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The LANE Family with C18th Taunton, Somerset origins
Descendant families in C19th-C20th Bristol & Plymouth (SW England), Glamorgan (Wales), Canada & US
Older Ancestral Somerset Families of BRIDGES, CULVERWELL,CUST, EDNEY, FRY, JAMES, KEENE, LOCK, MILLS, MORLEY, OXENHAM, PRESCOTT, RENDELL, STACY, STEVENS, TEMPLAR & WHITE

Origin of surname: Possibly Old Gaelic or Cornish, 'Llane', meaning a plain or barren sandy level lands, or simply a locational reference to a family living in a lane.
The surname has a clear bias towards the SW of England.

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Distribution of the family name in 1881

Synopsis - Updated November 2019 by “The Geneal Geologist”:

The family has early C19th origins in the Taunton area of Somerset, SW England. Ancestral LANE families probably exist in the area in the C18th as there are numerous references, with the name present in Taunton as far back at the C16th. However, records do not provide an integrated picture due to the common occurrence of many names such as John & Mary.

Until the C20th, the main family trade of the LANEs was iron or brass founding or moulding. This long-established tradition suggests the same in the C18th Taunton area through their sons into the early C20th. Some family members were linked with careers at sea with the Royal Navy and in the British Army in the C19th.

While some descendants probably remained in the Taunton area, my main family branch migrated first to the north coastal Somerset towns of Watchet (by 1860) and Dunster (by 1861), back to Taunton (1870/71) and then to the Bristol districts of Totterdown (1871) and Bedminster (1874 until the 1900's) and then Easton in 1901. Other Taunton family members also migrated to Bristol, and due to the size of families many relatives and their descendants will still live in the greater Bristol area and nearby industrialised Glamorgan, South Wales. One sub-branch is known to have gone to Plymouth & Devonport, Devon, and there is an extended family there. Several descendants of this sub-branch have families in the US (Washington, Minnesota & California) & Canada. I am pleased that in early 2015 contact was established with two cousin branches to enable this page to be updated; The Washington state branch descended from Frederick Thomas LANE (1886) and the Minnesota & California state families of Arthur James Proctor LANE (1878).

At some stage before 1904, my sub-branch of the family was in Walsall (STS) and then greater Birmingham by the 1930's. A distant family branch was also there at the same time, but there is no evidence the families knew of each other. Indeed, my grandmother “Nora” LANE did not know of any relations except for a distant cousin in the STONE family (through her mother's BATEMAN line) and the daughter of her brother Fred.

The synopsis below is provided for anyone interested in this LANE family history, and I invite any descendants to contact me to exchange or correct information.


Note on family names:

The LANE family, as many others in the Victorian period, often have the order of their first and second names reversed in census returns compared to their official birth registry, which can cause confusion when searching for them. It appears in life they were mostly known by their second names within the family.

Current proven head of this LANE family tree is patriarch and my 4xGGF John LANE (before 1790), a gardener of Kingston St Mary. He married Mary OXENHAM in September 1808 at Taunton St Mary.

Prior to John, records suggest the LANE ancestry goes via John LANE (1764-1840) of Kingston & Jane CULVERWELL (1755-1842) of Buckland, my likely 5xGGPs. The CULVERWELL line currently terminates here, but she had a prior marriage to a John KELLAN or KILLAN.

For John, the earlier suggested ancestry is John LANE (1735-66) & Mary BRIDGES of Kingston St Mary, my likely 6xGGPs. Mary is the d/o Thomas BRIDGES (1707) & Elizabeth CUST (c1710), my likely 7xGGPs, s/o John BRIDGES (c1680) & Joane RENDELL (c1680), my likely 8xGGPs, all of Kingston. Prior history for John ALNE (1725) has not been identified.

