Ernest Lawrence was born in October, 1909 in St. Pauls, Bristol, England. He married Jessie Mabel Preston abt. 1954 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. He died April 02, 1987. Jessie Mabel Preston, daughter of Charles Preston and Mabel Harper Wilkes , was born November 03, 1917 in Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. She died abt. 1998.