter of George Lucas and Elizabeth Hodgetts, on 9 June 1864 at Christ Church, Wellington Street, Longford, Tasmania, Australia. William Lawson died on 9 April 1881 at Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, at age 41.

     William Lawson was born in 1826.

     William Richard Lawson was born on 9 June 1849.

     Edward Laye was born circa December 1884 at Oxfordshire, England. He died in December 1895.

     General Francis Laye married Mary Airey. General Francis Laye was born in 1754 at Northumbria, England. He died on 20 January 1828 at Ellison, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumbria, England.

     Francis George Sinclair Laye died at Portaferry, Down, Ireland. He was buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea, Hampshire, England. He was born in 1853. He was Royal Navy in 1881 at Portsmouth, England. He married Amy Selina Nugent, daughter of Major General Charles Lavallin Nugent and Charlotte Marcia Dean-Pitt, in June 1882 at Portsea, Portsmouth, England.

     Joseph Henry Laye Major General Joseph Henry LAYE, C.B., son of Lt. General Francis LAYE, Maj General Laye, husband, present at her death ) M on 23 May 1848 St Paul's, Auckland
'. . .Laye took over the Commercial Hotel for his troops, and,assisted by the technical expertise of Lieutenant T. B. Collinson, Royal Engineers, began construction of a fort overlooking the settlement . .. The site chosen by Laye and Collinson was a sandyhill, standing some seventy feet above the Wanganui River, at the north end of the settlement . . ..Laye named it 'The Rutland Stockade'. . .On 16 April,a midshipman named Crozier from the gunboat was joking with a Maori,when he accidentally discharged his firearm, wounding the Maori in the cheek. The man belonged to a group which was friendly to the Europeans, and although he spread the word that it had only been an accident, others decided that this spilling of blood by a white man demanded utu.Two days later, an outlying farm belonging to a settler, J.A.Gilfillan, was attacked by five Maoris. Gilfillan and his sixteen-year old daughter escaped but his wife and three other children were murdered. It was believed that this attack had been carried out, not by the relatives of the wounded Maori, but by others who hoped to incriminate those who were friendly with the Europeans. However the plan miscarried, for the five murderers were caught and delivered up to Laye by theones they tried to incriminate. Laye decided to waste no time and promptly set up a court-martial . . . They found the accused men guilty and sentenced four of them to be hanged and the fifth, on account of his youth, tobe transported for life. On the 26th the sentence was carried out . .. . The Maoris pressed forward,forcing the mounted settlers to retire, and, covered by fire from the hills, seized some outlying houses and opened fire on the fort. . . .The Maoris came on with great gallantry, but . . . the defender's, fire was too effective . .. Laye and Hardy kept their men to their work,and Holmes' gunboat provided effective flanking fire. .. .' The Maoris gave up, and Laye reported in his letter, according to Bartrop, that two chiefs were killed on their side, but he suffered no losses.' Above from Michael Bartrop's To Face the Daring Maoris. He was born in 1814 at Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumbria, England. He married Emilia Dean-Pitt, daughter of George Dean-Pitt and Susan Baillie, on 23 May 1848 at St. Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand; Marriage Announcement: 'LAYE - PITT On Tuesday, 23rd May 1848, at St Paul's, by Rev J F Churton, J H Laye Esq, Captain of H M 58th Regt, second son of the late Lt Gen Laye, RA, to Emelia Marie Dean, second daughter of His Excellency Major General Dean Pitt, K H, commanding the Forces in NZ. [NZ'er 24 May 1848] Witnesses,Maj. General PITT and the Governor George Edward GREY.' Joseph Henry Laye died on 3 March 1895 at London, England.

     Joseph Henry Laye was born on 4 February 1849 at Auckland, New Zealand. He died on 26 June 1938 at Dawlish, Devonshire, England, at age 89.

     Martha Laye married Michael Fazackerley, son of John Fazackerley and Elizabeth (?). Her married name was Fazackerley. Martha Laye was born circa 1781.

     Violet Selina Laye was buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea, Hampshire, England, near F.G.S. LAYE, her father. She was born in December 1894 at Oxfordshire, England.

     Clarence Trevor Lazarus was born in 1897 at Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia. He lived in 1928 at Kenya Street, Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1942 at Christchurch, New Zealand. He lived in 1978 at St Albans, Canterbury, New Zealand. He died in 1980 at Canterbury, New Zealand.

     Elvire Lazarus was born on 25 August 1889 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She was buried circa 12 August 1921 at Karori Cemetery, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 12 August 1921 at Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand, at age 31.

     Eric Harold Lazarus was born in 1895 at Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia. He lived in 1916 at Laing's Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1917 at Laing's Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1935 at 56 Hautana Street, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He lived in 1946 at 56 Hautana Street, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He died in 1965 at Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

     Henry George Lazarus was born in 1863.

     Rheuben Alfred Henry Lazarus was born in 1887 at Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia. He lived in 1911 at Nikau Avenue, Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1914 at Nikau Avenue, Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1919 at Nikau Avenue, Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He lived in 1949 at 2 Watkin Street, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He lived in 1954 at 2 Watkin Street, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He lived in 1957 at 3 Rangiora Street, Castlecliff, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand. He died on 10 September 1961 at Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He was buried circa 11 September 1961 at Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.