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Posted: 3 Nov 2013 10:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Iam the grandson of Delmar Laird, and Ethel Laird who was my Grandfather and Grandmother. My mother was Della Marie Laird. My name is Bryan Matthews

Re: Grandson

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:11AM GMT
Classification: Query
in order to help you, you need more info - do you have dob's? where? dod's where?

Re: Grandson LAIRD, Delmar, Ethel ,Della Marie

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 5:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: LAIRD
Hi Bryan, Is your message - in response to another posting - Or - are you requesting information.
If a request for information - What time Frame - What Location - anything that would help others help you.
Note, Important to enter surname/s of Interest - in Capital Letters on the Subject Line
followed by given name - date, location Request in body of the message.

Re: Grandson

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 6:20PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Nov 2014 6:35PM GMT
An excellent source of Halton Hills Newspapers is at this site: just search for the Laird surname -
http://news.haltonhills.halinet.on.ca/search

a couple of examples are:
http://news.haltonhills.halinet.on.ca/90552/page/8
(shortened by me) Laird - Smith Wedding
Dec 14 1941 - Georgetown - Ethel Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Harry Smith of Milton, and Delmar Laird, youngest son of the late Mr. & Mrs. John Laird, of Georgetown.

http://news.haltonhills.halinet.on.ca/222912/data?n=6
Delmar Laird died March 26, 1975:

http://news.haltonhills.halinet.on.ca/179614/data?n=13
Laird, Ethel Elizabeth -- On Thursday, February 4, 1993 at the Shelburne District Hospital. Ethel Smith of Shelburne (formerly of Georgetown) wife of the late Delmar Laird and loving mother of Marie and her husband Robert Matthews of Shelburne, Catherine and her husband Dennis Foster of Shelburne, Gordon and his wife Gail of Brampton and John of Georgetown. Also lovingly remembered by 10 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Fred Smith of Milton. Friends were received at the J.S. Jones and Son Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ontario.

I would expect that Delmar was the son of John Hugh Laird & Agnes Catherine Huffman; the grandson of William Laird and Janet Mann; and the gr-grandson of Hugh Laird of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (born abt 1772) who came to Ontario in 1819 with his wife and 2 children, Hugh (b. abt 1803 m. Nov 1830 to Ellen Milne) & your ancestor William (b. abt 1813 who married Janet Mann).

The date and place are in the right ball park so this is a suggestion as to the parents of Hugh Laird:
Name: Hugh Laird
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 07 Nov 1775
Christening Place: FORRES, MORAY,SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 05 Nov 1775
Father's Name: William Laird
Mother's Name: Margaret Mackean

The following records are in reverse chronological order:

Name: Paul Hugh Delmer Laird
Date of Birth: 18 Sep 1905
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Esquesing Tp., Halton, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: John H Laird
Mother's name: Agnes Catharine Huffman

1921 Ontario Census 86 - Halton County, 31 - Georgetown, Mill St.
Chester Laird 28 b. Ontario Widowed
Myrtle Laird 32
Percy Laird 25
Ruby Laird 22
Violet Laird 20
Lewis Laird 18
Dalmor Laird 14 b. Ontario Brother (both parents had died)


Name: Agnes Land
[Agnes Laird]
[Agnes Catherine Huffman], Widowed, died of carcinoma of breasts
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birth Place: Grey County, Ontario
Age at Death: 48yrs 10 months
Death Date: 29 May 1917
Death Place: Georgetown, Halton, Ontario, Canada
Father: John Huffman
Mother: Jane Milray

Name: John Laird
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Feb 1916
Event Place: Georgetown, Halton, Ontario
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Birthplace: Halton Co.
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Burial Place: Georgetown
Father's Name: William Laird
Mother's Name: Jane Mann

