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1911 3 Back Normanby St Monkwearmouth Sunderland
LAING, Martha Head Married 6 years F 27 1884 Monkwearmouth Durham (3 children born one living)
LAING, Agnes Daughter F 2 1909 Monkwearmouth Durham
WATSON, Ellen Boarder Widow F 29 1882 Charwoman Whitburn Sunderland Durham

Here is an interesting one 1911

1911 Berners Hotel Hotel York, BONNERS HOTEL, HOTEL YORK
LAING, Thomas James L Visitor Single M 35 1876 Private Means York Middlesbrough

1901 27, Hedworth Street, Sunderland, Town
LAING, John B T Head Married M 39 1862 Iron Worker Boiler Maker Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Agnes Wife Married F 38 1863 Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Thomas Son Single M 16 1885 Heater Rivetts Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Katey Daughter Single F 13 1888 Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Agnes Daughter Single F 10 1891 Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Margaret A Daughter Single F 8 1893 Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, Barbara Daughter Single F 5 1896 Monkwrmouth Durham
LAING, John Son Single M 0 (8 MOS) 1901 Monkwrmouth Durham

1911 40 Huddlestone St Monkwearmouth Sunderland
LAING, John Head Widower M 49 1862 Riveter Ships Plate Durham Sunderland
LAING, Barbara Daughter Single F 17 1894 None Durham Sunderland
LAING, John Son M 11 1900 School Durham Sunderland
LAING, Ellen Daughter F 6 1905 School Durham Sunderland

Possible,

Looks like this one as been put down wrong on the census image,
Name: John Lane.
[John Laing].

1891. 70 Dame Dorothy St, Sunderland.
John Lane 28. General labourer.
Agnes Lane 26.
James Lane 8.
Tom Lane 6.
Kate Lane 3.
Agnes Lane 8/12.

All born Sunderland.

1911 37 Zetland St Sunderland
LAING, James Head Married M 29 1882 Fireman Sea Going Monkwearmouth
LAING, Elizabeth Jane Wife Married 9 years F 26 1885 Monkwearmouth
LAING, Mary Jane Daughter F 9 1902 Monkwearmouth
LAING, Robert Webster Son M 7 1904 Monkwearmouth
LAING, Agnes Laws Daughter F 4 1907 Monkwearmouth
LAING, Margaret Ann Daughter F 0 (9 MONTHS) 1911 Monkwearmouth
(6 children 4 still living)

Is this James in 1901 -- they appear to be a sea going family

1901
Vessel: EmmaSchooner Sail
Port/place: Faversham
LAING, James Crew Single M 17 1884 O S Seaman Sunderland Durham

So to sum up
Have we got a John Laing who married Agnes Laws

Their oldest two children seem to be
James who married Elizabeth and named their second daughter Agnes Laws Laing
Thomas who married Martha who named their eldest daughter Agnes and later had James Michael Laws Laing

Paul

You may find this page interesting and useful as you go further back in your research -- it is a work in progress but they already have a lot of Laings from Sunderland -including lots of cemetery records
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/index.php
The search is free but you need to buy credits to see the transcripts but I find the price reasonable compared with some other sites

Maths girl

This is such great news and more than enough food for thought

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart

Paul

moved to General Discussion

More on Thomas Laing, from service records,

Will,
In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife, Martha Annie Laing, 22 Gosforth St, Monkswearmouth, Sunderland.

Pension awarded to wife and 3 children, of 23 shillings and 3d. per week, with effect from 24/9/1917.

Jimmy wrote:More on Thomas Laing, from service records,

Will,
In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife, Martha Annie Laing, 22 Gosforth St, Monkswearmouth, Sunderland.

Pension awarded to wife and 3 children, of 23 shillings and 3d. per week, with effect from 24/9/1917.

Excellent work Jimmy!

Ok, so far we have:
- James Michael Laws Laing(Born:1913) (my dad's dad) married Elizabeth Ann Boddy (Born: ca. Dec 1911) (any hits on her fathers name?). Mothers name could be Sarah Ann Painter (not 100% sure).
- Thomas Laws Laing (his dad) (Born:1884), married Martha Annie Scales (Born: ca. Sept 1872) (any hits on her mother/father?)
- John Laing (his dad) (Born:1860), married Agnes Laws. Also have her fathers name Thomas Laws!

Great works guys. Not bad at all, to say dad only slightly knew his father. We're back into 1860 now. Wonderful stuff!

Paul

EDIT. Just thought that I'd mention part of a weird dream that I had last night. My wife and I were walking down a street and on the left side was a country home/castle type of building and for some reason we went inside. One of the rooms was filled with coats of arms and names wrote upon them (all tiles were a mixture of red & black). The floor and walls were covered in these coats of arms. At the far side of the room was an archway opening and at the right had side of it, on the wall, was a coat of arms with the names John Laing & Agnes Laws. We stepped closer to inspect the tile and as we did so 3 coins shot out of it and spun across the floor. On inspecting these 3 coins 2 were 2x 2 euro coins (slightly bent) and a 1 euro coin. That's all that I can remember. Weird, lol.

To be certain that the facts that seem to hang together are correct you will need to get some birth certificates to show parentage (unless you are lucky and can find more baptisms) and marriage certificates which will hopefully give leads on fathers and their occupations.

Maths girl wrote:To be certain that the facts that seem to hang together are correct you will need to get some birth certificates to show parentage (unless you are lucky and can find more baptisms) and marriage certificates which will hopefully give leads on fathers and their occupations.

Hi Maths girl,

thanks for the info. Before going down the buying ordering/buying birth certificates, of course that's what I'll do when the time comes. Is there any sites, where I can maybe trace the baptism info (parents names etc) for free or must they also be paid for? Looks like the Laing family are centered in Sunderland. Do they have free searchable baptism records available?