Life History

1847	Born in London, Middlesex.
30th Jun 1847	Baptised at St John's Notting Hill.

Notes

See also Georgina and her Sisters.

In the 1871 census, Laurentia's profession is given as ' Reader at Newspaper Officer'.

In the 1881 census , she is living at 1 Westbury Terrace, unmarried; 'Author Corrector Of Press', still living with her parents and sisters.

In the 1891 census, Laurentia is living with her sister Edith, in Bloomsbury.
She is described as: 'Author (novelist) Press Corrector'
(Is she working with/for her brother William Tillotson Drewry?)

In the 1901 census, Laurentia, 54, is still living with her sister Edith in the 'Civil Parish of St Andrew & St George The Martyr'.

Laurentia is not found in the 1911 census, but her three sisters are living in 250 Portsdown Rd at the time.
A Laurie Lansfeldt is also living at 250, Portsdown Rd in 1911.

In the 1901 census:

Laurie Lansfeldt

Single

64

Writer of Fiction and Journalist

b. Kensington, London

See fuller discussion in Georgina and her Sisters.

Writings:

In the Victoria Magazine (published between 1863-1880 in England):
L M Drewry, 'Leigh Mutiny', Victoria 25, 889-? and 26, 34-471

As Laurie Lansfeldt (described as author and journalist):

'A Daughter to Sell' (serial?)

'The Squire of Sandal Side' (listed in publisher's advert in American publication)

'The Greatest Gambler in Europe' – short story published in the Newcastle Courant in Nov 1893.

'The Piano Tuner's Romance' – short story to be published in the Newcastle Courant in July 1893

[Note : the last reference accompanied an advert for short stories written by Edith S Drewry ('The Engine Driver’s Story') and 'For More than Life' by Ina Leon Casillis.

'Criminal or Avenger' in The Leeds Times, June 1894.

'A Perilous Expedient' – a short story published in several papers (e.g. Essex Newsman) in Sept 1895.

'A Bit of a Hero' – short story published in Blackburn Standard, August 1899, (by the author of 'Divided by Love')

GRO

Birth: Mar 1847, Kensington, 3, 344
Death: Mar 1924 Drewry Laurentia aged 77 Marylebone 1a 918