The Times, Saturday, Oct 14, 1978 it was reported that George Laurence died at home aged ,88 and a memorial service for him and his wife Minnie who died in June of that year was held at 11.00 on Saturday 28 October 1978 at St. Marys Parish Church.I never met my ancestor but would liked to have known him. Did you know him?   He was born into a Quaker family on 19 October 1880 in West Derby, Liverpool of Thomas Davy Laurence, a prosperous Temperance Hotel proprietor, Chairman of the Select Vestry who organised the Liverpool Workhouse and soon to be magistrate. His mother was Kate Parkes whose father was an independent clergyman. In 1904 George qualified in London as a doctor and surgeon and in 1915 as a surgeon in Edinburgh. Whilst training to be a Doctor he married his first wife Olive in 1907. Once qualified he worked as a local doctor in Chippenham, Wiltshire. In 1934 his father who was living with him died. George had also been present in Torquay in 1929 when his mother Kate died. In 1922 when the Temperance Hotel was demolished Thomas had resigned as local magistrate to look after his sick wife in Torquay. After her death he moved to Chippenham to live with his son George. Olive had two children, Robert Wilton and Mary Blanche. From June 1942 to end of May 1954 he was employed as Works Medical Officer who was also in charge of Welfare being Chairman of the Works entertainment committee for Westinghouse Brake and Signal, whose employees rose from 2,500 in 1942  to around 4,500 in 1954. In 1953 his first wife died and he married Minnie Pike. Upon retirement he moved into private practice in Wargrave, specialising in homeopathy. In collaboration with two others he published a book called Psionic Medicine and founded the Psionic Medical Society. He lived at Mumbery Lodge, School Hill which he had built for him, now demolished. Were you one of his patients, did you know him? Please could you tell me more about him

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