Laird - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

LAIRD, Francis Ogston & PATTERSON, Elizabeth (Eliza)

maggiej127 — 2009-11-08 08:56:19Z

Seeking information on descendants of Francis Ogston Laird, born 1823 in Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland, and Eliza Patterson, born 1830 in Glenmuik, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Children: Alexander, Jane Ogston, Joseph, Margaret Patterson, Francis, Jessie, William, James George, Eliza (Lizzie), Edward Mitchell, Maggie, Rachel, and Grace. Alex and James George were born in Glenmuik. The other children were born in Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada.

Mary Ann Laird Bancroft

wkban — 2009-11-01 05:18:23Z

I am trying to find the mother and father of Mary Ann Laird, b. 2 Apr 1811 in Canada W. and d. 23 May 1885 Tecumsah, Lenawee Co., Michigan. She married William Bancroft, b 29 Jul 1802 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut and d. 2 Apr 1861 in Tecumsah, Lenawee Co., Michigan. They were probably married 1826-1828 in Ohio or Michigan. They had 9 children

wkban

Re: LAIRDS in Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA c.1870

slaird3 — 2009-10-30 02:18:52Z

THe Mary Laird who married James A. Pruitt is the daughter of Robert Laird, a Rev War Capt. who died in Clarke County Georgia in 1834. He mentions "Mary wife of James Pruit" in his will.
Spencer Laird

Re: Archibald Laird

slaird3 — 2009-10-30 02:11:06Z

I believe he is the son of James and Catharine Laird who appear on the 1830 Census in Rankin County Mississippi.
Catherine appears in the 1860 Rankin County Census with her daughter Mary Myers and granchildren. No proof just a hunch. Many of Robert Laird sons moved to Mississippi from Georgia and I beileve that James is one of them.

Spencer Laird

Re: james Laird

alan_laird — 2009-10-10 10:18:51Z

hi Ruth,
My comp crashed and I lost all my contacts. Could you please contact me again.
Thanks
Alan

Minor correction

brucelaird702 — 2009-10-08 17:20:23Z

Andrew Jackson Laird and Robert Bruce Laird (twins) were born November 15, 1828 in Barnet (Caledonia County) Vermont.

Their parents, Peter and Catherine Laird, were born in Scotland according to the birth records of the twins.

More info on Andrew J and Robert B Laird (b.1829 Vermont), their parents and descendants

brucelaird702 — 2009-10-08 17:12:19Z

I have had slow but continued success in finding dates and places for the family of these twins born in Caledonia Vermont in 1829, including names of their parents who came from Scotland. I am descended as follows:
Andrew Jackson Laird
George Donald Laird (1862-1933)
Ray Jay Laird (1892-c.1972)
Richard George Laird (1916-1977)
Bruce Alan Laird (1949- )

If you are related or just interested in further information, please reply here.

Re: Lairds - Website?

gbeyer123 — 2009-09-04 16:52:32Z

Hi, I am replying to an old post. I am interested in getting more info on the Laird's from Canada that settled in Wisconsin. Any info is helpful.

Ken Laird - Black Creek, WI (USA)

gbeyer123 — 2009-09-04 03:25:59Z

I am searching for information (family history) on my grandfather - Ken Laird from Black Creek, Wisconsin. He was married to Elizabeth Laird (formely) Coller.

Re: HERSHELL LAIRD OF OKLAHOMA 1930's

slaird4021 — 2009-08-14 23:02:34Z

Brenda, E-Mail me. I have the information Ellis Shannon Laird your looking for.

Your half brother

Re: Flora C Laird

jrickard179 — 2009-07-25 19:07:32Z

I believe I have her.
She was born in April 1897 in Eureka, Juab, UT to William and Elizabeth Laird. I show 8 siblings, 4 girls & 4 boys.
She married Fred Richie Nesbit (1896-1925 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in SLC, UT)
The 1930 census has her working as a book keeper in Las Vegas, NV.
My trail ends there.
Jeff

O.F. "Pete" Laird

machinegunsven — 2009-07-16 17:49:26Z

Lairds.
Im looking for info on this relative.

