William Vincent Lawler Family

William Vincent Lawler

William V. Lawlor (1859-1910)

Margaret (Morris) Lawlor, wife of Wm. V.

born: Jul 1859, Washington Twp,Clinton Co.,Iowa
died: 23 Nov 1910, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
bur: 25 Nov 1910, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
occu: real estate and insurance businessman
spouse: Ella KELLEY (maybe a different William Lawler, see below): marr: 30 Aug 1886, Clinton Co.,Iowa
spouse: Margaret MORRIS: marr: Abt 1888; born: Nov 1868, Iowa
Children:: Reed Morris LAWLOR; William Vincent LAWLOR; Edward Lewis Lawlor -- born: Mar 1896, Butte, Silver Bo Co., Montana. Died Between 1945-1949. Known by his middle name Lewis. marr. Dorothy.; Margaret LAWLOR
spouse: Elizabeth Frances MCELHATTON: marr: Abt 1907; born: 19 Dec 1862, Washington Twp, Clinton Co., Iowa; died: 16 Apr 1956, Orange Co., California; bur: 25 Apr 1956, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana at St. Patrick Cemetery

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------Phenton LAWLOR (Ireland - Ireland)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------Patrick LAWLOR (1808, Ireland - 1889, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
William Vincent LAWLER (1859, Iowa - )
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------Thomas REED (Ireland - )
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Elizabeth REED (1822, Ireland - 1862, Iowa)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Mary FLETCHER ( - )
                      |
                      |--------

William first moved to Butte during the 1880s. The following was in his obituary. ``For five years he a J.D. Slemons were partners in the real estate business and did well until Mr. Lawlor's wife became ill and he went to Los Angeles to live. She died there and later he removed to Seattle, where he entered the banking business with Benjaimn[sic] White. From there he returned to Butte and entered the realty field with J. H. Rowe. Later he joined interests with Mr. Rowe and J. T. O'Brien and upon the latter's retirement from business the firm became Lawlor and Rowe. He was possessed of great business ability and acquired considerable wealth in Butte.'' Some of the information about William's children initially came to me from David Tague, a researcher who is a relative of his last wife, Elizabeth. Names and dates for the children and wives are established with census and other records. The facts about William from the censuses certainly fit this William, son of Patrick. In the Montana censuses, he was born in 1859 in Iowa to Irish parents, which fits perfectly, and also has the middle initial of V. He also named a son Reed, which is also William's mother's maiden name, of course.

Lyman Morrison found the 1886 Clinton Co. marriage record betwen William Lawler and Ella Kelley. I am not certain (and I don't believe Lyman had any further evidence) whether that applies to this William. It might have been a first marriage for William before Margaret or Elizabeth, but the 1910 Montana census entry for William states he has been married twice, and the other two marriages for that William in Montana are certain. So Ella may not have been a wife of this William.

The Clinton Age newspaper had a birth announcement of a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lawler, born April 18, 1891 in Clinton, published May 3. The father is listed as a merchant. I don't have any evidence that it is this same William Lawler. After finding the census entries and marriage information for the William Lawler in Montana, I believe the 1891 birth probably is for a son of a different William, but I'm including the info here just in case.

William, his wife, and their 4 children are listed in the 1900 census in Butte, Montana, but his wife and children (but not William) are also listed in the census in Salt Lake City that year. William's sister, Ann Blessington is with the family in Salt Lake City.

Census: 1900, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
Census: 1910, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana

More Information: OBITUARIES (Wm. and Elizabeth)

Sources for this individual: @S596@ @S272@ @S1175@ @S1851@, McDonnell-Tague Records in Worldconnect Database :2867951

1910 Letter from William V. Lawlor

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