Edwin Lawford House, Carnarvon St

Location: 13 Williamsons Rd, Doncaster ?

Photograph of Edwin Lawford's house (built 1881) and sheds, at the north end of Carnarvon Street, alongside Williamsons Road. In 1904 Edwin Lawford built a cool store, and this is probably the building that can be seen at the rear of the house. The house in the far distance belonged to Henry  Crouch. (Photo c1910)

Edwin Lawford senior was born in Box Hill in 1858, was educated at Scotch College, and for a short time became an assistant teacher at the Melbourne Deaf and Dumb Institution. He then established an orchard and nursery business in Doncaster in partnership with his brother John Birkby Lawford. After the partnership was dissolved he purchased more land and decided to specialize in pear growing. He built a small cool store and was an originator (with John Petty) of the West Doncaster Cool Storage Company. Edwin Lawford married Elizabeth Inglis (b 1865) in 1887, and there were two children of the marriage, Edwin Inglis and Elizabeth Winifred. Edwin junior married Florence Serpell and Winifred married Herman Zerbe.
(Extract of document DD6F1D10 in the DTHS Archive.)

c1910 Edwin Lawford's house and sheds, at the north end of Carnarvon Street, alongside Williamsons Road. In 1904 Edwin Lawford built a cool store, and this is probably the building that can be seen at the rear of the house. The house in the far distance belonged to Henry Crouch.  DP0218