Hello Virginia,
As you probably know by now, my mother was a Laird and her grandfather was called Thomas Laird. Thomas was born in Harrington, Cumberland and was the 5th of seven children. His brothers, Robert and William(Maryport side of the family) were born in county antrim in Ireland as were his sisters Margaret and Ann. When the Laird family moved from Ireland to cumberland(Harrington) in 1873 Thomas, John and Emily were added to the family.
I have a copy of the marriage details of Ellen Jane Mc Clurg and Thomas Laird(father to the Thomas Laird born in cumberland in 1874) and I notice from reading my previous posts that there is a typing error for the date of this marriage. It took place at the Crumlin Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church in the parish of camlin, county antrim on Nov 12th 1858 and not 1958 which I had previously posted on rootschat.
Marilyn and I swapped our personal e-mail details but I cannot remember how this was done as rootschat have a strict privacy policy, so maybe she can help you with this. I would be happy for you to contact me directly as I have now completed a comprehensive Laird family tree for my mum.
Do you live in Cumbria still?
happy Christmas
Clive
