Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Lawrence Samson

Lawrence Samson was the son of George Torrance Samson ( a JP and provost of Cumnock 1881-1887) and Mary Dalgleish. He was born in Cumnock on 4th March 1880.

He was a gunner in the RFA in the Boer War (from 1899 -1902) aged 19.

He emigrated to Canada on the Sicilian in 1906 and married Susan McMillan in Winnipeg in 1911.

He enlisted with the Canadian Forces  in 1916 when he was a salesman in Senlac.

In 1916 he paid a return visit to Cumnock.
Cumnock Chronicle 1916, added May 2018

In the 1921 census he was a salesman living at 2437 Rock Bay Av, Victoria, British Columbia with his wife and 2 children

1921 census
Victoria, BC
Lawrence Samson 38 b Scotland
Susan Samson 28 b Scotland
Mary Samson 8 b Manitoba
John Samson 7 b Saskatchewan


He died in Victoria on 22nd November 1942.

Cumnock Connections tree

3 comments:

  1. Hi to whom it may concern my name is Kerry lee Samson by looking through these people my grand father was Lawrence Torrance Samson Lawrence had two children my aunt Mary and my father john Torrance Samson born in

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    1. Continued kerrobert Saskatchewan Canada john had4 sons 1 daughter. Patricia Elaine Ronald George Allan john. Twin boys Gerald Torrance Kerry lee my father passed a .way April 3rd 1970 my mother Ethel violet Samson ,,,Pavely I'm new at this so pleas.e bare with me My sister is on ancestry .com Patrice Elaine Roemer ....Samson K l Samson at hot mail .com

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  2. Thanks Kerry. I'm on the case!

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