For John & Mary LANE, my 4xGGPs, baptismal records suggest two children born after 1808:

·       William LANE (1809-89), whose career was at sea, and heads the "Maritime branch" of the LANEs. He married a Susan of unknown surname (1810-88) from Lawhitton, Cornwall, sometime between 1826 & 1837. The marriage is not found in England, so may have occurred overseas or onboard ship. The birth records of their children provide the maritime connection. The family are not present during the 1841 census (their son John born on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic in 1840), whilst in 1851 East Stonehouse, Devon, William is away from his family, presumably at sea. He retired sometime before 1861. It is unclear if he was a seaman or a soldier with the marines. In 1871, William was a land-based smith, with the 1861 & 1881 census confirming his status as a Greenwich Pensioner. Admiralty records may reveal more history of William's career and where his family were in the period around 1840:

o   Jemima Elizabeth LANE (1838 Stonehouse, DEV) = James PAVEY of Hambridge, SOM, a labourer/mason in 1857 Taunton. The PAVEY family settled in Gove, Kansas, USA;

o   John LANE (1840 Ascension Island). In 1861, John was a gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery based at Portsea, HAM. By 1871 he was a stonecutter living in Whitchurch, DEVON, after which he disappears from all records. He may have re-joined the Navy, died on active service or emigrated;

o   Charles Robert LANE (1848 Stonehouse – 1931 Battersea, London). In 1871 Charles was registered as a seaman onboard RN vessel "Nimble" in Zanzibar. In 1875 Tavistock, DEV, he married Mary Elizabeth CRUSE (1848-92). They appear to have been childless. In 1881, Charles is recorded as a RN Seaman, and a member of Ships Police, in Tranmere, Cheshire, whilst in 1891 as an Admiralty Messenger living in Battersea, London. In 1901 Fulham, London, he was a messenger and confirmed Naval pensioner. In 1893 Wandsworth, London, widowed, he married Fanny, widow COBB (1852-1915) of Stonehouse, Devon. Her son Leonard Francis COBB (1889) was recorded as adopted Francis Leonard LANE in 1901. In 1916, Charles married Caroline CRUSE (1859-1930) presumably a close relation, possibly a younger sister to his first wife;

·       Robert LANE (1811-71) was c. 30 Jun 1811 at the Octagon Chapel, Taunton. [Note: Another Robert LANE, child of Robert & Hannah LANE c. 3 Mar 1813 at Taunton is confirmed through research as a different descendant family, however the parents of both Roberts (John & Robert) may be related]. Robert LANE, Ironfounder, and my 3xGGM Elizabeth LOCK (1809-72) m. 21 Jul 1831 at the C15th Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton. They appeared to have had at least six children per baptismal records and census returns. Elizabeth’s ancestry is summarised in a separate section below. They were in Taunton throughout their lives:

o   Anna Mary LANE (1832). Not on 1841 census, so presumed to have died young;

o   Walter William LANE (aka William Walter LANE, 1835 Taunton -1907 Bristol) my 2xGGF. His separate story is below;

o   Jane Maria LANE (1836-40);

o   Mary LANE (1838-1931 Taunton). In 1841 she is recorded with member of the LOCK family. She married Edwin John Beaton SULLY (1832-85) in 1858 Taunton and continued to live in the town;

o   John LANE (c1843 Taunton – after 1901). His separate story is below;

o   Charles LANE (1848 Taunton - 1899 King's Norton, Birmingham). Charles was an Ironmonger's clerk in 1871 Bedminster (Bristol) and was shortly afterwards involved in the iron trade (as a commercial traveller) based in Birmingham. In 1875 Birmingham, he married Sarah Ann HALEY. The couple were childless and lived in Edgbaston until their deaths;

William Walter LANE aka Walter William LANE, my 2xGGF, Iron Founder & Iron Moulder = Emma COTTRELL on 31 Dec 1855 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton (the Mary LANE witness could either be his sister (as it took place a couple of years before her own marriage in 1858) or his mother). Both were of Church Square, Taunton. Their known children, with an extensive extended family in the Bristol area, are:

·       Emma Josephine LANE (1856, Appley/Stawley SOM - 1932 Bristol) = Thomas George CHAPMAN in Bedminster in 1879. The CHAPMAN family were in Bedminster in 1901;

