Tuesday, 18 February 2020

5 John Laidlaw 1820

5. John Laidlaw (K2YX - NJK)

John Laidlaw was born in 1820 at Balohill, Ettrick (Head of Rankleburn)

He was a baker in Frederick Street, Edinburgh.

His first wife Christina Ewart died.

On the 15th July 1859 he married Margaret Kinlay (MGKL - 8ZL)in Edinburgh. Her father was John Kinlay and her mother was Agnes McCaw. Margaret was born in 1822 in Perth.

They had one child John Kinlay Laidlaw.

John Laidlaw died in 1894 and is buried at St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh.
Margaret died in 1901 at The Gair in Colinton, Edinburgh.

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