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Note: N8 After his mother died and they returned to Livermore, he seemed to have gone to live with his grandmother (ann kelly) and aunt mary
Oct 26, 1900 Lawrence went to West Bend to attend the convent school.
Jan 8, 1904: Lawrence spent his vacation with his Grandma Callahan near Humboldt
April 22, 1904: Lawrence was up from Humboldt where he is attending school
Jan 6, 1905: alwrence is visiting home this week.
Went to Moose Jaw in 1906. Took homestead in 1908 six miles east of Assiniboia
1909 worked on a land survey for six months, surveying twenty-four townships southwest of Wood Mountain
Worked around Moose Jaw till 1914 when he settled on his homestead.
Talked of a prairie fire which was ablaze on knee high grass. He and his cousin were travelling north of Moose Jaw when he encountered it. He tried to back fire, but his partner could not hold the team of horses, so they galloped just ahead of the fire into Buffalo Pound Lake.
Fall of 1913 and 1914 were good winters up to Feb.
He hauled clay from Hans Bjerke place into Wilows, whipped for pottery to Medicine Hat.
Blizzard in Feb 1914 came up while hauling clay and he was travelling the old trail and north west to the Ed Lumb place. He was to meet Mr. Coldbank on the trail, but with the sudden blizzard they never met as the visibility was almost nil. Lawrence continued to walk along the lake and came to some muskrat houses and he realized where he was. He knew a Mr. Parsons lived not too far away when he reached a certain point on the lake shore he could smell the lignite smoke and he continued in the direction of the smell and reached the parson’s house. He stayed with him for three days until the storm subsided.
1914 dry year, best grade for wheat was no 4.
1915 was wonderful -- 50 bushels per acre, Marquis wheat
1918 to 1921 it hailed every year and in 1919 they were almost completely hailed out
Lawrence served as chairman of the board of Lethburn school, Charlie Kyle secretary.
House burned to the ground in 1927 from an oil fire.
Retired from active farming in 1975
Moved to Assiniboia in 1981
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