·       Eva Lavinia LANE (1860 Watchet SOM – 1933 Bristol) = Thomas Charles THATCHER at Bedminster in 1881. The THATCHER family were in Bristol St. George;

·       Mary Elizabeth LANE (1862 Dunster, SOM – 1939 Bideford, DEV) = Frank GOLDSWORTHY at Bedminster in 1889. The GOLDSWORTHY family were in Bedminster in 1891 & 1901;

·       Walter Robert LANE (1863 Dunster - 1940 Birmingham), my GGF - see his family below;

·       Francis Herbert LANE aka Herbert Francis LANE (1865 Dunster). In 1891 he was a private in the Ordnance Corps at the Anglesea Barracks, Portsea, Hants. Based on unclear family stories, he is likely to be one of two brothers who may have been killed in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) as he is missing from subsequent records. He may be the “F LANE” killed at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 Feb 1900;

·       Henry Frederick LANE (1867 Dunster - 1951 Bristol) = Amelia Emma BIRD at Barton Regis in 1892:

o   George Frederick LANE (1893 Barton Regis - 1977 Cheltenham, GLS) = Daisy Florence TURNER (1887) in 1923 Cheltenham. Child:

§  Margaret Rowena Shergold LANE (1927) = Derek H F FORBES in 1953 Cheltenham;

o   Reginald James LANE (1895 Barton Regis-1995 Cornwall) = Alice Victoria CARVETH (1901-87) in 1922. Children:

§  Donald Henry LANE (1924 Bristol) = Norah Myfanwy Mary HOWELLS in 1952 Bristol. Children:

Ø  Patricia Myfanwy Mary LANE (1953 Plymouth) = John G BRYCELAND in 1973 High Wycombe, BKS;

Ø  David C LANE (1958 Plymouth);

§  Jean Carveth LANE (1927 Bristol – 2007 Cornwall);

§  Malcolm Reginald LANE (1932 Bristol - 1966 Slough, Berkshire) = Madeleine BRAY in 1955 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Children:

Ø  Christina Madeleine LANE (1957 Banbury, Oxon);

Ø  Jeremy Gordon Malcolm LANE (1960 Colchester, Essex) = Helen B DER AVEDISSIAN in 1984 Bracknell, Berkshire;

§  Oliver Kieran LANE (1988 Bracknell);

o   Clifford Pullin LANE (1901 Bristol, d. Canada) = Janet SUTHERLAND c1925 in BC, Canada. Child:

§  Donald Frederick LANE (1927 Canada) = Vivian McINDOE in Canada. Child:

Ø  Pamela LANE (c1950's Canada);

o   Vera Doreen Minnie LANE (1905 Bristol - 1974 Poole, Dorset) = Arthur Clifford WARREN (1903-92) in 1931 Bristol;

·       Oliver Cromwell LANE (1868 Dunster), d. unmarried in 1893 Bristol, aged 24;

·       William Ernest LANE (c1.1871 - Q3 1871 Taunton);

·       Beatrice LANE (1872 Totterdown, Bristol - 1893 Bristol);

·       Reginald LANE (1874 Bedminster, Bristol). At home in 1891 but not found on 1901 census. Based on uncertain family stories, he is likely to be one of two brothers who may have been killed in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) as he is missing from subsequent records. He may be the “R LANE” killed at Lydenburg on 1 Mar 1901;

In 1901 census Walter William & Emma LANE were in Easton, Bristol at 31 Church Road. Walter was the home-based employer of an iron foundry.

My GGF Walter Robert LANE (1863-1940) = Emily BATEMAN (1863-1941) in Barton Regis, Bristol in 1884. The family moved from Bristol c1895. In 1901 they were already at 90 Rutter Street, Walsall, STS, with two surviving children of their 17-year marriage to date; Fred LANE (1889-1926) and Adeline Elizabeth Bateman LANE (aged 9), both born Bristol. By 1911 in Regent Road, Handsworth the two surviving children were Fred & Nora (my grandmother), Adeline having died in 1910 aged 18. Walter was boarding in Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton in 1911, a newspaper advertisement canvasser.

