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James Laidlaw

Male Abt 1818 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name James Laidlaw 
    Born Abt 1818  Of, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1848  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-123439 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I123439  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Robert Laidlaw,   b. Abt 1800, Of, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Irvine,   b. Abt 1791, Of, Roxburgshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F22105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Beattie,   b. Abt 1818, Of, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 12 May 1848  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F35000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Many of the principal settlers of Dumfries came in about 1830. We earn from Mr. William Cowan, River Road, that the following well-known Dumfries families all sailed in the "Argus" of Workington, England, on the 3rd June, 1829: those of Francis Hogg, Walter Cowan, James Cowan, George Barrie and Hector Rennelson. The voyage was only nine weeks and two days!
      The families of the following persons also came out together by the "Sarah Mary Ann," of Maryport, England, in April, 1831: George Land-reth, James Bunyan, Thomas Adams, John Kerr, David Brown, Adam Kersell, Robert Cranston, James and Walter Deans, John, Thomas and William Henderson, John and William Veitch, Robert Laidlaw (father of James Laidlaw M.P.P.), Paisley Block ; James Little and Robert Aitkin, Blue Lake, and James Davidson, Keg Lane, near Paris. With possibly one exception, all these families were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Voyage - five weeks and four days.


  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119).
      James Laidlaw, of Guelph, married Mary Beattie, of Dumfries. 12 May 1848, by licence, Witnesses: James Beattie and Thomas Whitelaw.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1818 - Of, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 May 1848 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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