Lawrence Gervais

Lawrence Raymond 'Jerry' Gervais (1919–2002) was Ricky Gervais's father. A Franco-Ontarian, he emigrated while on foreign duty during the Second World War from London, Ontario, Canada. Jerry met Gervais's mother, Eva Sophia M. House (1925–2000),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> during a wartime blackout,<ref>The Independent (2005) – "His father, Jerry, was a French-Canadian ... soldier stationed here during the war. He met Eva, the comedian's mother, during a blackout and they settled in Reading."</ref> and they settled in Whitley. Throughout Ricky's life he worked as a labourer.