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Susan Agnes (“Susie”) LAWSON
1887 - 1976 (88 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Susan Agnes (“Susie”) LAWSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 23 Jun 1887 Derby, Derbyshire, England 
- Actual date from death registration index and the 1939 register
GRO ref: LAWSON, Susan Agnes q2 1887 Derby RD 7b 526; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Elsum
Gender Female Executor 18 Jun 1935 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Granted probate of her father's will - "Lawson Thomas of Kildare Highfield-lane Chaddesden Derby-
shire died 29 April 1935 at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
Derby Probate Nottingham 18 June to Susan Agnes Gothan (wife of Frederick William Gothan). Effects £197 18s. 9d."
Residence From 1963 to 1972 21, Highfield Lane, Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England When she wrote her will - Living at this address by 1963 when she wrote her will, still living there in 1972 when she added a fourth codicil.
Will From 14 Jan 1963 to 23 May 1975 Written - The will was written in 1963, and over the next twelve years Susan added 6 codicils.
Probably the only relations to receive bequests were her nephew, his wife and son (a few other are individuals named but the wording does not suggest they were her relations).
It is not surprsing no relations of her husband were beneficiaries - all his siblings died before she wrote the will, and none had children.
Residence From 1974 to 1975 9, Constable Drive, Littleover, Derbyshire, England - Her home at the time she added the fifth and sixth codicils to her will.
Residence to 1976 Moneda House, 54, Castle Way, Willington, Derbyshire, England - Her home at the time of her death
Died 30 Jan 1976 Moneda House, 54, Castle Way, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, England - GRO ref: Gothan [sic], Susan Agnes q1 1976 dob 23 JE 1887 Derby RD 6 0826
Actual date and place from probate calendar entry
Probate 19 Mar 1976 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Calendar entry - Gotham, Susan Agnes of Moneda House 54 Castle Wy Willington Derby died 30 January 1976 Probate Nottingham 19 March £8420 762501984L
Siblings1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas LAWSON, b. Abt 1850, Ceres, Fife, Scotland, d. 29 Apr 1935, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 85 years) (Father) 
Annie Maria ELSUM, b. 30 Mar 1852, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, d. Sep Q 1920, Derby Reg Dist, Derbyshire, England (Age 67 years) (Mother) Notes - Susie from newspaper notice of her husband's death
Person ID I301422 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Aug 2023
Father Thomas LAWSON, b. Abt 1850, Ceres, Fife, Scotland , d. 29 Apr 1935, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 85 years) Mother Annie Maria ELSUM, b. 30 Mar 1852, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England , d. Sep Q 1920, Derby Reg Dist, Derbyshire, England (Age 67 years) Married Mar Q 1880 Wisbech Reg Dist, Cambridgeshire, England - GRO ref: Lawson, Thomas to ELSUM, Ann Maria q1 1880 Wisbeach RD 3b 803
Although there were many Thomas LAWSONs the bride's name, registration district (where Ann was born) and the date (a year or 2 before the birth of their first child) all point to the marriage being of this couple.
The 1911 census shows the couple had only had 2 children, both still living.
Family ID F300917 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Frederick William GOTHAM, b. 13 Mar 1887, Alvaston, Derbyshire, England , d. 26 Dec 1945, 21, Highfield Lane, Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England (Age 58 years) Married Dec Q 1920 Derby Reg Dist, Derbyshire, England - GRO ref: Gothan, Frederick W to Lawson, Susan A q4 1920 Derby RD 7b 1556
(the other marriage on the same page of the GRO register was also of a Lawson: Agness Lawson to George H Webster. This was not Susan's sister, and given that her father was from Scotland probably chance and not a cousin, though I haven't researched to see if other relations, e.g. a brother of Thomas moved to the same area)
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300478 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Actual date from death registration index and the 1939 register