 The father died in 1886.His mother, Marion [daughter of Joseph and Harriet Kitchen;, continued to raise the family in Ypsilanti; a "capitalist", Lawrence had an older brother Don (b. Sept. 1874) and two older sisters Harriet (b. Nov. 1876) and Grace (b. June 1879).At the time of the 1900 Census, Lawrence's aunt, Josephine Kitchen, and a servant, Charlotte Brook, also lived with the family.