Based on one family picture, length of marriage and that my grandmother reported no other living relatives from her direct family, it is assumed that most children of Walter & Emily died in childhood and only Fred & Nora survived to adulthood, and then only Nora to old age. Many infant deaths are recorded for LANE in the Walsall & West Bromwich RDs with possible naming patterns. A Walter William LANE in 1899-1900 Walsall could suggest the family were there by that time, however a distant LANE family was also present in Walsall and perhaps were known to each other.

A key family reference photo is show below. It was thought to show Walter & Emily with 5 children, however there is no time whereby their children would be alive in the configuration shown. It is not clear whether the oldest son, Fred, is in the picture (sitting left, or taking the picture) and that his wife may be the one standing. She may be the mother of the two boys as there is some resemblance to a lady photographed in 1958, suggested perhaps a sister of Emily. The girl sitting right would appear to be my grandmother Nora, and Betty LANE (d/o Fred, who would later be Nora's bridesmaid) is the girl in the middle. The identification of the 2 young men in this photo remains a mystery (assuming it is Walter & Emily representing the older generation):

Walter & Emily’s children:

·       Unknown 7th child in period 1884-1911 (based on number of children born alive and subsequently died declared on the 1911 census);

·       Fred LANE (1889-1926) = Ada SMITH in 1917 West Bromwich. BMD suggests the following possible children (the history of only one is known):

o   Edith LANE (Aston, 1918);

o   Betty June LANE (King's Norton, 1921), was the niece and bridesmaid at my grandmother's wedding in 1927 = Reginald Geoffrey CLARKE (1921-97);

o   George E LANE (King's Norton, 1922);

o   Sheila M LANE (King's Norton, 1923);

·       Wilfred LANE (1890-91 Bristol);

·       Adeline Elizabeth Bateman LANE (1891-1910);

·       Wilfred LANE (1895-95 Bristol);

·       William Walter LANE (1899-1900 Walsall);

·       Elsinora Alicia Patricia LANE, (1904-85) my grandmother, was born in Rutter Street, Walsall in the West Midlands = William Sanders GRACE in 1927. They had only one child, my father.

Walter Robert LANE
(early C20th - date unknown, probably before 1911) 
Studio-posed shot reading the Nuneaton Observer

Elsinora Alicia Patricia LANE
(around 1920)

The Family of John LANE (my 2nd Great Granduncle) & Fanny PROCTOR of Taunton:
[Taunton until c1870, then Bristol (1881), Plymouth (1891) & Devonport (1901)]

John LANE (c1843 Taunton), Iron Moulder, & wife Fanny PROCTOR (1844 of Wellington, Somerset) married in Taunton in 1864. BMD & baptism records show that the couple had at least 13 children, suggesting significant descendants in the SW of England and possibly overseas. This is unconfirmed by 1911 census details as both are missing. 5 of their children were baptised on the same day in 1886 at Redcliffe St Mary, Bristol. The couple last confirmed appearance in the UK is on the 1901 Plymouth census. As no clear death records are indicated it is possible they left England to join family overseas before 1911 (noting a son emigrated around 1901), however stories in one family line suggests John may have died in the Workhouse in 1910, and therefore in England, and Fanny could be the “Fanny Elizabeth LANE” who died in 1908:

·       William Robert LANE (1865 Taunton – 1945 Bristol), Iron moulder = Eliza Jane WHITROW in 1883 Bristol. Both sons, Iron Moulders, were lodging separately in Twerton, SOM. Children included those deceased by 1911 census:

o   Unknown child #1 LANE (born and died in period 1883-1911);

o   Unknown child #2 LANE (born and died in period 1883-1911);

o   Unknown child #3 LANE (born and died in period 1883-1911);

o   William George LANE (1884 Barton Regis – 1971 Bath), Iron Moulder = Martha Ann COLLINS in 1905 Bath. Bristol children:

§  William George LANE (1908-76), Iron Moulder = Martha Ann COLLINS in 1905 Bath. Family settled in East Twerton, Bath for all their children:

