Lawrence, Effingham Billopp (1834–1908)

1834–1908

Parents: William Effingham Lawrence (1781–1841) and Mary Ann George Smither (1797–1880).
Spouse: (1) Clara Barnard (1836–1861); (2) Grace Barnard (1840–1928).
Children: With Clara Barnard: Frank Effingham (1858–1890) and Annie Lawrence (1859–1938). With Grace Barnard: Effingham Dryburgh Lawrence (1866–1949), Archie Barnard Lawrence (1867–1945), Clara Nellie Lawrence (1874–1959), Vernon Elliot Lawrence (1875–1949), Flora Gwendoline Lawrence (1878–1962), Owen Effingham Lawrence (1880–1956), and Leonard Linley “Lucky” Lawrence (1883–1967).
Kinship: Second cousin five times removed of the post–World War II Smith generation.

Early Life Effingham Billopp Lawrence was born in Tasmania in 1834, the sixth son of William Effingham and Mary Ann George (Smither) Lawrence. His parents belonged to the Tasmanian branch of the Lawrence family, descended from Captain Effingham Lawrence, who settled in Tasmania in the early nineteenth century.

Marriage and Family He married Clara Barnard on 2 April 1857 in Tasmania. Following her death in 1861, he married her younger sister, Grace Barnard, a practice not uncommon among the Lawrences and other families of the period, as it maintained familial continuity and ensured the care of the children within the same kinship circle.

Later Life and Death Effingham Billopp Lawrence remained in Tasmania throughout his life. He died on 10 August 1908 at Cressy, Tasmania, and was buried in the Cygnet Anglican Cemetery in Cygnet, Tasmania. Grace Barnard Lawrence survived him by twenty years.