Charles Laird

1857 - Abt 1905  (47 years)

• Name	Charles Laird
  Birth	5 Apr 1857	Shettleston, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Overton Hamlet, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	LAIRD David, Head, M, 25, Coal Miner, Monkland Lanark, One window LAIRD Margaret, Wife, M, 24, Hamilton Lanark LAIRD Charles, Son, 4, Hamilton LAIRD Alexander, Son, 1, Glasgow DUNLOP Helen, Boarder, UM, 25, Hand Weaver, Kilying Ayr LINDSAY Mary Boarder, 5, Kilying Ayr GLACHDY Boarder, 6mth, Irvine Ayr LAIRD Charles, Boarder, UM, 17, Coal Miner, Lanarkshire
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Schoolwell St, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  	LAIRD David, Head, Mar, 43 (sic), Coalminer, Old Monkland Lanark LAIRD Margaret, Wife, Mar, 31, Coalminer Wfe, Old Monkland LAIRD Charles, Son, 14, Draw Boy Pit, Glasgow Lanark LAIRD Alexander, Son, 12, Draw Boy Pit, Glasgow Lanark LAIRD Agnes, Daur, 10, Maryhill, Lanark LAIRD Jeanie, Daur, 7, Stevenston Ayrshire LAIRD David, Son, 3, Stevenston Ayrshire
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Ashgill Rows, Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  	LAIRD Charles, Head, 28, Coal Miner, Old Monkland Lanark LAIRD Mary, Wife, 22, Ireland LAIRD Margaret, Dau, 1, Stevenston Ayr BRADLEY Ellen, Mother in Law, 50, Outdoor Worker, Ireland
  Death	Abt 1905	Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Not able to locate on any Scottish indexes. According to Mary's details on the Census, she was not listed as a widow until 1911 and she states married for 26yrs, making it around 1905 that he died. Mary was still living in Ayr around that time. Charles does not appear on the 1891 or 1901 Census anywhere. Later on Death certificates etc, Charles is recorded as being a Stoker on a Steamship. So did Charles die while away at Sea ?
  Person ID	I4213	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	David Laird,   b. Abt 1836, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 8 Aug 1878, Millheugh Bridge over River Avon, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Campbell,   b. 13 Mar 1838, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 28 Feb 1878, Ayr Road, Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Knox,   b. Between 1851 and 1861, Ireland d. 9 May 1940, Riccartsbar Asylum Hospital, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1879	Mayville Toll, High Road, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland   [5, 6]
  	After publication according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland. Charles Laird Coal Miner, (Bachelor) aged 22 Usual Res: 42 Ardeer Square, Stevenston Parents: David Laird, coal miner (dec) & Margaret Laird MS Campbell (dec) Mary Knox (her X Mark), Farmers daughter, (Spinster) (Witnesses: Wm Ainsworth & Mary White), aged 21 Usual Res: Mayville Toll, Stevenston Parents: James Knox, Farmer (dec) & Helen Bradley formerly Knox, MS Judge Witnesses: John Deans & David Bradley
  Number of Children	6 children
  Children	1. Margaret Laird,   b. 12 Jul 1880, Millhill, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 5 Mar 1884, Paisley Street, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Mary Laird,   b. 1881, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 12 Sep 1963, 12 Barncule Terrace, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]   3. John Laird,   b. 1883, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 29 Jan 1892, 82 Raise Street, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 9 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Charles Laird,   b. 1885, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   5. Helen Laird,   b. 1887, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   6. Margaret Laird,   b. 5 Mar 1890, 14 Kirkgate Street, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1973, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Family Search, Subject: Birth Marriage and Burial Entries, (Name: From 2000;), "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQQC-JQB : 8 December 2014), Charles Laird, 05 Apr 1857; citing SHETTLESTON,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516. [S64] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1861 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.co.uk, 7 April 1861;), 1861 Dreghorn Ayrshire, ED5 Line 5, pg 31, Reg No 589. [S62] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1871 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.co.uk, 2 April 1871;), 1871 Stevenston Ayrshire, ED 2, Line 21, Pg 34, Reg No 615 - two pages. [S14] Compiler: GRO Scotland, 1881 Scottish Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: New Register House Edinburgh, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 3 April 1881;), 1881 via Ancestry.co.uk - Dalserf Lanarkshire, ED 2 Pg 56, Line 12, Reg 638/2. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1879 Stevenston Ayr, 615/00 0010.