Ø  Florence Annie LANE (1906-1955) = George Arthur CANE;

Ø  William John LANE (1907-29);

Ø  Thomas James LANE (1909-10);

Ø  Violet May LANE (1910-95) = George HUNTLY;

Ø  Alfred E LANE (1912-13);

Ø  Rose Evelyn LANE (1913-95) = Henry Herbert F HANCOCK;

Ø  Nellie I LANE (1917) = Clarence Henry J GAIT;

Ø  Emily M LANE (1918) = Kenneth Angus LITTLE;

Ø  Frederick Henry LANE (1920-2005);

Ø  Doreen P LANE (1924) = John Albert BELLINGHAM, then William G HALL;

§  Thomas LANE (1911);

§  Frederick LANE (1914);

§  daughter LANE (1918);

§  Mabel M LANE (1919);

§  Stanley D LANE (1921) = Minnie E LUCAS in 1941 (no known children) & Doreen B DERRICK in 1946 Bristol. Children:

Ø  Michael D LANE (1949);

Ø  Robert J LANE (1950);

§  Raymond LANE (1923-90);

§  Dorothy V LANE (1926) = Thomas H COOPER in 1946;

§  Arthur LANE (1928);

o   Thomas Edward LANE (1885 Barton Regis – 1976 Bristol), Iron Moulder = Julia LLOYD (1885-1927) in 1910 Bristol. Children include (post 1911 BMD):

§  Irene Falmouth LANE (1915-2004) = Thomas BATT;

§  Evelyn M LANE (1921) = Ivor Emmanuel MARSHALSEA in 1941;

§  Violet Joan LANE (1924) = Percy William HURLEY;

o   Alice Maud LANE (1887);

o   John James LANE (1892-1979);

o   Emily A LANE (1896);

o   Rose LANE (1897-1964 Bristol);

o   Frederick Charles LANE (1898-1983) = Sarah A CREWS in 1921:

§  Graham Clive LANE (1922-2006) = Minnie Eileen ATWILL (1922-2006):

Ø  Jacqueline N A LANE (1944) = Anthony J J WILLIAMS;

Ø  Camellia R J LANE (1947-2006) = John L WHITE;

Ø  Stuart H LANE (1950);

Ø  John C E LANE (1953);

§  Maureen A LANE (1924) = ODY;

§  Bernice Marguerite LANE (1026-2000) = Ernest Arthur Edmund SEARING;

o   Henry Arthur LANE (1900);

o   Robert Alfred LANE (1902);

o   Florence Mabel LANE (1907);

·       Walter Charles LANE (1867-1937 Taunton), Brassfounder = Annie WILLIAMS in 1897 Camborne, Cornwall. The couple were living with the WILLIAMS family in Camborne with:

o   Lilian Maude LANE (1900);

·       Fanny Elizabeth LANE (1869 Taunton). Nothing is known after 1881;

·       Florence Helena LANE (1870 Taunton – 1916 Bath) = William Henry CLEMENTS in 182 Plymouth. The couple were resident in Widecombe in the Moor, DEV in 1901;

·       Rosa Louisa LANE (1872 Bedminster – c1934) = 1900 in Plymouth to Thomas EDENS;

·       Henry John LANE (1874 Bedminster – 1920 Walsall) – Ironmoulder = Emily Elizabeth PLUMB in 1901 Swindon and was with their children in Walsall, STS in 1911, the identified distant relatives near the family of Walter & Emily:

o   May LANE (1903, Reading);

o   Charles Henry LANE (1908, Swindon – 1978 Sandwell, West Midlands)

o   Ivy Gwendoline LANE (1912 - 2002 Walsall) = Emrys Thomas PHILLIPS (1906-1949) in 1934 Walsall, then Joseph A GILL in 1951 Wednesbury;

o   Frank E LANE (1914-15 Walsall);

o   Ruby D LANE (1918 Walsall) = Ronald JOHNSON (1916-2003) in 1939 Wednesbury;

