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Wow.  That is so interesting.  None of my family new this information.  It was never spoken about.
Thank you very much.   

Hi Ostler

Oh, that is interesting!  What were the names of the parents you have?  Unfortunately I don't have any siblings for Robert Laing in my research.

Hello
My great grandfather was Thomas Laing, a police constable born 1891.  Married in Leslie in 1914 to Helen Wilson Duncan.
My question is that I was told by family members that my great grandfather, Thomas Laing died at a very young age and it was thought that he was killed during work as a police officer.  I cannot find any records of his death.  Is there any place that records officers killed in the line of duty? 
I should mention he may of been working in Glasgow at the time, particularly in the Gorbals.

Thanks

Thank you very much for providing all this information, this is my first post and have found this extremely helpful.

Hume:  I actually didn’t have that information from the 1891 census re Edward and his wife so thank you, I have actually not been following either of his daughters, but a son, William who is my great great grandfather and was born in Scotland after this census.
What was your 2x greatgrandfathers name who lived in the house at Addles Square?

Jonn:  Thank you, now that you have mentioned the name Brean, I can see that it is indeed that on the marriage record of their son.  I have found the birth record of Helen Scollon and have found that her parents were married in Enniskillin, Fermanagh, Ireland which is new information for me, so that’s great!  I can now do the same thing for the Sherman’s.