1911 Census / Ontario / Halton / 31 Georgetown / page 5
46 51 Laird John M Head M Aug 1864 47
47 51 Laird Agnes F Wife M Jul 1868 43
48 51 Laird Myrtle F Daughter Nov 1890 21
49 51 Laird Gertie F Daughter May 1891 20
50 51 Laird Chester M Son Jun 1893 18
1 51 David Percy M Son S Apr 1886 15
2 51 David Rubbie F Daughter S Jun 1898 13
3 51 David Violet F Daughter S May 1901 10
4 51 David Louis M Son S Aug 1903 8
5 51 David Delmer M Son S Sep 1906 5

Name: Janet Laird, Widow
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birth Place: Scotland
Age at Death: 79
Death Date: 24 Nov 1901
Death Place: Con. 6 Lot 6 Esquesing Tp., Halton, Ontario, Canada

1901 Census of Canada District: ON PEEL (#103)
Subdistrict: Brampton (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 6
6 31 68 Laird John H. M Head M Aug 2 1864 36 b. Ontario Presbyterian Farm Laborer
6 32 68 Laird Agnes F Wife M Jul 10 1868 32
6 33 68 Laird Janet M F Daughter S Nov 24 1889 11
6 34 68 Laird Gertrude E F Daughter S May 10 1891 9
6 35 68 Laird William C M Son S Jun 4 1893 7
6 36 68 Laird John P. M Son S Apr 28 1896 4
6 37 68 Laird Ruby A F Daughter S Jun 25 1897 3

1901 Census of Canada District: ON Halton (#68)
Subdistrict: Esquesing C-1 Page 1
1 22 7 Laird George M Head Single Apr 17 1859 41 b. Ontario
1 23 7 Laird Elizabeth F Sister Single Apr 17 1854 46 b. Ontario
1 24 7 Laird Janet F Mother M Feb 3 1823 78 b. Scotland

1891 Ontario Census 71 - Halton County, Esquesing Tp.
John H Laird 26 b. Ontario married, parents b. Scotland
Agnes C Laird 22 b. Ontario married father b. Ontario, mother b. Scotland
Janet Laird 1 6/12 b. Ontario daughter

Name: William Land
[William Laird], Farmer, disease of kidneys
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birth Place: Scotland
Age at Death: 75yrs 10mos
Death Date: 15 Apr 1889
Death Place: Esquesing Tp., Halton, Ontario, Canada

Find a Grave - tombstone photos for William Laird, native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Janet Mann; married in Toronto Jan. 22 1850:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12...

Tree on Ancestry:
http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/25231468/person/13908106024
This tree gives the father of William Laird as Hugh Laird, Tailor, and shows Hugh's Upper Canada land petition, dated at York (Toronto) on May 29 1819, stating he was from Murray Shire (my note - Moray), Scotland, & came with his wife and 2 children shortly before, and was asking for land as an emigrated settler. He received this land in Esquesing Tp., Halton County on Concession 6.

Name: John Hugh Laird, bachelor, Farmer
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1864
Birth Place: Esquesing
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1888
Marriage County or District: Esquesing Tp., Halton
Father: William Laird
Mother: Janet Mann
Spouse: Agnes Catherine Huffman
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1868
Spouse Birth Place: Hullett Co Huron
Spouse Father: Edward Huffman
Spouse Mother: Jane Milroy

According to the "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Halton County", pg. 7 - there is the Lairds Homestead, Esquesing, Portraits of William Laird & Wife. The Laird homestead was on Con. 6 Lot 6, Esquesing Township, Halton County. William Laird was born in Scotland and settled in Esquesing Townhip in 1819.

1871 Ontario Census 38 - Halton County, F5 - Esquesing Tp.
William Laird 55 b. Scotland married Presbyterian
Jannet Laird 46 b. Scotland married
Elizebeth A Laird 17 b. Ontario
Margret Laird 14 b. Ontario
George M Laird 12 b. Ontario
John H Laird 6 b. Ontario

1861 Ontario Census Halton County, Esquesing Tp.
William Laird Farmer b. Scotland Baptist 48 married
Hugh Laird Tailor b. Scotland Free Church 89 Widower
Janet Laird b. Scotland FC 36 married
Elizabeth A. Laird b. UC 7
Margaret J. Laird b. UC 4
George William Laird b. UC 2
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