Born the second oldest of eight children of William Etley and Mary Cubbler. She married Edward Lawrence on October 8, 1855, at the Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church, SE Fairmount & 16th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She was the mother of four children.
Mary was a strong willed individual who carried on at the death of her husband in 1872, left with four children. With no marketable skills of her own, her two oldest sons earned wages as meat butchers, her husband's trade. Her youngest son George Robbin, was bonded out, and Mary kept house and cared for her youngest child, 3 year old Lillie. In her old age Mary lived with Lillie and her family, and Lillie's children came to know their grandmother well.
Mary was the source of many stories about Edward Lawrence. Some of them were white lies.
Originally buried in Oddfellows Cemetery, Philadelphia in plot L238.
She was the mother of four children.
Mary was a strong willed individual who carried on at the death of her husband in 1872, left with four children. With no marketable skills of her own, her two oldest sons earned wages as meat butchers, her husband's trade. Her youngest son George Robbin, was bonded out, and Mary kept house and cared for her youngest child, 3 year old Lillie. In her old age Mary lived with Lillie and her family, and Lillie's children came to know their grandmother well.
Mary was the source of many stories about Edward Lawrence. Some of them were white lies.
Originally buried in Oddfellows Cemetery, Philadelphia in plot L238.
Born the second oldest of eight children of William Etley and Mary Cubbler. She married Edward Lawrence on October 8, 1855, at the Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church, SE Fairmount & 16th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She was the mother of four children.
Mary was a strong willed individual who carried on at the death of her husband in 1872, left with four children. With no marketable skills of her own, her two oldest sons earned wages as meat butchers, her husband's trade. Her youngest son George Robbin, was bonded out, and Mary kept house and cared for her youngest child, 3 year old Lillie. In her old age Mary lived with Lillie and her family, and Lillie's children came to know their grandmother well.
Mary was the source of many stories about Edward Lawrence. Some of them were white lies.
Originally buried in Oddfellows Cemetery, Philadelphia in plot L238.
She was the mother of four children.
Mary was a strong willed individual who carried on at the death of her husband in 1872, left with four children. With no marketable skills of her own, her two oldest sons earned wages as meat butchers, her husband's trade. Her youngest son George Robbin, was bonded out, and Mary kept house and cared for her youngest child, 3 year old Lillie. In her old age Mary lived with Lillie and her family, and Lillie's children came to know their grandmother well.
Mary was the source of many stories about Edward Lawrence. Some of them were white lies.
Originally buried in Oddfellows Cemetery, Philadelphia in plot L238.
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