O. F. "Pete" Laird
Birth: 13 AUG 1905 in Lake Co., Tennessee
Death: 23 JAN 1968
Burial: Tiptonville City Cemetery, Lake Co, TN

Im vey interested in his second marriage to a black lady.
Its unheard of during the time he was alive but the family story is very very strong on this. And that they soon divorced afterwards and she staied on at the Laird house.
Pete married into my family the Dials in Lake County Tn

Frances I. Laird

JIWelsch — 2009-06-30 12:28:14Z

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Frances I. Laird, 81, of Davenport died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus in Davenport, following an extended illness.

A Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Burial will be at Conesville Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the church.

Mrs. Laird was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Conesville, the daughter of Charles A. and Agnes Boyd Swails. She married Byron Laird June 16, 1940. He preceded her in death March 17, 1998.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral and served was past president of the Altar & Rosary Society, she was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader, and active in the Sacred Heart School PTA.

She managed the school lunch program for many years. She also managed St. Vincent Center food service until her retirement.

She enjoyed family, food, and flowers.

Survivors include daughters, Margaret 'Peg' Hunn and husband, Marvin, of Muscatine, Mary Beavers and husband, Alan, of Landisville, Penn., Paula Raney and husband, Steve, of Bettendorf and Priscilla Askren and husband, Michael, of Stewart; sons, Charles Laird and wife, Mary, of Cincinnati, Ohio and Joseph Laird and wife, Kathy, of Bettendorf; grandchildren, Hope Goss, Christopher and Jonathan Beavers, Steven and Sean Raney, Mikayla and John Askren, Elizabeth and Emily Laird, Kathleen and James Laird; great-grandchildren, Hallie and Erin Goss and Daniel Laird; a sister, Winifred Gaylor of Phoenix, Ariz.; and a brother, James Swails and wife, Betty, of Slidell, La.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, PFC James B. Laird Feb. 28, 1966; and brothers, Howard, Harley and Roy Swails.

Re: Family research

stevenlaird_1 — 2009-06-18 03:45:13Z

This won't be helpful, and you can delete this post after, but my name is Ralph Steven Laird. I'm in Canada. I doubt that I'm related at all. But with my name and your post, I had to say Hi.

Re: Nathaniel Laird I

donlaird124 — 2009-06-10 02:23:13Z

that is donlaird@att.net

Re: Nathaniel Laird I

donlaird124 — 2009-06-10 02:15:41Z

This is my gggrandfather
have a lots on hem
donlaird@1att.net

Andrew Laird in Dearborn, Wayne, MI

mandp523 — 2009-06-03 14:47:13Z

Hello,
I am trying to find information on Andrew Laird. He was born in 1898 (unknown where), and died in 1985 in Wayne Co, MI. I think his father was James Laird, but not sure. He married Viola Ostermeyer, I think. However, in the City Directories in Michigan it shows him married to Grace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

James or David Laird, King's Mountain

rleard5751 — 2009-06-01 14:08:35Z

James and David Laird fought in the Battle of King's Mountain. James was killed in the battle. Both James and David had male children. I'm looking for a male descendant of either of these men in order to compare DNA that may link me to these Laird families.

Richard Leard

Re: Laird/Rainwater

Indego3 — 2009-05-09 18:59:37Z

I remember now that we did swap information. I lost a lot of itback in November or December and am still trying to peice together what I lost..

Good to hear from you again.:)

Nancy

Re: Laird/Rainwater

Indego3 — 2009-05-09 00:37:33Z

Do you have the names of David's parents, grandparents, etc..? I have other Laird's and am trying to see where they connect...

Nancy
Indego3@aol.com

Re: Lairds of Illinois genealogy

montg011 — 2009-01-30 22:31:53Z

I'm wondering if any of the descendants of Laird family that moved to Nebraska are known?

Samuel Laird married Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Montgomery (1733-1794)of Harrisburg PA. Supposedly, Rev. Joseph's bible (containing family records)ended up in Nebraska with his Laird descendants.

