Alexander Laing ^{2349,2384,2385,2386}

   Cause of his death was Pneumonia, 5 days.²³⁹⁰

  General Notes:

East Whitburn Village - 8th April , 1861

Alexander Laing, Head, married, Age 68, Agricultural Labourer, born
Linlithgow, Bathgate

Elizabeth Laing, Wife, married, age 66, born Linlithgow, Whitburn
Mary S Laing, dau, unmarried, age 21, domestic servant, born Linlithgow, Whitburn
David Garnir, grandson, age 3, born Linlithgow, Whitburn
James Findlay, grandson, age 3 mo., born Linlithgow, Whitburn

(ref. 1861 Census/Whitburn, Co. West Lothian 673/bk. 1, p. 4)
The above house had only one windowed room.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1861, East Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. ²³⁸⁷

• Residence, 1865, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland. ²³⁹⁰

• Occupation. ²³⁴⁹ Labourer

Alexander married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of John Wilson and Marion Mowat, on 12 Jun 1819 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.²³⁹² (Elizabeth Wilson was born about 1795 in Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland ²³⁸⁷ and died on 26 Apr 1866 in Cross Roads, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland ²³⁹³.). The cause of her death was Influenza, 12 days; Hemiplegia, 6 days.²³⁹⁰