Lawrence Clutterbuck (abt. 1897 - 1939)

Born about 13 Aug 1897 in Rat Portage, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1939 at about age 42 in San Diego, California, United States

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Biography

Lawrence was born in 1897^[1]. He was the son of Austin Clutterbuck and Ruth Land. His father was a Mill Hand.

He lived with his parents and his brother Austin Bernard Jr. in Algoma, Ontario, Canada (1901), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1906) and Red Deer Sub-Districts 80-128, Alberta, Canada (1911).

Tragically his brother Austin Bernard died in February 1913, at age 13, when Lawrence accidentally shot him with a revolver. He was buried in Red Deer Cemetery.

When the 1st World War broke out, Lawrence was 17 years of age. He enlisted in Calgary in February 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 18th Battalion and the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He suffered shell shock and shell gas poisoning but he recovered and returned home in June 1919.[[1]]

In the 1921 Census of Canada 23 year old Lawrence was recorded as a Lodger in the household of William and Loma Burdette at 262 Wellington Ave, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Also in the household was his mother Ruth.

He emigrated from Canada to the United States in 1922 (as did his mother)^[2]. His occupation was recorded as Auto Mechanic.

He lived with his mother in San Diego where he worked as an auto mechanic and trainman. In 1927 he became a naturalised US Citizen^[3].

Lawrence joined the San Diego police force on 10 January 1929, at age 31.

United States Census, 1930: Living with his mother Ruth (aged 55) in San Diego, California. He was by now aged about 32.

Occupation: Policeman

In May 1933 he was one of nine officers injured during a communist parade and riot in San Diego. Around that same time he married and city directories listed his wife as Billie E. Clutterbuck, but by 1939 they were likely separated as they were listed at different addresses.

He passed away in 1939 at the age of about 42^[4], after being found dead in his bed, and was buried at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, San Diego County, California^[5]>

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F25G-S3P : 13 February 2020), Lawrence Clutterbuck, 1897.
2. ↑ "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3T-8NLC : 23 February 2021), Lawrence J Clutterbuck, 1922; citing M1464, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 453, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 2,155,223.
3. ↑ "California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGHW-K4F : 28 April 2021), Laurence Clutterbuck, 1927.
4. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-TLYH : 23 February 2021), Lawrence Clutterbuck, 23 Dec 1939; citing 77205, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111573197/lawrence-clutterbuck : accessed 24 September 2021), memorial page for Lawrence Clutterbuck (18 Aug 1897–23 Dec 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111573197, citing Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, San Diego County, California, USA ; Maintained by Marissa R. (contributor 47799000)

Census Records

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2H-38W : 23 February 2021), Lawrence Clutterbuck in household of Austin Clutterbuck, Algoma, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 4, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• "Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHJY-QHX : 1 April 2016), Lawrence Clutterbuck in household of Austin Clutterbuck, 6D, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-L62G : 16 March 2018), Laurence Clutterbuck in entry for Austin Clutterbuck, 1911; citing Census, Red Deer Sub-Districts 80-128, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,656.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRM-N4H : 23 February 2021), Laurence Clutterbuck in household of A Clutterbuck, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 4, line 2; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,969.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6J-V1S : accessed 24 September 2021), Lawrence Clutterluck in household of Ruth Clutterluck, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 170, sheet 10A, line 25, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 193; FHL microfilm 2,339,928.