"Laings" in Fife and beyond

[jes2019]

Not sure if my Laing family tree is connected to anyone but here is all the info I have anyway:

My Grandmother: Helen Watson Laing, her father Thomas Laing, 1891 married Helen Duncan in Leslie, Fife
Thomas father Henry Moncur Laing 1866 married Cecelia Hynd
Henry's father Thomas Laing 1837 Ceres married Elizabeth Gay
Thomas father Robert Laing 1797 Anstruther married Anne Bayne
Roberts father William Laing married Mary Lawson in 1794

Hi Declin

Re Henry Moncur Laing 1866 - 1931 m Cecilia Hynd 1864 - 1853
Are you on Ancestry? Msge me jes2012 I have pprivate tree there on this

Sheila

[colin8652]

Hi happy new year. My name is Colin Laing i live  on Skye but my ancestry comes from Perthshire and Fife. 
my father Charles  (87) is son of Robert (methven)/Christina Whyte (Banff MacDuff)  son of Robert/ janet (Dawson)  (forteviot) Son of James and Elisabeth (Scott)(Errol/Carnbee ) then it looks like he is son of Robert /Agnes (mackie) (Carnbee) who is son of David /Ann Small Carnbee  and ultimately so far John Laing and Margaret (Grieg)(Carnbee) as far as i can establish. any other information appreciated.
 

[Skoosh]

Just by chance I noticed today a mention of an Andrew Laing, a child moulder in the Carron Iron Works, Falkirk. in the early 1840's. Andrew, age 12, had already worked 4 years at pot moulding. He worked 12 to 14 hours every day & gets 20 minutes for each meal, his master gives him 3/6d a week for his mother. Hard times, from Robert Duncan's, "Sons of Vulcan".
Birlinn, pub.

Bests,
Skoosh.

[ostler]

Hi happy new year. My name is Colin Laing i live  on Skye but my ancestry comes from Perthshire and Fife. 
my father Charles  (87) is son of Robert (methven)/Christina Whyte (Banff MacDuff)  son of Robert/ janet (Dawson)  (forteviot) Son of James and Elisabeth (Scott)(Errol/Carnbee ) then it looks like he is son of Robert /Agnes (mackie) (Carnbee) who is son of David /Ann Small Carnbee  and ultimately so far John Laing and Margaret (Grieg)(Carnbee) as far as i can establish. any other information appreciated.

Hi Colin,

I hope you're still interested in finding your cousins, because that's what we are. 4th cousins once removed, if I'm reading you correctly!

[jmorris115]

Hello, John and Ann Laing were my 5th great grandparents. Looking forward to reading all of this.

Hi all, I am looking for info on or descendants of the "Laing" family.  Anyone got Laings in their family?

My 1st definate is James Laing married to Christian Campbell in Larbert, Stirling in 1783.  They had at least 10 children all in Torryburn in Fife.  James was a schoolmaster and died in 1834 in Torryburn.  Christian died in 1838 in Torryburn.  I do believe James's parents maybe Thomas Laing & Margaret Russall who married in 1752 in Denny but cannot prove this as yet.  And I believe James himself was born in Denny in 1755.

Children Jean, Thomas, Margaret, James, John, John, Elizabeth, Duncan, Peter & William.  7 of the children died in Torryburn 1 in the South Leith Poorhouse and 1 unknown, the other my direct ancestor James died in Dunfermline in 1867.

James born 1791 married Margaret Hunter  in 1823 in Falkirk.  She was from Fossoway and they had at least 8 children. Born in Fossoway, Torryburn, Muckhart, Beath, Alva & Stirling, the family moved about a lot. James as I said died in Dunfermline, Margaret in alloa in 1882.  Children Peter, John, James, Elizabeth, Isabella, Mary, Christian, Elizabeth.  2 died in Kingseat (1 of them my direct ancestor  james), 1 in Sauchie, 1 in Leith and 1 in Australia, 3 unknown.

James born 1831 (the 3rd) married Margaret Morrison in Dunfermline in 1855 and died in 1912, Margaret in 1908.  They had 12 children in Alloa, Halbeath, Carnock, Townhill & Cowdenbeath.  Children Margaret, Isabella, Mary, James, John, Christina, William, Peter, William, Smart, Ann & Elizabeth.

Thanks Evelina