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Martha Maria Lawry was born circa 1796.¹ and was baptised on 6 June 1808.² She was buried on 11 April 1811.¹

She was baptised in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 31 July 1791.¹ She was buried on 5 October 1811 in Lanivet.¹

Mary Australia Lawry was born in Auckland on 3 April 1850.^1,2

She married William Henry Lyon in New Zealand on 7 December 1876. There were no children from this marriage.^1,3,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband William in 1913.⁵

Mary died on 13 September 1919 in Auckland at age 69.^1,6

Mary Australia Lawry was born on 9 December 1825.^1,2

She married John Aldred at Wesleyan Chapel in Auckland on 1 May 1849. There were reputedly 11 children of this marriage.^1,3,4,2,5

She was widowed on the death of her husband John in 1894.^1,2,6

Mary died on 12 July 1903 in New Zealand at age 77.^1,2,7

Rollo Spencer Lawry was born in New Zealand on 2 September 1895.^1,2

He married Esther Annie Martin in New Zealand on 21 January 1920. There were reputedly 8 children from this marriage.^1,3,4

Rollo died in 1980 in New Zealand.⁵

Stephen Scott Lawry was born in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, on 13 April 1885.^1,2

Stephen died on 4 April 1941 in New South Wales at age 55.^3,4

Thomas Spencer Lawry was born in New Zealand on 18 February 1857.^1,2

He married Florence Mabel Battley in New Zealand on 21 July 1892.^1,3,4

Thomas died on 22 June 1895 in New Zealand at age 38.^1,5

Walter Lawry was born in Rutheren, Cornwall, on 3 August 1793.^1,2

He married Mary Cover Hassall, daughter of Rowland Hassall and Elizabeth Hancox, at St John's Church in Parramatta, New South Wales, on 22 November 1819. This was one part of the 'triple wedding' of the 3 Hassall siblings.^1,3,2

He was widowed at age 32 on the death of his wife Mary on 25 December 1825.^1,2

Walter's second marriage was to Eliza Molyneaux on 27 July 1829.^1,2

Henry Hassall Lawry and Hephzibah Forsaith were married by Walter Lawry at Wesleyan Chapel in Auckland on 1 May 1849.^{4,5,1,6,7,2,8}

John Aldred and Mary Australia Lawry were married by Walter Lawry at Wesleyan Chapel in Auckland on 1 May 1849.^1,9,10,2,8

Walter died on 26 March 1859 in Parramatta, New South Wales, at age 65.^1,11,2 He was buried on 30 March 1859 at the Wesleyan Cemetery (now the Walter Lawry Methodist Memorial Park) in Parramatta.²

Walter Forsaith Lawry was born in Auckland on 16 May 1851.²

He married Marguerite Elizabeth Simpson at the residence of the bride's parents in Nth Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, on 24 February 1880.^3,4,5,6

He was named as a beneficiary of the will of Thomas Spencer Forsaith, his uncle, dated 13 June 1898 in Parramatta, New South Wales; he was to receive all his "manuscripts. sermons, lectures, Auto-Biographical Memoranda and all other productions of my pen, excepting only writings books and papers relating to my estate."⁷

Elizabeth Mary Clements, Thomas Morell Macdonald and Walter Forsaith Lawry were appointed executors of Thomas Spencer Forsaith's estate in Sydney, New South Wales, on 22 December 1898.⁸

Walter died on 18 November 1929 in Sydney, New South Wales, at age 78.⁹

Walter Leslie Lawry was born in New Zealand in 1893.^1,2

He married Ethel Frances Courtney in New Zealand on 7 August 1919. There were reputedly 2 children from this marriage.^1,3,4

Walter died in 1950 in New Zealand.^1,5