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.
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| 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
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
ReplyDeleteContinued 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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