Alexander Laing ^{1670,2347,2348}

  General Notes:

1881 census, Dwelling: Blackburn
Census Place: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203709 GRO Ref Volume 673-1 EnumDist 3 Page 16

Marr Age Sex Birthplace

Alexander LAING M 25 M Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Waggon Trimmer
Jane LAING M 20 F Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland
Rel: Wife
Mary LAING 7 m F Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Rel: Dau
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1901 Census
Civil Parish of West Calder, Midloathian, Scotland

No. 121 name of house: Brucefield, rooms with 1 or more windows: 2

Alexander Laing, Head, married, age 45, Pitheadman, born Blackburn
Jane Laing, wife, age 39, born Bathgate
John Laing, son, age 15, assistant checkweigher (pithead), born Blackburn
Alexander Laing, son, age 13, scholar, born Blackburn
Jane Laing, daughter, age 11, scholar, born Midloathian, West Calder
Ann S Laing, daughter, age 8, scholar, as above
Henry A Laing, son , age 5, scholar, as above
Elizabeth W Laing, daughter, age 3, born Midloathian, West Calder
William B Laing, son, age 1, ditto
Robert Laing, son, age 1 month, ditto

No. 122, name of house Brucefield, rooms with 1 or more windows: 2

Robert Laing, Head, married, age 37, coal miner -Hewer?, born Whitburn
Catherine L Laing, wife, married, age 35, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow
John Laing, son, age 6, scholar, born Midloathian, West Calder
Andrew Laing, son, age 4, born Midloathian, West Calder

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation, 1878. ¹⁶⁷⁰ Wagon Trimmer

• Residence, 1901, West Calder, Scotland. ¹⁴³⁴ Brucefield house,

Alexander married Jane Middleton, daughter of John Middleton and Mary Smart, on 3 Dec 1878 in Durhamtown, Bathgate, Scotland.¹⁶⁷⁰ (Jane Middleton was born about 1862 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland ^1434,1675.)