·       Albert Edward Proctor LANE (1875 Bedminster – 1973 Plymouth) = Ellen Ann W FOLEY in 1898 Plymouth. Albert, widowed in 1900, was with brother Arthur in 1901. He remarried in 1901 Liskeard, Cornwall to Elizabeth Jane HONEYWILL. Children include (Note: pre-1910 unknown as not found on 1911 census):

o   Winifred Beatrice LANE (1915-98 Plymouth) = Frederick John H WAKEHAM in 1939 Plymouth;

o   Violet M LANE (1920-81 Plymouth) = Reginald Allenby STALLARD in 1942 Plymouth;

·       Frank Henry LANE (1876-1944 Bristol). In 1891 he appears to be a scholar "under detention" on the vessel "Formidable" in Redcliffe, and a labourer in 1901 = Rosa Elizabeth BEAKE in 1907:

o   Lily Rose M L LANE (1914-70) = Mervyn W NASH in 1934;

o   Dorothy R E LANE (1916-16);

·       Arthur James Proctor LANE (1878 Bristol – 1957 Minnesota, USA) = Louisa HEALY in 1898 Plymouth. Arthur arrived in the US c1903, after abandoning his wife Louisa in England. It is unlikely they divorced, making his subsequent marriages illegal. The US family report he entered the US illegally from Canada. In the 1911 UK census, Louisa is a married servant in Plymouth and dies there a widow after AJPL's death. The are no indicated children from this relationship. The 1901 census in Plymouth had Arthur & Louisa LANE present with their ages, but then a list of LANEs and an Elizabeth HEALY all crossed out (suggesting they incorrectly filled out all their living relatives even though not resident with them). In order, they were William, Walter, Fanny, Florence, Rose, Harry, Albert, Nellie, Ernest, Harold & Frederick, which match the age order of Arthur's siblings, excluding Frank. This was probably an error by Arthur to fill out his entire family as the siblings were elsewhere. It does, however, independently confirm the full list of his siblings. Why Frank was left out is unknown.

In the US, AJPL appears in Summit, Ohio in 1910 with Canadian wife Ada NORTON (d/o Thomas NORTON of Lucan, Ontario) and their 4 y.o. daughter Dorothy LANE (born 1906 in Manhattan, New York). They were probably married in Canada or Ohio around 1904/1905. It is unclear what happens to both Ada & Dorothy (who may have returned to Canada post-divorce), however by 1912 AJPL is in Wisconsin having married Aurelia M WALDO (1897-1987), which produced the 5 children listed below.

In 1917 (when he enlists), he is from Stark, North Dakota, working as a movie film operator in the Rialto cinema, confirmed as married to Aurelia. By 1920 he is a theatre manager in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. The family report that he was divorced but he kept his children in an orphanage, even though they were also appearing on stage at his theatre! After their divorce, Aurelia married Joseph George JABER (1889-1978) in 1929 Summit, Ohio (lived in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin), then Anton “Tony” Droxler KILDAY (1905-1979) before 1940, before moving to Los Angeles, in California. AJPL married Swedish widow Hilda Victoria DOYLE in Minnesota abt 1935, both living there until their deaths in the 1950's.

The 5 known children of AJPL & Aurelia WALDO are:

o   Harriet E “Hattie” LANE (1912 Wisconsin – 2001 Minnesota) = Arthur G SNEEN;

o   Robert Frederick LANE aka Robert James Frederick LANE (1913 Wisconsin - 1981 Covina, LA, CA) = Dorothy Louise BALLARD in 1932 Fillmore. Dorothy remarried after divorce to Oral Otis PARROTT (1907-1979) in 1946. Robert remarried to Doris (their marriage lasted less than 10 years following the death of their son John “Johnny” LANE aged 8 (buried Fort Snelling)). Robert's 3rd wife was Betty A. Robert served in the US army and gained a Bronze Star & Purple Heart. Robert & Dorothy had 2 children:

§  Robert Jack LANE II (1933-2012 Minnesota) = Mary Jane BECK in 1951. Children:

Ø  Pamela Marie LANE (1954) = Thomas M DOMKE & Mark Edward ARNOLD;