I'd be most curious to learn if any of that family remains, and particularly if the bible yet exists. If it does, I suspect the information therein would be invaluable for my own family search. The Rev. Joseph Montgomery would be a GGGG Uncle, the son of John Montgomery and Martha Finley. I am the direct descendant of his brother Robert.

Re: Lairds of Illinois genealogy

montg011 — 2009-01-30 22:31:50Z

Re: Laird/Rainwater

curlymo007 — 2009-05-08 21:35:02Z

I am Randi Laird and my great grandfather was David Laird and he married Hattie Rainwater. I am a 55 year old male and our folks started in Okla. and Mississippi. David Laird was a confederate soldier and was wounded. He tried many times to get compensation for a lame foot from the Government but was turned down. I have been to his grave many times.

Randi Laird
randilaird@yahoo.com
832-868-3263

Re: Laird of Oklahoma

curlymo007 — 2009-05-08 21:28:07Z

I am Randy Laird and I was raised in Houston, Texas. My family roots are in Mississippi and Oklahoma. I am 55 years old. My father was Roy Laird and Mother was Anna Laird.

Re: Laird/Rainwater

curlymo007 — 2009-05-09 16:23:31Z

Hey Nancy,
Didin't I email you a couple of years ago? Anyway I am working on David's parents. My cousin is coming to visit in a couple of weeks and bringing some new stuff. The Brookhaven, miss. library has a few listings in Bible records including Hattie Rainwater. I hope to get back over there one day to research some more. You know that my great uncle Matt Leard who was Julius Laird's brother lived in Oklahoma and later moved to Spring Texas. His sons were Roy, Frank and M.L. Leard. They are all buried in Houston, Texas at Resthaven on I-59 north. One of the Julius Laird brothers lived in Oklahoma and had 7 children then divorced and moved to Mississippi and married again. They then had 7 children and named them the same as the other 7. So came an uncle Matt and aunt Matt and so on. Julius was my grandfather and his wife Mamie (Nannie) Smith came from Choctaw background also. They were married Feb. 5 1905 in Lincoln Co. Miss. Julius died in 1966 and Mamie in 1969 and are both buried in the Laird family plot in Brookhaven. There are also other family members.

See ya later.
Randi
randilaird@yahoo.com
www.veteranserviceunlimited.com

Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird in late-1700s, early 1800s New York

Brian_Mahan — 2008-12-31 05:23:39Z

I would appreciate hearing from anyone researching or who has researched the Leard/Lard/Laird family in New York state in the late-1700s and early 1800s. In a 1980s genealogical query a now-deceased researcher indicated that a Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird moved to Randolph Co. IL from NY in the early 1800s with his son, Isaac and daughter, Mary Ann. I am trying to rule out this potential Samuel from being connected to Margaret Leard who married James H. McDonough in Randolph Co. IL in 1817. I have a SC church record that says she’s connected to the Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird families in Abbeville Co./District SC, but I cannot find a definitive connection to those Leards since there are other Leard/Lard/Laird families in the records, i.e., too many Leards + too few records = much confusion. Rather than proving a connection, I am trying to disapprove other potential connections (other Leard/Lard/Laird families). ANY information about a NY Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird would be very much appreciated.

Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird in late-1700s, early 1800s Laurens (NOT Abbeville) County/District, South Carolina

Brian_Mahan — 2008-12-31 05:11:34Z

I would appreciate learning all I can about Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird of late-1700s, early 1800s in Laurens (NOT Abbeville) County/District South Carolina. I have a lot of info regarding the Abbeville Samuel Leards and family. I’m trying to definitively connect Margaret Leard, apparent daughter of an Abbeville Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird, who married James H. McDonough in 1817 in Randolph Co. IL to the latter Samuels. I hope to rule out the Laurens Co. Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird. I have a SC church record that says Margaret is connected to the Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird families in Abbeville Co./District SC, but I cannot find a definitive connection to those Leards since there are other Leard/Lard/Laird families in the records, i.e., too many Leards + too few records = much confusion. Thus, rather than proving a connection to the Abbeville Samuel Leards, I am trying to disapprove other potential connections (other Leard/Lard/Laird families). ANY help, any information regarding the Laurens Co. Samuel Leard/Lard/Laird (or a John [1790 SC census] and a Mary [1800 SC census], too) would be very much appreciated.

