Robert Laird

Abt 1838 - 1881  (43 years)

• Name	Robert Laird
  Birth	Abt 1838	Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1841	Wilson's Land, Old Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	LAIRD Charles, 25, Coal Miner, No LAIRD Jane, 20, Yes LAIRD David, 5, Yes LAIRD Robert, 3, Yes LAIRD William, 1, Yes SNEDDON William, 60, L.P. No SNEDDON Sarah, 10, Cotton PLW, Yes
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Patterson's Row, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	LAIRD, Charles, Head, Married, 38, Coalminer, born (Unknown) - very difficult to read could be Stirling ?? LAIRD, Jane, Wife, M, 35, Govan, Lanark LAIRD, David, Son, U, 15, Trapdoor Keeper, Old Monkland, Lanark LAIRD, Robert, Son, U, 13, Drawer in a coalpit, Old Monkland, Lanark LAIRD, William, Son, 10, Drawer in a coalpit, Old Monkland, Lanark LAIRD, Jane, Dau, 8, Scholar, Barony of Glasgow, Lanark LAIRD, Charles, Son, 6, Scholar, Barony of Glasgow, Lanark LAIRD, Eleanor, Dau, 4, Govan, Lanark LAIRD, Thomas, Son, 1, Govan, Lanark
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Fullarton Street, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  	LAIRD Robert, Head, 34, Coal Miner, Ruthington Lanark LAIRD Mary, Wife, 30, Miners Wife, Ireland LAIRD Robert, Son, 8, Scholar, Kilmarnock Ayr LAIRD Jane, Dau, 6, Old Monkland Lanark LAIRD Helen, Dau, 4, Old Monkland Lanark LAIRD Mary, Dau, 2, Dundonald Ayr
  Death	8 Mar 1881	Fullarton Street, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	Cause: Concussion of Brain, Compression Cerebral Extravasation (being stuck on head by iron plate
  	Robert Laird at 1.20AM aged 46 years. General Labourer, Married to Mary Gracey Parents: Charles Laird, Tailor journeyman (dec) & Jane Hutchinson (dec) Robert Laird, son was present when he passed away.
  Newspaper	9 Mar 1881	"The Glasgow Herald", Scotland   [6]
  	Fatal Result of an Accident. Robert Laird, Fullarton Street, Irvine, engaged in working a punching machine at the Vale of Clyde Works, died yesterday from injuries sustained through some part of the machine giving way on Monday and striking him on the head.
  Burial	9 Mar 1881	Irvine Old Churchyard, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Erected by Mary Gracey in memory of her husband Robert Laird. d 8 March 1881 aed 43yrs. Also their children Mary d 14 August 1861 aged 6yrs. William d 18 July 1868 aged 6 yrs. Helen d 14 Sept 1872 aged 6yrs and 3mth. Mary d 14 ** 1872 aged 3yrs and 3mth.
  		LAIRD Robert 1881 Irvine Old Churchyard Ayreshire
  Person ID	I2658	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Charles Laird,   b. Abt 1813, Scotland d. Between 1853 and 1855, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Hutchison,   b. 23 Apr 1815, Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 20 Apr 1862, Overton Hamlet, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Gracey,   b. Abt 1842, Ireland d. 1906, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1860	Beachead, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4, 8]
  	after Banns were issued between us according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. Robert Laird (x his mark) (Robert Gracey & Thomas Falconer (sic) - witneses), Aged 23, Coal Miner, Bachelor Usual Res: Dryton (sic) parish of Lanark Dreghorn Parents: Charles Laird, Coal Miner, (dec) & Jane Hutchesion Mary Ann Gracey (x her mark) (Robert Gracey & Thomas Falconer - witnesses) Aged 18, Servant, Spinster Usual Res: Strand Street, Kilmarnock. Parents: William Gracey, Labourer & Mary Willis Witnesses: Robert Gracey & Thomas Falconer
  Number of Children	5 Children
  Children	1. Mary Laird,   b. Abt 1861   d. 14 Aug 1867 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Robert Laird,   b. 1863, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   3. Jane Hutchison Laird,   b. 1864, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   4. Helen Laird,   b. 1866, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 14 Sep 1872, Fullarton Street, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]   5. William Laird,   b. 13 Jun 1868, Halfway, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 19 Jul 1868, Halfway, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Mary Laird,   b. 30 May 1869, Halfway, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 13 Sep 1872, Fullarton Street, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Charles Laird,   b. 1872, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1838 - Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1841 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 6 June 1841;), 1841 Barony Glasgow Lanark, 622/00 096/00 025. [S25] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1851 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 30 March 1851;), 1851 Gorbals Film No 166, 627B Govan/Strathbungo - 1851 Govan Lanark 644/02 137/02 005. [S62] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1871 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.co.uk, 2 April 1871;), 1871 Dundonald Ayr, Ed 9 Pg 23 Reg 595 - via Ancestry.co.uk. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1881 Irvine Ayr, 595/00 0048. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, 1881 - The Glasgow Herald, Wed March 9 1881, pg 8 under Mail and Steamship News at the bottom - via Findmypast.co.uk. [S35] Cemetery Records, Scottish Monumental Inscriptions - Irvine Old Churchyard, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - via MyHeritage family tree. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1860 Kilmarnock Ayr, 597/00 0197.