Susannah Lawrence was born 1838 in Merriott, Somerset, England to Luke Lawrence (1812-1883) and Sarah Osborne (1811-1890) and died 22 May 1903 Manning River, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes.
Immigration to New South Wales
Samuel Osborne & Susannah Lawrence, cousins, married in 1856 on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. (Samuel Osborne was the son of William and Temperance Osborne.) They returned to Merriott in time to baptise their son Samuel on 11 October 1857. They then emigrated to New South Wales in 1858 on board the FitzJames, the same ship as Susannah's parents. Her parents also brought to Australia her youngest siblings: Samuel aged 13, Joseph aged 10, Robert aged 4.
Susannah Lawrence's 1st-cousin William Osborne (1834-1913), the son of her uncle William Osborne and his wife Ann (and who was also a cousin of her husband Samuel Osborne), had immigrated with his wife Hannah Sweeet (1838-1923) (also a cousin) and family to NSW aboard the Alfred in 1857. Also on this ship was another cousin Joseph (aka Henry Joseph) Osborne (1827-1898) and his wife Mary Ann Lawrence.
Susannah's nephew George Eason (1856-1926) and his family also immigrated about 1881.
Death of Susannah's 1st husband
Susannah's 1st husband Samuel Osborne tragically drowned in the Williams River om 27 July 1864 at a little place called Seaham, just upstream from Raymond Terrace. Susannah was newly pregnant when her 1st husband died.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Osborne (1857-1903) | |||
| Emily Emma Osborne (1859-1929) | |||
| Louisa Osborne (1861-1918) | |||
| Mary Osborne (1863-1864) | |||
| William Osborne (1865-1928) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Susannah Gill (1876-1967) | 26 December 1876 Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia | 15 February 1967 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | Richard Unicomb (1875-1957) |
| Martha Elizabeth Gill (1880-1956) | 13 July 1880 Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia | 29 April 1956 Botany, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Alfred James Thompson (1879-1940) |
| Andrew George Gill (1883-1957) | 18 January 1883 Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia | 1 April 1957 Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia | Camile Jane Rose (1885-1949) |
| Sarah May Gill (1884-1951) | 18 October 1884 Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia | 20 August 1951 Taree, New South Wales, Australia | George Tisdell (1875-1946) |
Changes of surname by daughters:
- Emily Emma Osborne married Philip Sculthorpe in 1880
- Louisa Osborne married Robert Armstrong in 1879
- Susannah Gill married Richard Unicomb in 1897
- Martha Elizabeth Gill married Alfred James Thompson in 1899
- Sarah May Gill married in George Tisdell in 1901