John L. Laird (1809 - 1887)

Born 25 Oct 1809 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Marion (Colquhoun) Laird — married 5 Jul 1830 in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States

Husband of Laura Snow (Davis) Laird — married 21 Mar 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1887 at age 78 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

When John L Laird was born in Scotland on October 25, 1809^[1], his father, John, was 32 and his mother, Jennette, was 28. He emigrated to America, where he married Marion Colquhoun in 1830 in New York^[2]. He and his family emigrated to Utah Territory as part of the early LDS pioneers^[3][4][5]. He also married Laura Snow Davis^[1] on March 21, 1853, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and had one more son with her^[6]. He died on November 14, 1887, in Brigham City, Utah, having lived a long life of 78 years, and was buried in Millville, Utah.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850"
   Ancestry Record 3208 #3029 (accessed 26 May 2022)
   John Laird (42). Born in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
2. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2Q-Q6G : 19 October 2018), John Laird and Marion Laird, 1830.
3. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZW7Y : 10 February 2018), John L. Laird, 1851; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
4. ↑ "Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848"
   Ancestry Record 5333 #53188 (accessed 26 May 2022)
   John Laird born on 25 Oct 1809 in Glenhead, Dumbarton, Scotland.
5. ↑ "Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835-1846"
   Ancestry Record 3176 #1617 (accessed 26 May 2022)
   John Laird baptism (born 1809).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-DX3 : 18 February 2021), Jno L Laird, with wife Laura, son Joseph, and three stepsons in entry for Geo Stayner, Weber, Utah Territory, United States, 1860.
7. ↑ Findagrave "[1]" (Note: Findagrave Bio incorrectly states that my great-great grandather had no children ;-))

• I. W. Frank and C. M. Smith. A Stonyford Pedigree: Being a Compilation of Genealogies of Early Settlers Living in the Stonyford Area Prior to 1900 and Their Descendants Wherever They May be Found Today. United States: I.W. Frank, 1988, particularly pages 600 ff. Google Books. "| ASIN: B00071P1Q0."
• "1850 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: 188; Page: 131a; Line Number: 23
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #2627473 (accessed 26 May 2022)
  John Lard (42), Laborer, in District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. Born in Scotland.
• Early LDS Pioneers Story from Ancestry. "[2]"