Seventh Generation

247. Lawrence William REGESTER was born on 31 January 1892 in Providence, RI.⁶⁵ He died on 21 November 1972 at the age of 80 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. When he registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, he was living with his wife and two children at 22 Warren Avenue, Providence, RI. He was clerk working at Belcher and Loomis at 91 Weybosset Street in Providence. He was short, of slender build, with gray eyes, and black hair.

In the 1920 Census, he was living at 111 No. Davis Street in Providence with a Russian Jewish family headed by Abraham Demond. He was a salesman at a hardware store.

Lawrence and wife Abigail M. were living in Swampscott, MA, at the time of the 1930 Census with a stepson, Theodore Cowper, 25, a boat steward. Lawrence was a paint salesman.

A Muriel G. Regester, dau. of Lawrence W. and Bertha G. Regester, d. 2 Oct 1919, 6 days old.

The IGI lists Lawrence's place of birth as Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, but this is just plain wrong. Both his parents were living in East Providence, Rhode Island, at that time.

Abigail Marston DELANO was born on 26 November 1884 in Everett, Middlesex Co., MA. She died about 1955 at the age of 71 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Lawrence William REGESTER and Abigail Marston DELANO had the following children:

Bertha M. was born (date unknown).

Lawrence William REGESTER and Bertha M. had the following children:

UNKNOWN was born (date unknown).

Lawrence William REGESTER and UNKNOWN had the following children: