Francis Cooper Lawrance Jr. (May 1, 1858 – March 18, 1904) was an American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York society.
Early life
Lawrance was born on May 1, 1858, in Manhattan.[1] He was the eldest son, and namesake, of Francis Cooper Lawrance (1829–1911) and Frances Adelaide (née Garner) Lawrance (1835–1908). Among his siblings were Frances Margaret Lawrance (wife of George Venables Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon in 1885),[2] Thomas Garner Lawrance (who died aged 21), and William Garner Lawrance.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Lawrance and Margaret Lawrence (née Ireland) Lawrance. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Garner of England and Frances Mathilda (née Thorne) Garner.[3]
In 1881, Lawrance was married to Sarah Eggleston Lanier (1862–1893), a daughter of banker Charles D. Lanier and granddaughter of James F. D. Lanier, who founded Winslow, Lanier & Co. Before her death in 1893, they were the parents of:
Lawrance died of Bright's disease on March 18, 1904, aged 45, at Pau, France.[4] After his death, his widow moved to Paris with her daughter and her step-children were looked after by their paternal grandfather.[14] Susan died in Paris on May 2, 1933, and was buried at the American Cathedral in Paris. In her will, she left her estate to their daughter and grandson.[17] Their daughter received all of her jewelry, personal effects, a life estate in a trust of $250,000, a remainder interest in a $40,000 trust and the residuary estate.[17]
Descendants
Through his son Charles, he was the grandmother of Emily Lawrance (1911–2004),[18] who married author Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Jr.,[19] and Francis Cooper Lawrance (1916–2004).[20]
^"THE NEWS OF NEWPORT"(PDF). The New York Times. October 17, 1899. Retrieved 16 July 2018. NEWPORT, R.I., Oct. 16. — Mrs. Edward S. Willing entertained at dinner this evening in honor of her daughter, Miss Susan Willing, whose engagement to Frank C. Lawrance of New York was formally announced. The wedding will occur Nov. 2.
^Bayot, Jennifer (January 13, 2005). "Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Memoirist of Wartime Escape, Dies at 92". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-01. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, whose memoir, "Passages to Freedom," chronicled his escape from a prison camp in Italy during World War II, died on Saturday in Morristown, N.J. He was 92 and lived in Far Hills, N.J. The cause was pneumonia, said his daughter Barbara F. Israel.