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Completed Census Requests / Really need help with birth look-up-COMPLETED- THANK YOU!
« on: Tuesday 31 October 06 18:28 GMT (UK)  »
I have now exhausted most of the resources I can find to locate the birth information  on Samuel LAIRD.  The GRO in Belfast has just informed me they can find no record of his birth.  The facts I have are:

Samuel Laird b. abt Sep 1864 in County Londonderry.

His parents, David Laird and Rebecca Verner McGill were married in Kilcronaghan Parish on 20 Sep 1860. Marriage information obtained from Scotland birth cert of son David.

His brother Alexander Verner Laid was born 6 Jan 1866 in Draperstown. Have his marriage/death information

Samuel died in 1935 and his age is listed as 74 on his death certificate. I have his marriage information.

Samuel has a brother William and sister, Elizabeth who were both born somewhere in County Londonderry. His brother David was born in Scotland in 1878. The family is on the 1881 in Scotland- They are not on the 1871 in Scotland. They most likely would have been Presbyterian.

Family insists he was born in Magherafelt-I am open to anywhere in Ireland. There is some IGI data on this family that is patron submission and is incorrect based upon my own investigation of the information provided.

Is anyone able to to some sort of local look-up or direct me to someone who can do a reasonable priced search for Samuel's records.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Appreciate help with Samuel Laird
« on: Tuesday 08 August 06 20:54 BST (UK)  »
Samuel Laird is my Mom's maternal Grandfather. known facts in reverse are: he died and is buried in Belfast. He died at the Lisburn Road Hospital on 20 Sep 1938, age 74  and was buried in the City Cemetery on 22 Sep 1938, Sec K1 No. 50. In the plot with him is his wife Mary Anne Travers who died at age 36, Aug 1904. Other known family members also share this plot. Samuel was married to Mary Anne on the 20 Feb 1887 in Motherwell, Scotland- I have a copy of the marriage record and his parents were David Laird and Rebecca Verner McGill. Samuel has been found in the 1881 & 1891 census in Scotland and the census indicate he was born in Ireland..

David Laird and Rebecca Verner McGill were married 20 Sep 1863 in Kilcronaghan Parish, Londonderry, thus the conclusion of the facts indicate that Samuel was born about 1864. The problem is, we have been searching for a long period of time to determine where he was born. Some family members seem to recall he was born in Magherafelt, others Draperstown, most all agree he was born in County Londonderry.

From other family records I know that David Larid's parents were Samuel Laird and Matilda Campbell and Rebecca Verner McGill's parents were William Verner and Elizabeth or Betsy Verner.

I would appreciate any help in locating Samuel's place of birth or other records for this family.

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