Surname Saturday - LAKE

The focus of today's Surname Saturday is the surname LAKE.  My ancestral line going back seven generations:

1. Kathryn LAKE

2. My father.  He is living, therefore to protect his privacy, no details will be provided.

4. Raymond Stanley LAKE  was born 19 May 1919 in Kirton Holme, Boston, Lincolnshire, England.  He immigrated to Canada in 1926 with his mother, Fanny (CRAWFORD) and his brother, Tom.  His father, Herbert and six of his siblings had immigrated two months earlier.  Ray married my grandmother in 1939.  He died 26 January 1975.

8. Herbert LAKE was born 4 April 1875 in Wigtoft Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire, England.  He died 28 February 1957 in Thorndale, West Nissouri Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.  He was buried 2 March 1957 at Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
9. Fanny CRAWFORD was born 21 February 1879 in Boston, Lincolnshire.  She died 2 April 1949 in Thorndale.  She was married to Herbert 23 March 1899 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
Together they had eleven children:
..........i. Horace Victor LAKE (1901-1980) was married to Lucy ROBINSON (abt 1903-1975).  They had no children.
..........ii. Elsie May LAKE (1902-1987) was married to Leonard William COULSON (1902-1948).  They had seven children.
..........iii. Muriel Maud LAKE (1903-2003) was married to Sidney Harold DIXON (1898-1981).  They had one child.
..........iv. Herbert Ronald LAKE was born 20 November 1905 in Kirton Holme, Boston, Lincolnshire.  He was christened 1 December 1907 in Kirton Holme.  He immigrated to Canada in 1926 with his father, Herbert and five siblings.  Ron died 11 September 1978.  He is buried in Mapleton Cemetery in Mapleton, Dorchester South Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.  Ron never married, nor had any children.
..........v. Ralph Harold LAKE (1907-1996) was married to Clara May MATTHEWS (1915-2003).  They had two children.
..........vi. John Reginald LAKE (1909-1978) was married to Marjorie June JAMIESON (1912-1986).  He was known as Jack. Together they had six children.  He had three other children as well.
..........vii. Kathleen Irene LAKE (1910-1995) was married to Thomas William FAIRBAIRN (1900-1960).  They had six children.
..........viii. Nora Evylin LAKE (1912-2001) was married to Alvin John SHANNON (1911-2002).  They had five children.
..........ix. Thomas Frederick Davey LAKE (1914-1991) was married to Gwendolyn Mary BACHELOR (1917-1989).  They had three children.
..........x. Leslie Gerald LAKE was born 18 March 1916 in Kirton Holme, Boston, Lincolnshire.  He immigrated to Canada in 1926 with his father and five siblings. He joined the Perth Regiment during World War II.  He died 20 January 1944 in Ortona, Chieti, Italy from shrapnel wounds.  He is buried in the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in San Donato, Chieti, Italy.
...4.....xi. Raymond Stanley LAKE (1919-1975) was married to my (#5) grandmother.  She is still living, thus no details will be given.  They had six children.

16. John LAKE was born in 1827 in Kirton in Holland, Boston, Lincolnshire.  He was baptized 5 August 1827.  He occupation was agricultural labourer.  He died of exhaustion due to fracture of the thigh on 6 February 1898 in Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire.  He was buried 10 February 1898 in Swineshead.
17. Naomi DOWSE (1828-1907) on 7 December 1858 in Mablethorpe, Louth, Lincolnshire.
John and Naomi were married 7 December 1858 in Mablethorpe, Louth, Lincolnshire.
He and Naomi had eight children:
..........i. Ellen Eleanor LAKE (1860-abt 1954) was married to George WOOLLEY.  They had no children.
..........ii. Benjamin LAKE (1861-1940) was married to Margaret QUINCEY (1859-abt 1909).  They had two daughters:
....................ii.i. Annie LAKE (1890-?)
....................ii.ii. Rose Ellen LAKE (1892-1982)
..........iii. Naomi LAKE (1863-1949) was married to John ROBINSON (1861-1941).  They had seven children:
....................iii.i. Polly ROBINSON (abt 1885-?) was married to Sidney PIPER.
....................iii.ii. John William ROBINSON (1886-1962) was married to Lizzie Ann ?
....................iii.iii. Naomi ROBINSON (1889-1979) was married to Edmund RYMER.  They had two children.
....................iii.iv. Fred ROBINSON (1894-?) was married to Sarah JOHNSON. They had one child.
....................iii.v. Walter Herbert ROBINSON (1894-1967) was married to Kathleen ?
....................iii.vi. Walter ROBINSON (1894-1902)
....................iii.vii. Ethel ROBINSON (1900-1984) was married to Neil ELLERBY.  They had ten children.
..........iv. John LAKE (1867-?)
..........v.William LAKE (1867-abt 1963)
..........vi. Eliza Lake (1868-?)
..........vii. Elizabeth LAKE (1870-1957)
...8.....viii. Herbert LAKE

32. Benjamin LAKE was born about 1788 in West Keal, Spilsby, Lincolnshire.  It is interesting to note that no baptismal record has been found for Benjamin.  It is likely that he was baptized, however, due to the Stamp Act (1783-1792), his parents did not pay the tax to have the event recorded in the parish register.  He was an agricultural labourer.  Benjamin died 6 August 1869 in Kirton Holme of rheumatic inflammation of the brain.  He was buried 10 August 1869 in Kirton Holme.
33. Eleanor ROBSON (abt 1789-1875).  She and John were married 9 June 1823 in Bag Enderby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Benjamin and Eleanor had two children:
..........i. William LAKE (1824-1903) was married to Orpah DOWSE (1833-aft 1901). Orpah was sister to 17. Naomi DOWSE, who married William's brother, 16. John LAKE.  They had two daughters:
....................i.i. Elizabeth A. LAKE (1857-?)
....................i.ii. Mary Ann LAKE (1864-?)
...16.......ii. John LAKE

64. William LAKE was christened 9 October 1757 in West Keal.  He was buried 16 January 1827 in West Keal.
65. Sarah BOROMAN (abt 1758-1837). They were married 8 December 1783 in West Keal.
William and Sarah had two children:
..........i. Mary LAKE was baptized 12 December 1784 in West Keal.
...32...ii. Benjamin LAKE

128. Benjamin LAKE was born about 1728.
129. Mary (unknown) was born about 1733.  They were married about 1752 and had four children:
...........i. Benjamin LAKE was born about 1749 in West Keal.  He was buried 19 April 1753 in West Keal.
...........ii. Frances LAKE was baptized 5 June 1753 in West Keal.  She was buried 29 May 1760 in West Keal.
...64...iii. William LAKE
..........iv. Benjamin LAKE was baptized 27 October 1761 in West Keal.  He was buried 13 December 1763 in West Keal.

If you are researching this LAKE family, I would appreciate hearing from you.


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