Thomas Laird

1878 - 1936  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas Laird
  Birth	23 Jan 1878	Main Street, Ballieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	LAIRD Thomas At 1.15PM Parents: William Laird, Coal Miner & Mary Laird MS Gardiner Married: 31 Dec 1860, The Manse, Old Monkland William Laird, X his mark, Father registered the birth.
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	LAIRD Thomas, Head, Mar, 23, Coal Miner, Bothwell Lanark LAIRD Elizabeth, Wife, Mar, 23, Miners Wife, Bothwell Lanark
  Census	2 Apr 1911	11 Borestone Crescent, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [4]
  	LAIRD Thomas, Head, Mar, 33, Miners Hewer, Coal Worker, Old Monkland Lanarkshire LAIRD Lizzie, Wife, Mar, 33, Married 10 years, 4 Children born and living, Duarrter ? Lanark LAIRD William, Son, 9, School, Bothwell Lanark LAIRD Lizzie, Dau, 5, School, Bothwell Lanark LAIRD David, Son, 3, School, Bothwell Lanark LAIRD Thomas, Son, 8 mths, Bothwell Lanark
  Death	30 May 1936	Royal Infirmary, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 5]
  	Thomas Laird Colliery Oversman Married to Elizabeth Forrest Usual Res: Millhall Farm At 3 AM aged 58 years. Parents: William Laird, Coal Miner hewer (dec) & Mary Laird MS Gardner (dec) Thomas Laird, Son, 4 Main Street Stirling was the informant.
  Newspaper	3 Jun 1936	"Falkirk Herald", Scotland   [6]
  	POLMAISE PIT EXPLOSION One of Three Injured Men Died in Infirmary Three men suffered burning injuries on Friday as the result of an ignition of gas in No 1 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, Millhall, near Stirling. The injured men, who were taken to Stirling Royal Infirmary, were Thomas Laird, sen, oversman, Millhall Farm, Stirling; Bertie Boyle, fireman, 32 East Murrayfield, Bannockburn; and Joseph Hamil, chain runner, 13 Ochilview, Cowie. Laird succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning. It was thought at first that his injuries were not of a very serious nature, but his condition became worse during Friday night. He had been employed at the Colliery for 25 years. He leaves a wife and a grown up family. Boyle, who was also badly burned about the head, face, and arms, still lies in a serious condition in the Infirmary. Hamil escaped with burns on the right arm and shoulder and slight injuries to his face. He was able to leave the Infirmary on Saturday afternoon. The explosion occurred in Miller's Dook, in the main coal section. The men were engaged on an inspection, and were alone in the Dook at the time, but 12 other men were employed in the vicinity. The cause of the ignition is not yet known. About 190 men were at work in No 1 Pit at the time, but it was not found necessary to withdraw them all from the workings. Men engaged on the affected section, however, were brought to the surface. Mr John Muir, the manager of the colliery, immediately went down the pit and made an inspection. It was found that very little damage had been done by the explosion. Mr James Watson, general manager of Messrs Archibald Russell, Ltd; the owners of the colliery, arrived later and went down to examine the section where the explosion occurred. In an interview Hamil stated that he was taking a hutch along the main road, and that just as he reached the entrance to the dook, which the oversman and the fireman had previously entered, there was a blinding flash and a roar. He was thrown to the pavement, and remembered nothing until men from the next dook came running to discover what had happened. William McFarlane, a Fallin man, who was the first of the men who ran to the rescue, was himself slightly injured by the force of the explosion as it expended itself along the airway to the main road.
  Person ID	I3576	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	William Laird,   b. Abt 1840, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 20 Oct 1905, Lees Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Gardiner,   b. 14 May 1841, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 5 Mar 1931, 135 Old Edinburgh Road, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Spiers Forrest,   b. 1878, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 25 Feb 1951, 12 Cousine's Buildings, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1901	The Public Hall, Aitkenhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 7]
  	After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland Thomas Laird Coal Miner, Bachelor, aged 23 Res: 5 Double Row, Thornwood Parents: William Laird, Coal Miner & Mary Laird MS Gardner Lizzie Speirs Forrest Domestic Servant, Spinster, aged 23 Res: 24 Double Row, Thornwood Parents: David Forrest, Coal Miner & Elizabeth Forrest MS Speirs Witnesses: Peter Laird & Christina Forrest
  Number of Children	4 Known Children - may be more
  Children	1. William Laird,   b. 1902, Bothwell, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   2. Elizabeth Speirs Laird,   b. 1905, Bothwell, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1962, 133 Balornock Road, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]   3. David Forrest Laird,   b. 1908, Bothwell, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   4. Thomas Laird,   b. 1910, Bothwell, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1988, Tullibody, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1878 Old Monkland Lanark, 652/01 0033. [S49] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1901 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 31 March 1901;), 1901 Bothwell Lanark, Reg 625/1 ED 8 Page 4 - via Ancestry. [S110] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1911 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 2 April 1911;), 1911 Stirling Stirlingshire, 490/19/24. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1936 Stirling Stirlingshire, 490/200 aged 58. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Falkirk Herald, 3 June 1936 page 8 Also mention in the following newspapers as well: 1 June 1936, Dundee Courier page 2; 2 June 1936 Aberdeen press and Journal. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1901 Bothwell Lanark, 625/01 0031.