Re: George Laird

NadaNell336 — 2009-02-02 02:34:03Z

My ggrandmother was Addie E. Laird born in Mississippi abt 9/1870. She had a son named Epps Golson or(Gholson). I don't know if there was a marriage or if Addie divorced the senior Mr. Golson. He abandonded her and the child. She then married my ggrandfather Franklin Wolford they had three daughters and one son who died as a child. The daughters were Violet, Vera (my grandmother), and Vada. The sonwas named Quincy. All three daughters married Anderson men. Vera & Vada married brothers and Violet married the cousin of the two Anderson brothers. Epps Golson followed in his father's footsteps and left his wife and sons, never to be seen again. Addie's Husband Frank Wolford was robbed and killed at the Farmer's Market in Dallas Texas in 1908. Addie later married Mr. David Conine and remained his wife until her death.
If you have any information about Jacob Laird's history or his wife,Matilda please contact me at nja_baker@netzero.com
I would also appreciate knowing the source of your information.
Thank you

Glenn G. Taylor, nephew of Harry R. Laird (Ky and Washington state)

cupde79 — 2009-01-22 23:46:42Z

Hi all,
I'm trying to find the family of Glenn G. Taylor. He was born around 1916 in KY assumably to Thelma C. Laird and Garrison Taylor. My family has a bible where Garrison and Thelma's wedding date is listed at 1918, two years after the birth of Glenn. The surviving members of the Taylor family didn't know about Glenn until I discovered him in a census a month ago. He moved with his uncle Harry R. Laird to Washington state by 1930, five years after the untimely death of his mother, and six years after the untimely death of his father. I have a photo that I would really like to get to the family, and would love info on his extended family. Any help you can give me would be most appreciated.

Re: Cecil Laird-Robert Laird-Lorene Schmucker-Dora Swift Michigan

mcmmc_1 — 2009-02-17 02:20:02Z

I am a descendant of Ora Laird/Theo Rodgers-Laird-Willis. I know of no Civil War artifacts. No one has ever mentioned them, anyway.

Mark Coulston
Berrien Township, Michigan

Obit - John C. Laird (b. Scotland, d. Monongahela, Pa)

ToniKislear — 2009-01-18 02:04:09Z

John C. Laird, aged 66 years, died suddenly Friday, April 15, 1938, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Benson Grant, Monongahela, R.D. The deceased was a native of Scotland, born December 29, 1868. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Margaret Stiner, of Madison, Mrs. Jean Dickerson, Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, both of Monongahela; Mrs. Jeanette Sacane, Monongahela, R.D., and Mrs. Nettie Rain, of Irwin; one son, James Laird of Monongahela. Friends will be received at the Benson Grant home until Monday morning April 18, at 10 o'clock, when the body will be removed to the Bebout and Yohe Company Funeral Home, Monongahela, where services will be held at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Ross M. Haverfield.

Re: Laird/Sammans/Sammons

anniehall52 — 2008-12-28 20:55:03Z

Hello my name is annie sammons s.cNeal who married Kate Laird is my great great uncle NeAL FATHER WAS Oliver Salmons from Ga please contact me @ annie_hall52@hotmail.com would like to know more about u and neal and kate for I am doing the Sammons salmons,sammans tree thanks annie

Re: Laird/Sammans/Sammons

anniehall52 — 2009-01-23 13:27:58Z

Hope that some one reads these messeages I am really serious about my digging up this Sammans Sammons family.I have info for who is searching for Corn.Neil Sammans I have all his family and sibbling thanks

Re: Laird/Sammans/Sammons

anniehall52 — 2009-01-22 23:32:07Z

your email don,t work my email just came back regina sammons moss

Re: Help Identify Laird/Hardin Relatives

anniehall52 — 2009-01-22 12:23:22Z

Hi I know of one family of Laird in Fla Will get hold of the family get back to u the pictures are look alike to some of the Lairds in Fla Annie

Re: Joseph Laird family from Lanarkshire?

x_mp_femme — 2009-03-02 21:00:04Z

I have a Joseph b. 1802 m. 1831 to Mary CLARKSON at Old Monkland, Lanark County, Scotland. Had a son, Joseph II. Could be yours is the grandson?