Ø  Sandy Leanne LANE (1956) = John E BRUNKLOW, Verne Emil Jake REESE & Glen WAHLERS;

Ø  Teri Elizabeth LANE (1958-2009) = Scott W MOORE & Jerry D TURNER;

Ø  Robert Jack LANE III (1960) = Patricia Jo RYAN. Children:

§  Jolene Jo LANE (1986);

§  Colleen Cathleen LANE (1987);

§  Robert Jack LANE IV (1991);

Ø  Randy Jay LANE (1962) = Theresa K;

Ø  Mary Lynn LANE (1963-2012) = Ronald C HATCHER;

Ø  Keli Rose LANE (1966) = Paul Allen JOHNSON;

Ø  Thomas LANE (unknown) – reportedly died in a car accident;

§  Cleo Jean LANE (1935 Hennepin) who was living with her aunt from the age of 3 months. Cleo eventually found her way to California and has married 12 times;

o   Marion E “Cleo” LANE (1916-1984 Ohio) = Everett M MAHANEY (1901-1980) in 1945 Summit, Ohio. They divorced in 1948. The family report that she had rickets and was an alcoholic, dying in a hotel. The 1984 death of a Cleo MAHONEY may be her;

o   Ruby Ellen LANE (1917-1992) appears to have been adopted as LEE prior to her marrying Adrian Truman DOYLE in 1936;

o   June E LANE (1923-1980) = Eugene BEST;

·       Lillie Nellie LANE aka Nellie LANE (c1880 Barton Regis – 1925 Burnley, LAN) = William John COBBLEDICK in 1906 Plymouth. However, family records confirm she had an illegitimate son Walter Thomas Edward BOWDEN in 1902 by William Thomas BOWDEN (1842-1910). Both parties went their separate ways and Walter is recorded as COBBLEDICK in 1911, with the much older William BOWDEN marrying widow Mary Ann L CROSS the same year as Walter's birth;

·       Alfred Ernest George LANE aka Ernest LANE (c1882, Bristol – 1932 Plymouth), Butcher's Assistant = Maud Beatrice MILTON in 1906 Plymouth. Children include:

o   Ernest Alfred George LANE (1906-88);

o   Frederick John LANE (1908);

o   Doris LANE (1910);

o   Beatrice V LANE (1920);

o   Rosa D LANE (1924);

·       Harold Edgar Proctor LANE (c1884 Bristol – 1973 Plymouth) = 1906 Swindon, Wiltshire to Beatrice TRUMAN (1897-1969):

o   Florence May LANE (1907 Aberdare, Glamorgan – 1977 Coventry) = William Howell Whiting JONES (1908-66) in 1934 Wales;

o   Frederick C LANE (1911-12 Aberdare);

o   Elsie Mabel LANE (1913 Aberdare – 1998 Coventry) = Leslie Samuel MOTTON (1908-2000) in 1932 Newport, Glamorgan;

o   Jack LANE (1919-2004 Glamorgan) = Margot HORN (1920 Germany – 2010 Wales) in 1946 Germany:

§  Madeleine Carol LANE (1944 Wales) = David W CADWALLER in 1972;

§  Michael LANE (1951-2005) = Elizabeth P LUNDIE in 1972 Wales (1 child) & then Paula Mary HAMILTON in 1977 Lincolnshire (no issue):

Ø  Alexander John LANE (1973);

·       Frederick Thomas LANE (1886 Bristol – 1970 Spokane, Washington, USA). After 1901 moved to Canada = Rosena Victoria GRANT around 1918. The couple arrived in Washington State, USA from Calgary, Alberta in 1919 and were naturalized in 1928. Fred worked as an employee of the Great North Railway:

o   Claude Elmer LANE (1919-2003 Spokane) = Peggy Alene SCHROEDER in 1946 Idaho;

o   Norma Jean LANE (1921-2014 Spokane) = Einar Lee SWEDLUND;

o   Roy Stewart LANE (1922 -1982 WA) = Alta LaVerne CLAFLIN;

