Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Reginald Loucks Lawson

Charles Reginald Lawson
(1858-)

Laura Jane Loucks
(1873-)

Reginald Loucks Lawson
(1913-1990)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Dorothea Merle Seydel

Reginald Loucks Lawson ¹ ²

Born: 6 February 1913, Colorado, United States ¹ ²
Marriage (1): Dorothea Merle Seydel in September 1932 ¹
Died: 13 January 1990, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States at age 76 ²
Buried: After 13 January 1990, Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States

bullet General Notes:

Adopted by the Lawsons. Birth parents name JACOBSEN.

He lived in Santee, Nebraska as a boy with his adoptive parents. Santee was in the Santee Indian Reservation. Charles Lawson was a Presbyterian minister and a missionary. Reginald worked in the print shop at the mission. His mother, Lura, would come into his room in the middle of the night and beat him. His father finally moved him out into the barn. He was in his late teens when the family moved to Iowa City. That is where he met Dorothea Seydel.
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bullet Death Notes:

Name: Reginald L Lawson
Given Name: Reginald L
Surname: Lawson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Jan 1990
Age: 77
Birth Date: 06 Feb 1913

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5W4-9J7 : 4 December 2020), Reginald L Lawson, 13 Jan 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. 1940 US Census, 16 April 1940, Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States. ¹ 1940 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 92-24, Family 219, Roll 1211
Washington, Washington County, Iowa, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
House rented, $20
Reginald L. Lawson..Head..27..CO..2 years college..Asst. Mgr, Retail Dept. Store..earned $1645 in 1939

(Living with wife, 3 children, and 1 niece.)

2. Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery, After 13 January 1990, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.

Reginald married Dorothea Merle Seydel, daughter of Jesse Cartright Seydel and Lizzie Mae McLaughlin, in September 1932.¹ (Dorothea Merle Seydel was born on 9 August 1916 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States ¹ ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ and died on 1 November 2010 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States ⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Washington, Washington County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 92-24, sheet 9A, household 219, Reginald Loucks Lawson and Dorothea Merle Seydel; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 22 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1211.

2 "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1202535 : accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5W4-9J7 : 4 December 2020), Reginald L Lawson, 13 Jan 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

3 "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821206 : accessed 23 Sep 2014), Dorothea Merle Seydel.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 12A, family 310, Jesse Cartright Seydel and Lizzie Mae McLaughlin; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 20 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

5 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0016, sheet 29B, family 774, Lizzie Mae McLaughlin; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 20 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 661.

6 "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1202535 : accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK4J-3PD : 4 December 2020), Dorothea M Lawson, 01 Nov 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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