William Laird b. Abt 1840 Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 20 Oct 1905 Lees Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland: Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

William Laird

Abt 1840 - 1905 (65 years)

Name	William Laird
Birth	Abt 1840	Airdrie, 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	Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]
	LAIRD William, Head, M, 31, Coalminer, Old Monkland, Lanark, 2 windows and 2 children at school LAIRD Mary, Wife, M, 27, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton LAIRD Charles, Son, 8, Scholar, Old Monkland LAIRD Alexander, Son, 6, Scholar, Old Monkland LAIRD Jane, Dau, 4, Old Monkland LAIRD Helen P, Dau, 2, Old Monkland LAIRD Mary, Dau, 6mths, Old Monkland CUNNINGHAM John, Boarder, Unm, 45, Coalminer, Old Monkland
Census	3 Apr 1881	Thornwood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
	Have not been able to locate the family on the 1881 Census CD's. Suspect not recorded
Census	5 Apr 1891	Gardiners Buildings, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]
	LAIRD, William, Head, M, 51, Coal Miner, Employed, Airdrie, Lanark, 2 rooms with windows LAIRD, Mary Gardiner, Wife, M, 49, Glasgow, Lanark LAIRD, Mary, Dau, Unm, 20, House Keeper, Baillieston, Lanark LAIRD, William,Son, Unm,18, Coal Miner, Employed, Baillieston, Lanark LAIRD, Robert, Son, Unm, 17, Coal Miner, Employed, Baillieston, Lanark LAIRD, Elizabeth, Dau, Unm, 15, General Servant, Baillieston, Lanark LAIRD, Thomas, Son, 13, Coal Miner, Employed, Baillieston, Lanark LAIRD, Peter, Son, 11, Scholar, Uddingston, Lanark LAIRD, Janet, Dau, 9, Scholar, Uddingston, Lanark LAIRD, Bella, Dau, 4, Uddingston, Lanark
Census	31 Mar 1901	5 Lees Land, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]
	LAIRD, William, Head, Mar, 60, Coal Miner, Worker, Old Monkland Lanarkshire, 2 rooms with windows LAIRD, Mary, Wife, Mar, 59, Miners wife, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire LAIRD, Peter, Son, S, 20, Coal Miner, Worker,Bothwell, Lanark LAIRD, Isabella, Daur, S, 14, Scholar, Bothwell, Lanark
Death	20 Oct 1905	Lees Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6, 7]
	Cause: Bronchitis, 1 month
	William Laird At 8AM aged 72yrs. Coal Miner Married to Mary Gardiner. Parents: Charles Laird, Coal Miner (Dec), Jeanie Laird MS Hutchison (Dec) Informant: Charles Laird, Son, 13 New Tannochside. No death notice in the Glasgow Herald
AAA Last Date	1 Dec 2022
Person ID	I412	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 Gardiner, b. 14 May 1841, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 5 Mar 1931, 135 Old Edinburgh Road, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 89 years)

Marriage 31 Dec 1860 Manse, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7, 8]

After Banns was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Church of Scotland.

William Laird,
( X his mark) (Witness William and George Russell). Bachelor, Collier, Aged 20,
Res: Dykehad Old Monkland
Parents: Charles Laird, Collier (dec) & Jean Laird MS Hutcheson
Mary Gardner,
(X her mark) (Witness, William and George Russell). Spinster, Aged 19
Res: Dykehad Old Monkland
Parents: Alexander Gardner, Canal Boatman & Helen Gardner MS Provan

Witnesses: E Johnston & Margaret Mason

Number of Children 14 Children

Children

	1. Helen Laird, b. 20 Nov 1861, Dykehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 3 Oct 1863, Dykehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 1 year) [Father: natural]
+	2. Charles Laird, b. 31 Jan 1863, Dykehead, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 12 May 1938, 287 Old Edinburgh Road, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 75 years) [Father: natural]
+	3. Alexander Laird, b. 11 Oct 1864, Carswells Land, Ballieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 17 Jan 1906, Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 41 years) [Father: natural]
+	4. Jane (Jeanie) Laird, b. 13 Jan 1867, Carsswells Land, Crosshill, Ballieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 3 Dec 1901, 4 Belgowan Terrace, Glebe Street, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 34 years) [Father: natural]
+	5. Ellen Provan Laird, b. 9 Nov 1868, Crosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 17 Mar 1918, Provident Building, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 49 years) [Father: natural]
+	6. Mary Laird, b. 6 Sep 1870, Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 2 Jan 1940, 297 Old Edinburgh Road, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years) [Father: natural]
+	7. William Laird, b. 6 Apr 1872, Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 27 Jun 1946, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural]
	8. Robert Laird, b. 17 Dec 1873, Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 15 Feb 1961, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 87 years) [Father: natural]
+	9. Elizabeth Laird, b. 5 Jan 1876, Ballieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 11 Nov 1945, County Hospital, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years) [Father: natural]
+	10. Thomas Laird, b. 23 Jan 1878, Main Street, Ballieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 30 May 1936, Royal Infirmary, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 58 years) [Father: natural]
+	11. Peter Gourlay Laird, b. 1 Dec 1879, Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1935, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 55 years) [Father: natural]
+	12. Janet Gardiner Brown Laird, b. 12 May 1881, Gardiners Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Dec 1934, 601-17th Street, Windber, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years) [Father: natural]
	13. Agnes Gardner Laird, b. 20 Feb 1885, Gardiners Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 4 Aug 1885, Gardiners Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 0 years) [Father: natural]
	14. Isabella Gardiner McFarlane Laird, b. 28 Feb 1887, Gardiners Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1977, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 89 years) [Father: natural]

Family ID F272 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Census - 3 Apr 1881 - Thornwood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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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 Old Monkland Lanark, 652/01 008/000 039.
[S15] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1891 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 5 April 1891;), 1891 Bothwell, Lanark, 625/1 008/1 40.
[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, Piece 625/ Folio 8 Page 21.
[S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1905 Bothwell Lanark 625/01 0221.
[S1] Certificate held on file:.
[S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1860 Old Monkland (Middle District) Lanark, 652/02 0109.

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