Lawrence, Anna Louise (1834–1908)
Early Life and Marriage Anna Louise Lawrence was born into the Flushing branch of the Lawrence family. She met her future husband, Thomas Augustus Jaggar, while he was serving as an assistant minister at St. George’s Church in Flushing, where her father was a vestryman and active parishioner. They were married in 1862.
Her Husband’s Ecclesiastical Career Shortly after their marriage, Thomas Jaggar became rector of the Episcopal Church in Bergen Point, New Jersey. He later rose to prominence within the Episcopal Church and served as Bishop of Ohio from 1875 to 1904. After resigning that office, he returned to parish ministry and in 1905 became rector of St. Paul’s Church in Boston’s Back Bay. During the winter of 1905–1906, Bishop and Mrs. Jaggar resided at 282 Marlborough Street, an address associated with socially prominent Boston families in that era.
Family and Later Years Anna Louise and Thomas Jaggar lost two of their five children in infancy or early life. Their surviving daughter, Anna Louisa Jagger, lived until 1949, and their son Thomas Augustus Jaggar (1871–1953) became noted in his own right for his work in volcanology and for founding the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Anna Louise Lawrence Jaggar died in 1908. Her husband survived her by four years.