Norman Stanley Laing

1876 - 1956  (79 years)

• Name	Norman Stanley Laing
  Born	7 Jun 1876	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Branchton Centre Store, Branchton, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Michael Laing General Store, Branchton, Ontario
  Occupation	Branchton, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	postmaster
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist Canada
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Retail, General Store
  Residence	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-73915
  Died	30 Jan 1956	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I73915	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael Laing,   b. 14 Mar 1828, , Ireland ,   d. 6 Nov 1909, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Martha Bradford,   b. 15 Jan 1832, , England ,   d. 9 May 1918, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F19226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Agness Gertrude Harvie,   b. 19 Nov 1875, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1954, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1909	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Marion Laing,   b. 1914,   d. 1999  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F12287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Norman S. Laing took over ownership of the Branchton Centre Store in 1909 from his father, Michael Laing. After Norman Laing's death, his daugther, Marion, continued to run the store until 1956, when she sold it to Mr. and Mrs. William Bell. Kitchener Public Library ________________________ Norman S. Laing - The death occurred at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital on Monday of Norman S. Laing, general store operator and postmaster at Branchton for many years. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Marion Laing. Funeral service will be held at the Little Funeral Home, Galt, on Thursday with interment in Mount View Cemetery. The Ayr News Feb 2 1956 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-1 Page 5. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, North Div. 2 Page 74. [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div. 1 Page 4. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 6. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . LAING/ in loving memory of/ Norman S. LAING/ June 7, 1874 - Jan. 30, 1956/ his wife/ Emma Gertrude HARVIE/ Nov. 19, 1875 - Nov. 4, 1954/ at rest/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jun 1876 - , Ontario, Canada Business - - Branchton Centre Store, Branchton, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - postmaster - - Branchton, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist Canada - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Mar 1909 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Retail, General Store - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Jan 1956 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth