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Title: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Drone on Tuesday 01 March 11 17:15 GMT (UK)
Looking for information on the Bairds of Clattering Mill, Shotts Parish, Lanarkshire. Names: Thomas, Margaret, Janet, Jane, Robert, Agnes Baird.
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Baird on Tuesday 01 March 11 18:51 GMT (UK)
Do you have any dates at all,

Baird
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: ev on Tuesday 01 March 11 20:03 GMT (UK)
hi all  :)

james baird and janet(bell ?) at clattering mill on the 1851 census(freeCEN)
and also clattling mill on 1841 census(shotts lanarkshire)

ev

PS there could be a peter baird son b. 1859 shotts as well
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: sancti on Tuesday 01 March 11 20:06 GMT (UK)
1871 census from Ancestry

James Baird 60  born: Shotts, Lanarkshire Occupation: Miller Farmer Of 60 Acres All Arable Employing 1 Labourer
Janet Baird 53 born: Slamannan, Stirling
Jane Baird 27
Agnes Baird 21
Thomas Baird 15
Janet Baird 15
Peter Baird 12
Robert Neilson 7 Grandaughter  ???
Henry Low 15
Alexander Russell 43
 
 
Address: Clatt Brager Mills
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: ev on Tuesday 01 March 11 20:13 GMT (UK)
Sancti  :)

i'll leave it with you , i'm sure we have the correct family

ev
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: sancti on Tuesday 01 March 11 20:42 GMT (UK)
1881

James Baird 70 Occupation: Miller & Farmer Of 67 Acres Of Which 60 Are Arable Emp 2 Men & 2 Women
Margaret Thomson 19 Step Granddaugher born: Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Robert Neilson 17 Grandson  born: Shotts, Lanarkshire
Janet Baird 13 Grandaughter born: Torphichen, Linlithgowshire
James Baird 12 Grandson Torphichen, Linlithgowshire
Isabella Baird 11 Grandaughter born: Torphichen, Linlithgowshire
Jane Baird 9  born: Torphichen, Linlithgowshire
William Baird 6
Robert Baird 4
Alexander Russell 25
Peter Baird 22 Son Vis Occupation: Waggon Inspector born: Shotts, Lanarkshire
 
 
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Lodger on Tuesday 01 March 11 21:33 GMT (UK)
Clattering is the correct spelling, it is mentioned in the passing by Grossart in his History of Shotts 1880.

Lodger
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Drone on Friday 04 March 11 18:32 GMT (UK)
OK! These are the Bairds I am currently interested in.
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: seanybear on Thursday 14 April 11 03:57 BST (UK)
I have a Margaret Baird who married a Thomas Sharp who had 4 children:

Thomas Sharp
Mary Ann Baird Sharp
Isabella Sharp
John Baird Sharp

Moderator comment: edited to remove capitals.  Please use lower case rather than all capitals- the search engines find it easier, apparently  ;)
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Drone on Thursday 14 April 11 21:23 BST (UK)
Any DOBs? I have only one Margaret Baird in my family tree she married James Smart 10th June 1859
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Marmyall on Wednesday 18 May 11 13:35 BST (UK)
I have a Charles Baird in my tree born March 1809, in Lanark, not sure where, and he married Mary Ann Aitken who was born in Renfrew, an connection?
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: Drone on Wednesday 18 May 11 15:59 BST (UK)
Thnaks for that I'll kick this around a bit and see if I can find a link in the OPRs
Title: Re: Bairds of Lanarkshire
Post by: seanybear on Tuesday 24 May 11 18:52 BST (UK)
Quote from: Drone on Thursday 14 April 11 21:23 BST (UK)
Any DOBs? I have only one Margaret Baird in my family tree she married James Smart 10th June 1859


All i have is a marriage certificate for Thomas Sharp and Elizabeth Liddell haven't yet managed to find when Margaret Baird was born. By the time of the marriage in 1871 Thomas Sharps father John Sharp was deceased