Samuel and Elizabeth Laird of PA, Family PA-IL-NE, an Rev Joseph Montgomery

Family_Dog — 2009-01-31 20:57:43Z

Printed in 1879 at Harrisburg, PA,, A Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Joseph Montgomery mentioned a bible said to have belonged to the Rev Joseph which passed through the Laird family who occupied the Rev Joseph Montgomery's house in Harrisburg after his death and kept his possessions. As of the writing, late 1870s, one T C Laird of Nebraska was owner. The date of Joseph's birth and the fact that his parents John and Martha originally from Ireland are said to have comes from this bible.

(Rev) Joseph Montgomery [23 Sept 1733-14 Oct 1794]. Presbyterian minister and delegate to the Continental Congress from PA. M1: Elizabeth REED or REID [d: March 1769]; m2: 11 July 1770 Rachel (RUSH) (BOYCE), widow. Elizabeth [ca: 1669/1770-12 Oct 1814, aged 44] m: Samuel LAIRD [b: 15th Feb 1769], if I understand, was a daughter of the first wife Elizabeth who died in March 1769, which would have made Elizabeth junior at least 45 when she died. Her step-mother's brother Benjamin Rush signed the Declaration of Independence. In his later years, Joseph made his home with his daughter, Elizabeth Montgomery Laird, and her family in Harrisburg, PA. When Joseph died in Harrisburg on 14 Oct 1794, he was buried in their family plot in the Lutheran Church Cemetery.

"Samuel Laird, Esq., d. at Carlisle Sept. 27, 1806." Wm H Egle, Deaths of Prominent Persons Eighty Years Ago. Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol II. He may have been the father of the next.

LAIRD, SAMUEL, the son of Samuel Laird, was born at Carlisle Penn'a, on the 15th of February, 1769. His father was for many years one of the Provincial magistrates of Cumberland county, and, under the Constitution of 1776, one of the justices of the courts. Mr. Laird received a classical education, studied law at Carlisle, and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar at the September term, 1792. He located at Harrisburg, and soon secured a large and successful practice. In the early years of the borough he took an active part in its local affairs, and was a prominent actor in the first decade of its history. He died at Harrisburg, January 15, 1815, aged forty-five years. He married Elizabeth Montgomery, second daughter of Rev. Joseph Montgomery, who died October 12, 1814, aged forty-four. Their remains lie interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. Mr. Laird was a good lawyer, a pleasant speaker, and a courteous, honorable gentleman of the old school. [W H Egle Notes and Queries. First and Second Series Volume I, LXII BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY—IV. Page 358-359]

Samuel Laird, a lawyer of prominence, admitted to the Dauphin county bar in 1792, and for many years a leading actor in the affairs of the county. He and Col. Forster married sisters, daughters of the Rev. Joseph Montgomery. Mr. Laird died in 1815, at the age of forty-four. (W H Egle Notes and Queries. First and Second Series Volume II page 450.)

1796, April 22: In this town [Harrisburg], on Friday, April 22, 1796, by Rev. Snowden, Samuel Laird, Attorney-at-law, and Miss Betsy Montgomery, daughter of the late Joseph Montgomery, Esq., of this place. [Wm H Egle, Notes and Queries, First and Second Series, Volume I, Page 194 Dauphin County Marriages Eighty Years Ago.—II LAIRD—M0NTG0MERY.]

Tracking down "T C Laird", this seems plausible.

In 1850, listed at Town of Buckeye, Stephenson Co, IL, were Samuel Laird 42; Elizabeth 36; Mary 12; Robert 3; Thomas 10; and William 8. All were born Pa.

In 1860, listed at Town of Buckeye, Cedarville post office area, Stephenson Co, IL, were Samuel Laird 52 Pa; Elizabeth 45 Pa; Henry 22 Pa; Thos 19 Pa; William 15 Pa; R 13 Pa male; J 10 Ill male; and P 7 Ill male.

