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William Laurence was born 1856 in Liverpool he and his family emigrated to Victoria Australia .
his parents were James Anderson born 1827 in Leigh Scotland and Catherine Goudie born 1827 Lerwick Shetland Isles Scotland

looking for any information on William

do you want information from Scotland, form Liverpool, or from Australia??

It helps if you are more specific!!

for reference, and to aid in timing of presence in places ..........

........... the following is on a Public Tree on Ancestry


James Anderson

Emigrated from Liverpool. James came first and secured accommodation in Melbourne before his wife Catherine and four children traveled; they arrived in Jan 1858.

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According to this tree .........

Catherine died in 1861

James married Catherine Murray (nee Huggan) in 1868, Inglewood, Victoria,
Australia

James died 5 Jan 1879, age 52, Inglewood, Victoria

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Another tree gives the following bit of information for William Laurence .............

1857 28 Dec — Age: 1 Melbourne, Australia

Information apparently from Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923

1879 — Age: 23
Deneliquin Victoria Australia

no info for him after that


Residence
1900 — Age: 44
Victoria, Australia

Thought to have died in Western Australia




I cannot check the Passenger lIsts

Is this the family?


1851 England Census about Catterina Anderson
Name: Catterina Anderson
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James Anderson
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Scotland

Civil Parish: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration District: Liverpool
Sub-registration District: St Thomas
ED, institution, or vessel: 1e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 53
Piece: 2181
Folio: 145
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Jones 65
John Merrilies 20
James Anderson 24 - Scotland, lodger <<<<<<<
Catterina Anderson 24 - Scotland, lodger <<<<<<<
Mary Anderson 1 - Scotland <<<<<<<<
Robert Patterson 38
Jessey Patterson 21
Mary Lindsay 12

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about James Anderson
Name: James Anderson
Spouse Name: Catherine Huggins
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Year: 1868
Registration number: 3218

William Laurence seems to have been named after his grandfather:


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about James Anderson
Name: James Anderson
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 52
Father's Name: William Lauranc
Mother's Name: Mary Unknown
Registration Year: 1879
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 1810
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827

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Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 about William Anderson
Name: William Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Age: 2
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1857
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Almora
Nationality: Scottish



Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 about Catherine Anderson
Name: Catherine Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Age: 31
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1857
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Almora
Nationality: Scottish


Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 about Mary Anderson
Name: Mary Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Age: 10
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1857
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Almora
Nationality: Scottish



Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 about Jane Anderson
Name: Jane Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Age: 7
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1857
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Almora
Nationality: Scottish



Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 about Margaret Anderson
Name: Margaret Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Age: 5
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1857
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Almora
Nationality: Scottish

Presumably you're looking for records of William in Australia, Florence.

Without the middle name, it's difficult, if not impossible. William Anderson is a very common name.

I wish I could see the image of this, in case Melville is a mistranscription of William!
It would be a late marriage, but you never know!:

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Melville Laurence Anderson
Name: Melville Laurence Anderson
Father's Name: James Anderson
Spouse Name: Ivy Frances Dorothea Smith
Spouse's Father's Name: Enoch Horace Smith
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1916
Marriage Place: Macclesfield
Registration Place: Strathalbyn, South Australia
Page Number: 109
Volume Number: 266

Thank you all for looking I have all the early information on William Laurence it his what happened to him in later live "did he marry and his death" got all the information on his siblings but WIlliam is a mystery, I think he must have left home at a early age as he wasn't present at his father's funeral in 1879 also he wasn't mentioned in his father's will.His father James Anderson was a baker by trade but made his money in the gold mines as when he died he that quite a bit of property I know he had a bakery on Brookes Street in Inglewood Ararat
I will keep on hoping I will find out what happened to William Laurence Anderson

Re: the marriage that ArgyllGran posted, I think this may be the birth to accompany it:

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Laurence Melville Anderson
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1894
Father's Name: James Anderson
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Bell
Birth Place: Woodchester
Registration Place: Strathalbyn, South Australia
Page Number: 413
Volume Number: 555

the WIlliam Laurence Anderson born 1856 in Liverpool uk his parents were James Anderson born 1827 and Catherine Goudie born 1827 both Scotland he had 3 older siblings Mary b1849 scotland, Jane b 1852 and Margaret b 1854 in Liverpool they emigrated Victoria in 1857 James went out there the year before they settled in Inglewood Ararat Catherine had 2 more children Janet b 1858 died when she was 4 weeks old and James b 1860 and died 1876 Cartherine died in 1861 aged 34
James married againin 1868

still looking for information on William Laurence Anderson born 18his parsnts56 liverpool uk emigrated to Victoria Australia in 1857.his parents James and Catherine Anderson nee Goudie were both from Scotland