James Cyrus Lawson Family
1895 to 2010
From the files of Stephen M. Lawson
A few photos of the family of compiler's Uncle Jim,
together with some of his siblings and his parents.

Family Album Contents - Southern Kin Pictures - James Martin Lawson Family Narrative

James and Lucy Lawson - 1895     Lawson Cousins at the 1996 gathering at Poulsbo, WA.

1903 Jim, Monagene and Clyde Lawson with baby brother George 1915 Brothers George, Charles, Tom and Don, with cousins George and Ben Marshall in back James and Lucy Lawson Family - 1919, Muskogee Back: Jim, George, James, Tom, Clyde Middle: Gene, Lucy, Charles, Neva (Stoll) with Gladys and Clyde, Jr. Front: Ruth, Ethel (daughter of Clyde & Neva), Don 1924 Ethel, Lucille, Gladys and Clyde (children of Clyde Lawson) with cousin Jimmy (son of Jim Lawson) 1924 Clyde with daughter Lucille and Jim with son Jimmy 1924 Phil with son Jimmy and Neva with daughter Lucille James C. Lawson at his place of employment in the accounting department of Peoples National Bank, Seattle, WA - 1945 At left are Don and Iva Lawson in 1931. Compare Don and brother Jim in the 1924 picture above. Barbara J. Lawson - 1946 Youngest child of James C. Lawson Betty (Dillin) Lawson in 1930 Mother of Barbara At left: Each of the children of Lucy (Freeman) Lawson who had descendants was represented. Back row: Steve and Don (sons of Donald), Terry (son of Ruth), and Barbara (daughter of Jim). Middle row: Bob and Ruthie (children of Monagene), and Melody, Tom and Mark (children of Thomas). Front row: Gladys (daughter of Clyde), and Mani (daughter of George).

Telegram from James C. Lawson to his mother announcing
the birth of his first child at 4:10 pm on October 24, 1923.

Christmas 2006 at Claremore, OK

Children of Phillipa (Kolley) Lawson Orr
Seated: Jim Lawson, Harold 'Skip' Orr, Tommy Orr, Sam Orr.
Standing: Nita (Orr) Chambers, Curt Orr, Phyllis (Orr) Blankenship.
Not present: Ted Lawson. Deceased: Wayne Lawson and Irene (Orr) Feisal.

Photo obtained from UltimateTributes.com with minor editing

Theodore Lawson THEODORE LAWSON Theodore "Ted" Philip Lawson, 84, of Las Vegas, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Born Oct. 11, 1925 in Seattle, to James and Phillipa Lawson, Ted was raised in Claremore, Okla. He moved to California, where he met and married Esther Cunha in 1945. The devoted couple made their home in Orange County, Calif., before relocating to Las Vegas in 1995. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, Ted later was a 37-year employee of Kwikset Locksets in Anaheim, Calif., where he worked as an industrial engineer. In his leisure time, he served on various church committees and as a volunteer for Valley Hospital. He also enjoyed golf, gardening, bowling and travel. Ted is survived by his wife, Esther and three children, Steven Lawson (Linda) of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Timothy Lawson of Las Vegas, and Susan Sanders (Burt) of Las Vegas. He also is survived by eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and many brothers, sisters and their families. Ted was predeceased last year by his oldest son, Michael Lawson (Susan) of Placentia, Calif. A memorial celebration of life service will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Christ Lutheran Church, 111 N. Torrey Pines Road, Las Vegas, with Pastor Bill Phillips officiating. Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal on March 12, 2010

    
Both of these photos are a bit of a mystery. On the left are Jim and
Clyde with three children - but are the children girls, boys or a mix?
The picture is dated "Apr 1 - 30," which likely means 1930. If so,
Clyde's youngest would be 7 and Jim's youngest would be 2. So....

No date is given for the picture on the right, but the back includes:
"Clyde, Jr. and Jim (Uncle)." Clyde, Jr. was born in 1917 and appears
near age 20 - but "Uncle Jim" was married and living in Seattle in
the mid 1930's. Anyway, it doesn't look like "Uncle Jim" to me....

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