The Lawlor Family

Catherine Lawlor, c. 1910

My grandfather on my mother's side was Thomas F. Lang. His mother was Catherine Lawlor from County Kerry, Ireland. Catherine came to America with her family sometime in the 1860's. She came with her father, John Lawlor, mother Hanora Reardon Lawlor, brother John and sister Mary. I recently found that there was another sister named Honora, and there is Jeremy listed with them in the census, but I have no more information on her. According to Catherine's obituary, the family settled in Detroit, Michigan, for a while, then moved to the upper peninsula.

John Lawlor	Kate Lawlor	Mary Lawlor

It's difficult to tell which of these is Kate, but the middle one looks like she's wearing a ring on her left hand, so I think it's Kate. This picture below of an older John shows he looked quite a bit like the younger photo. The mustache never changed.

I just found this in a photo album with captions provided
by my mother. Here she wrote, "John Lawlor with Jim and Hugh"
1917

Photos
Several Lawlor photos are on this page; including:
Mae Lawlor (c. 1889)
Lawlor women and girl
Four Lawlor children
Lawlor girls
Young Lawlor man
Unknown Lawlor children

Facts
I found this story about my great-great grandfather in a message board. The author is a distant cousin: John Lawlor's first night in America

Family Coat of Arms

Marriages
James Lang and Kate Lawlor, July 24, 1869

Genealogy Reports
Last updated November 28, 2007: Descendants of John Lawlor

Census Pages
I found Kate, married to James in the 1870 Houghton, Michigan census. I know that the Patrick Lawlor I found in upper Michigan censuses is related, because I remember my mother talking about him, but I haven't made the correct connection, yet.

The Lawlor Census Page
Includes. . .

1870 Patrick and Catherine with children
1870 John Lawlor and children

1900 Patrick and Catherine alone