Lawe, George William

1810 - 1895  (85 years)

• Name	Lawe, George William
  Birth	13 Sep 1810	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	13 Sep 1810
  	Lawe, George William Baptismal record
  1846 Census	1846	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 02, Line 03
  2 M, 4 F
  	1846 Census Wisconsin Territory, Page 2 Brown County
  1850 Census	1850	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  page 148, line 37
  	1850 Census Kaukalin Page 148 Brown County, Wisconsin
  1860 Census	1860	Embarrass, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  G W Law36 Isabella Law35 Mary A Law13 Rebecca J Law11 Victorina Law8 Emma E Law4 Davis W Law2 Eliza Nichol20 Geo Robinson18
  	1860 Census Embarass Page 03 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1870 Census	1870	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George W Lame60 Catharine Lame53
  Occupation	Between 1878 and 1886	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Postmaster
  Kaukauna Times January 22, 1886 We have learned this week that a new postmaster has been appointed at the Kaukauna, and Jos. J. Wirtz is the fortunate candidate for this position. Hon. Geo. W. Lawe, the present P.M. has filled this office since February 1878 thus serving a term of eight years.
  Biography	1891
  Biography in Lion of the Fox page 097
  News Mention	3 Apr 1891
  Kaukauna Times
  Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lawe are both confined to the house with an attack of the grippe. Last week nine hundred and thirty four deaths occurred in Chicago mainly from the grippe. The death role in Oshkosh last week was so large that funerals had to be postponed until hacks and hearses could be secured. - Grippe is the cause.
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 244
  see image
  	Lawe, George W. Biography
  Biography	Abt 1895
  Lawe, George Biography from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record
  LAWE, George was born in Green Bay September 13, 1810; he settled in Kaukauna in 1839; his father John Lawe came from England and settled at Green Bay in 1797; George Lawe was married to Catherine A. Mead of Pennsylvania on March 25, 1835; they have one son and one daughter. The son, John D. Lawe, born September 17, 1837 was married to Mary Chapman; they have one son. Their daughter, Amanda Lawe was married to Captain D.J. Brothers in 1861; they have no children. Mr. Lawe at various times occupied positions of trust and responsibility under the United States and the state and has always discharged these trusts so as to gain the confidence of the entire community. In 1843 he was commissioned as Indian agent by President W.H. Harrison. He held this office, except for one short interval, untill 1852 and always discharged his dutites acceptably to both government and Indians. In 1849 he was appointed postmaster, but his duties as agent proving too arduous to admit of the double burden, he resigned. In 1878, he was again appointed postmaster and served until Cleveland's administratoin. He is now in his 89th year, hale and hearty, lives at Kaukauna and claims to be the oldest living Badger in Wisconsin. He was born in this state in 1810. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
  Namesake	George Street in Kaukauna is named for him.
  Death	24 Dec 1895	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	27 Dec 1895
  Kaukauna Times
  See Image Quietly and peacefully without warning or a last farewell, George W. Lawe, 85, the venerable "Father of the city of Kaukauna", breathed his last about 10 o'clock last Tuesday night at his home on the north side, and passed to the unknown beyond. He was born September 10, 1810.
  Burial	Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I158993	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Lawe, Judge John,   b. 6 Dec 1779, Bristol, Yorkshire, , England d. 11 Feb 1846, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rankin, Theresa Sophia "Ne kik oqua",   b. Abt 1788   d. 25 May 1836 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F56411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Meade, Catherine M.,   b. 19 Feb 1816, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Nov 1907, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1835
  Children	1. Lawe, Amanda,   b. 7 Feb 1836, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Apr 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 62 years) + 2. Lawe, John,   b. 17 Sep 1837, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 11 Apr 1933, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F54545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2013

  
  

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