John LAWFORD, born c.1811, Hertfordshire, England, son of ____ and ____ married in 1840 in the Port Phillip District (now Victoria), to Christina CLARKE, born abt 1815, daughter of _____ and _____.

John and Christina appear to have had one child before Christina died in 1843.

John LAWFORD and Christina CLARKE appear to have had the following family:

1. George Gordon LAWFORD b. 1841, Melbourne, m. 1866 to Charlotte KYTE / KEYTE, b. 1850 Tasmania, daughter of James KYTE / KEYTE and Susan HOPWOOD. George & Charlotte had one child before Charlotte died in 1867 at Sandford, Victoria
   1. Jane LAWFORD, b. 1866, d. 1867, Sandford, Victoria.

   After the death of his first wife George Gordon LAWFORD married in 1868 to Amelia Jessie HAY who had been born in London and they had the following family...

   1. John LAWFORD, b. 1869, Casterton, Vic, d. 1936, m. 1892 Mary EDNIE.
   2. Emma LAWFORD, b. 1871, Casterton, Vic, d. 1949, m. 1902 Herbert GILL.
   3. Eliza LAWFORD, b. 1874, Casterton, Vic, d. 1875, Sandford, Vic.
   4. George Patrick LAWFORD, b. 1876, Sandford, Vic, d. 1952, m. 1906 Sarah WALLER.
   5. Gordon LAWFORD, b. 1879, Sandford, Vic, d. 1956, m. 1911 Ellen Isabella PRETLOVE.
   6. James LAWFORD, b. 1882, Sandford, Vic, d. 1951, m. ...........
   7. Christina LAWFORD, b. 1884, Sandford, Vic, d. .............., m. .............
   8. Madeline LAWFORD, b. 1887, d. 1888, Sandford, Vic.
   9. Leopold Harry LAWFORD, b. 1889, Sandford, Vic, d. 1933, m. ............

John LAWFORD 1811-1880 had a second marriage in 1878 at "Pleasant Banks" Carapook to Mary O'REILLY, b. 1818 West Meath, Ireland, daughter of Peter O'REILLY and Ellen BRENNAN. John and Mary LAWFORD both died in 1880 and are buried in the Sandford Cemetery.

John LAWFORD and Mary O'REILLY appear to have had the following family:

1. Eliza LAWFORD, b. 1858, "Moree Station", Harrow, d. 1939, m. 1873 to Frederick Joseph BYRNE.
2. female LAWFORD, b. 1860, d. 1860, Harrow, Vic.
3. John James LAWFORD, b. 1863, Harrow, Vic, d. ........, m. 1885, Mary Maria Ann HARPER

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