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Dumfriesshire / Re: Laidley / Braidfute Sanquhar
« on: Saturday 03 June 17 17:41 BST (UK) »
Hello all - this thread hasn't been added to in a few years but, just in case there is someone out there & interested, I wonder if anyone has managed to find any more about David Laidley/Laidlaw of Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, or his ancestors (ie. prior to about 1770 when he is supposed to have been born)? I have a family tree which just says James Laidlaw (1730) (?) and pay websites just seem to run out before 1770.
Also anything on the antecedents of Isabella Broadfoot, his wife (also born about 1770 in South Mains, Sanquhar, Scotland). There is some confusion as to whether her parents were Alexander Bradfute & Jacobina Graham or James Broadfoot of South Mains.
I'm also interested in where they went after leaving South Mains, which appears to have been around 1805. Suzywong suggested David was a ploughman or similar and ended up in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, but not sure where this info comes from. Certainly their son, William, married a Janet Boyd in Craigie, Ayrshire, in 1820-22. After that I pretty clear as to the family line.
Many thanks for any help.
Also anything on the antecedents of Isabella Broadfoot, his wife (also born about 1770 in South Mains, Sanquhar, Scotland). There is some confusion as to whether her parents were Alexander Bradfute & Jacobina Graham or James Broadfoot of South Mains.
I'm also interested in where they went after leaving South Mains, which appears to have been around 1805. Suzywong suggested David was a ploughman or similar and ended up in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, but not sure where this info comes from. Certainly their son, William, married a Janet Boyd in Craigie, Ayrshire, in 1820-22. After that I pretty clear as to the family line.
Many thanks for any help.