In 1870, Thomas Laird 30; Mary 32; Wm 26; Robert 23; James 19; and Paschal 16, all listed as born in Pa, were in the Lena, IL, post ofice area, in Dakota Twp, Stephenson Co, IL.

The 1880 census of Oak Creek, Webster Co, Nebraska shows Thomas Laird 39 self and both parents b: Penn; Mary E Laird 31 b: Ills both parents b: Penn (wife); Lee D Laird 2 (son) b: Nebraska father born Penn mother b: Ills; Elisabeth Leetsch 18 (servant); James Laird 29 b: Ills, both parents b: Penn (boarder); Pasckal Laird 25 b: Ills, both parents b: Penn (boarder).

The next entry if for William Laird 35 self and both parents b: Penn; Margret A Laird 36 b: Ills father b: Penn mother b: Ireland (wife); Bessie M Laird 6 b: Nebraska father b: Penn mother b: Ills (daughter); Laura M Laird 5 b: Nebraska father b: Penn mother b: Ills (daughter); Paul Laird 3 b: Nebraska father b: Penn mother b: Ills (son); Lewis Laird 1 b: Nebraska father b: Penn mother b: Ills (son); Mary Murdaugh 25 (boarder); Robert Laird 38 (boarder) self and both parents b: Penn.

So, does anyone have more info, especially as to the current status of the Joseph Montgomery bible?

Don Maring
familydog@comcast.net

SHARP Rea LAIRD 1911-1988

t42NormanIOOF — 2009-01-24 16:00:16Z

SHARP Rea LAIRD 1911-1988

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Re: Marion Laird

iFrederic — 2009-05-09 05:17:50Z

Merion Laird was born in 1880. She was not divorced. All her Children are deceased.

LAIRD Purl W 1893-1968

t42RoseHill — 2009-05-26 01:57:59Z

LAIRD Purl W 1893-1968

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LAIRD Victor and Dorlen LOGAN

t42RoseHill — 2009-05-19 13:38:58Z

LAIRD Victor and Dorlen LOGAN

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Help Identify Laird/Hardin Relatives

CLohse — 2009-01-21 01:48:35Z

I have three Hardin Great Grand Aunts that married three Laird brothers. This makes identifying old photos labeled just "The Lairds" quite difficult to place. I have recently come into the possession of two big shoe boxes of old photos like this. I am scanning and uploading them as I can. I have the first 21 up. I would really appreciate it if all you Lairds descended from William Pressley Laird and Mary Jane Belt could take a look and let me know if you recognize these people.

The site is
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a248/clohse/Unknown%20Phot...
and my email address is Lohseinc@ yahoo.com

Thanks Chris Lohse

obituary William Edward Laird---- Baker city, Oregon

janemartin1941 — 2009-05-09 02:46:10Z

William Edward "Bill" Laird, 66, of Baker City, died April 16, 2005, at his home after a long bout with brain cancer.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Bill was born on Nov. 15, 1938, at Ketchikan, Alaska, to Ruth and Edward Laird, who was an engineer with the Lighthouse Service, now the Coast Guard. Bill's mother died when he was a baby and he was mostly raised by his stepmother, Anna Laura Laird. The family moved to California when Bill was 5, followed by several other moves around the country.

Bill attended high school at the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Calif., graduated in 1957 and served in the army in Germany from 1958-60. He lived in San Francisco in the 1960s where he attended classes at San Francisco State University, worked as a photographer, was involved in a co-operative preschool and spent four months as a kitchen worker on a Norwegian freighter, which eventually broke down in Singapore.

He graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a degree in soil science in 1973, followed by a year of graduate school at Washington State University in Pullman. He went to work for the Soil Conservation Service in Baker City in the summer of 1974.

Bill married Barbara Bailey in San Francisco in 1961 and they had two sons.