§  Karen LaVerne SANDERS (1948-1995) = Charles Edward BOWEN & Charles J CAPPONI;

§  Rick Stewart LANE (1949) = Rory L DEADMAN & Debra Dawn CURTIS. Children by Rory:

Ø  Erin Danette LANE (1967);

Ø  Teresa Ann LANE (1969) = Kurtiss Wayne WILLIAMS;

Ø  Mark Ryan LANE (1977);

§  Bradley Burton LANE (1951) = Patricia Ann EMERSON;

§  Kaye Marie LANE (1952) = Raymond Joe HELGATH;

§  Russel Dean LANE (1960) = Tamara Kay BOUCHER (1961-1988) & Gaylynn Ann ROMER:

Ø  Tabitha LaFaye LANE (1980) = Victor MORALES;

Ø  Terah Lynn LANE (1985) = Christopher HAMILTON;

§  Timothy Mark LANE (1961);

§  Tamra Lazann LANE (1963) = James Gregory WILCOX;

§  Jeffrey Scott LANE (1964) = Jennifer Louise ROTH:

Ø  Sarah Rae LANE (1992);

Ø  Sawyer Bronson LANE (1995);

Ø  Sadie LANE (1999);


Summary of the Ancestry of Elizabeth LOCK, who married Robert LANE (my 3xGGPs):

 

Ø  Elizabeth LOCK (1808-1872) was born in Oake, Somerset d/o Thomas LOCK & Elizabeth “Betty” STEVENS, my 4xGGPs. Nothing is known of Betty’s STEVENS ancestry, as the couple married in 1803 Taunton;

Ø Thomas LOCK (c1775-1856) was the s/o George LOCK & Edith WHITE of Bradford on Tone, Somerset, my 5xGGPs. The couple married in Bradford in 1779;

Ø The WHITE family lineage in Bradford on Tone is:

o   Edith WHITE (1755-1843) d/o Richard WHITE & Joan FRY (c1715-1768), my 6xGGPs, who married in 1739 Bradford. Nothing is known of Joan’s FRY ancestry;

o   Richard WHITE (1717-1797) d/o Roger WHITE (c1670-1722) & Mary MORLEY (c1685-1744), my 7xGGPs, who married in 1705 Bradford. Nothing is known of Mary’s ancestry. Roger appears to have first married Margery SMITH in 1692 Bradford;

Ø The LOCK family lineage in Bradford on Tone is:

o   George LOCK (1752-1836) s/o George LOCK (c1710-1794) & Joan STACY who married in 1743 Bradford on Tone, my 6xGGPs. George appears to have married Elizabeth PRESCOTT (from my Bradford on Tone PRESCOTT family, see below) in 1732 Bradford, without apparent issue. There are no LOCKs in Bradford parish records prior to George’s 1732 marriage, so the LOCKs have origins in another Somerset village. George may have had a brother Joseph LOCK, who also married in Bradford about this time;

o   Joan STACY (1719-1801) is the d/o Edward STACY & Anne PRESCOTT who married in 1713 Bradford on Tone, my 7xGGPs. Edward STACY (1668-1729) is the s/o Edward STACY & Joan MILLS (my 8xGGPs) who married in Martock, Somerset in 1658. No further information on the MILLS side;

o   Ann PRESCOTT (1690) is d/o Robert PRESCOTT & Margaret EDNEY (or EDNY) who married in 1674 Bradford on Tone, my 8xGGPs. Margaret EDNEY (1654-1720) is the d/o Nicholas EDNEY & Anne KEENE, my 9xGGPs, who married in Halse, Somerset in 1651. Nicholas EDNEY (1626) is the Milverton-born s/o Nicholas EDNEY & Margaret JAMES who married in 1623 Milverton (my 10xGGPs);

o   Robert PRESCOTT (bef 1653-1718) is the s/o James PRESCOTT (c1625-1667) & Justine TEMPLAR (1627 Bradford, d/o Thomas TEMPLAR and unknown wife, my 10xGGPs). My 9xGGPs married in Bradford in 1649;

 

 

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