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Descendants of Laidley Progenitor-311993

Third Generation


3. Dep-Commissary NSW Laidley James-113237 (John , Progenitor ) was born in 1786 in Perthshire, Scotland. He died in 1835.

Per e-mail from Australian Peter Dowling on 15-6-2009. When he died he left eight children, says ADB entry. His own entry in ADB online version. Mowle's Genealogy for Dowling. He had a wife and seven children when he died in Barnard's book, p. xv. He had been with Commissary dept. on Barbados and later on Mauritius.

James married Of Barbados Shepheard Eliza Jane-27644 daughter of Of Barbados Shepheard Progenitor-311995 and SNotknown Miss-311996 in 1819.

Per e-mail from Australian Peter Dowling on 15-6-2009.

James and Eliza had the following children:

+ 4 F i wife1 Laidley Theresa Shepheard-27642 died in 1869.
+ 5 F ii Laidley Maria-27654 was born in 1823. She died in 1873.
+ 6 F iii Laidley Katherine Marion-11007 died in 1901.
  7 F iv parent recheck Laidley Octavia-328019.

See Geoffrey Mort (revised by James Mort, 2007), Challenges and Charades: The Mort Family at Franklyn Vale. TRAMS Pty. Ltd., Armidale NSW, 2007, (self published)., p. 60.
        Octavia married Rev Moffatt Robert-328032 son of Rector Moffatt James Robert-328033 and Kellett Elizabeth-328034 in Mar 1858 in Ipswich.

He is rector of Parish Church at Kangaroo Point, between Brisbane and Ipswich, St Mary's. See Geoffrey Mort (revised by James Mort, 2007), Challenges and Charades: The Mort Family at Franklyn Vale. TRAMS Pty. Ltd., Armidale NSW, 2007, (self published)., p. 94.
  8 F v Died young Laidley Sophia-209411.
  9 M vi Laidley James Jnr-328031 was born in 1824 in Mauritius.

See Geoffrey Mort (revised by James Mort, 2007), Challenges and Charades: The Mort Family at Franklyn Vale. TRAMS Pty. Ltd., Armidale NSW, 2007, (self published)., p. 94.
        James married Weston Mary-328030 daughter of Lt EICo Weston George Edward Nicholas-122720 and Illegit Johnston Blanche-5789. Mary was born in India.

She marries James Laidley. See Geoffrey Mort (revised by James Mort, 2007), Challenges and Charades: The Mort Family at Franklyn Vale. TRAMS Pty. Ltd., Armidale NSW, 2007, (self published)., p. 94.
  10 F vii wife1 Laidley Miss-373953.
        Miss married Of Tooth's Brewery Mitchell James Sutherland-373948 son of Mitchell Progenitor-373949 and MNotknown Miss-373950. James died in 1893.

Per e-mail from Australian Peter Dowling on 15-6-2009. Code-Aust. He owns Argyll Bonded and Free Stores, Sydney. William Rubinstein, The All-Time Australian Rich List, Google Books Result. He is a brother-in-law (and friend) of TS Mort as he had married a Laidley daughter There is no entry for him in ADB online. He is a partner from 1860 in Tooth's Brewery.

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