In 1978 he married Mary Sue Rightmire of Baker City. Two weeks after their daughter was born in 1979, the three of them were on their way to Micronesia, where Bill was in charge of a soil survey of the islands. He spent two years surveying Ponape, Kosrae and Truk and six months in Honolulu writing the report before returning to Baker City in 1981. He later worked on soil surveys in Wallowa County and the big island of Hawaii before returning to Baker City after retiring in 1994.

Bill enjoyed gardening wherever he lived as well as carpentry and wood projects after his retirement. He loved traveling by train, ship and car and he and Mary Sue made a trip around the world in 1998 without taking a plane. He was also an AARP tax volunteer for several years and a math tutor with the Literacy Program at the Baker County Library. Bill was a caring person who found his spiritual way in the past year in the tenets of Buddhism, which teaches tolerance, love and compassion.

Survivors includes his wife, Mary Sue Rightmire of Baker City; his sons, Edward Laird and his wife, Pok Cha, of Eugene, and Abraham Laird and his wife, Annette, of Imperial Beach, Calif., and their children, Amber, Amy and Adam; his daughter, Amelia Laird of Portland; his stepmother, Anna Laura Laird; his sisters, Peggy Dennis and her husband, Dean, and Ruth Delaney and her husband, Bill, all of Richmond, Va., and Laura Ann Brutzman and her husband, Bard, of Charlotte, N.C.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Re: Moses Laird and Phoebe Latta Hanawalt

lairdlin125 — 2009-03-22 14:27:43Z

My info shows he married Flora Belle Popejoy in 1896. I don't have any other information on A.L. Laird. My husband is descended from Moses's first wife Hannah Parker. The Latta family is pretty well documented online. Moses was born in 1819 in Ireland and arrived in New York in 1837. Moses came to Ohio and eventually settled in Union County. He may have lived in Ross and Pickaway counties. Contact me lairdlin@aol.com to share more detailed information.

Re: Cecil Laird-Robert Laird-Lorene Schmucker-Dora Swift Michigan

dolly68 — 2009-02-17 02:53:45Z

Dear Mark, I would like to know what part of the Laird family you belong to. My grandfather John Willis I never knew. He died before I was born. I was told by my father Clare Willis that Robert Willis was in the Civil War and all of his Civil war things were given to the Laird family. I would like to know if there is any civil war photographs any one from the Laird family may have. I don't know how to get in touch with any of the Lairds. If you could help I would greatly appreciate it. Vicki Willis Scribner You can email me directly at scribrace@yahoo.com

Re: Family Bible.

jleelaird — 2009-05-21 04:29:03Z

Hi, I obviously stopped coming here to see if there were any replies. Now, here it is 2009 and I see that we have a long lost relative. Granville is 82 now and the last of that family of 4. His sister, Margie past about 4 years ago. It is a great bunch. Lots of stories. Thank you for posting. I will tell my dad about you. He is in Oklahoma now living in his mother-in-law's old house. Thanks for the care and concern about the bible. It really would mean a great deal to our family if it were found.

LAIRD Clinton Burlin 1911 1979 pfc US Army W W II

t42ElmBranch_EllisCoTX — 2009-01-16 01:45:08Z

LAIRD Clinton Burlin 1911 1979 pfc US Army W W II

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LAIRD Gladys MONEY 1907 1963 mother with Jesus

t42ElmBranch_EllisCoTX — 2009-01-16 01:44:58Z

LAIRD Gladys MONEY 1907 1963 mother with Jesus

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Samuel Laird 12th PA Cavalry , Co F , civil war

bidderseed2 — 2009-05-18 17:57:13Z

Enrolled Oct 10, 1861 in Juniata Co, for 3 yrs. Owned his own horse and equipment. Promoted form private to 2nd Lt on 25 Apr 1862, Absent on furlough after Aug 1, 1863. Sick in hospital at Annapolis, Md on Nov, Dec 1864, June to Oct. Discharged 27 Jan 1865, for disability at age 56.

Re: looking for family of Alexander H. Laird and Sarah C. Laird of PA

SusanPierce22 — 2009-05-17 21:56:02Z

Traci

Did you ever get an answer to this? I have information about Alex and William. They had two sisters, Grace and Helen.

Susan