Laird and Harris - Genealogy Wise2024-03-28T15:32:39Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/forum/topics/laird-and-harris?groupUrl=scotchirish&commentId=3463583%3AComment%3A344071&groupId=3463583%3AGroup%3A236186&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIn reply to your question abo…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-04:3463583:Comment:3442802011-05-04T00:07:02.080ZAngela Krafthttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/AngelaKay
<p>In reply to your question about editing, I do works of fiction for self-published authors.</p>
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<p>Have you a list of the various resources you have researched? I would be very interested in looking into some of them. I appreciate all you have typed up and shared, but feel bad that you are just handing over your research to me. Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate it! Perhaps you could mail me copies of what you have, and I can send a small fee to cover expenses? Also, as I…</p>
<p>In reply to your question about editing, I do works of fiction for self-published authors.</p>
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<p>Have you a list of the various resources you have researched? I would be very interested in looking into some of them. I appreciate all you have typed up and shared, but feel bad that you are just handing over your research to me. Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate it! Perhaps you could mail me copies of what you have, and I can send a small fee to cover expenses? Also, as I mentioned before, I would be happy to collaborate with you in anyway I can. If you'd like, you can directly email me at leavesofheritage at yahoo dot com.</p>
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<p>Thanks so much for the info and help!</p> Thank you for the information…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-03:3463583:Comment:3442752011-05-03T22:26:48.987ZSarah Stanley Galarzahttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SarahStanleyGalarza
Thank you for the information. I will keep looking.
Thank you for the information. I will keep looking. I have seen the name listed a…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-03:3463583:Comment:3441722011-05-03T17:14:10.120ZKathryn Brannigan Walizerhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/KathrynBranniganwalizer
<p>I have seen the name listed as Lord on many early documents also as Leard</p>
<p>the pitt st library in carlise pa has a great file o the early laird family' I have been researching the Laird and harris families for over 12 years with a lot of help from many relatives.</p>
<p>PS what are you an editor of?? just wondering</p>
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<p>I have seen the name listed as Lord on many early documents also as Leard</p>
<p>the pitt st library in carlise pa has a great file o the early laird family' I have been researching the Laird and harris families for over 12 years with a lot of help from many relatives.</p>
<p>PS what are you an editor of?? just wondering</p>
<p>Kathryn</p> ID: I28029 Name: Samuel Harri…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-03:3463583:Comment:3441712011-05-03T17:00:06.352ZKathryn Brannigan Walizerhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/KathrynBranniganwalizer
ID: I28029 Name: Samuel Harris Laird Surname: Laird Given Name: Samuel Harris Sex: M Birth: 12 Nov 1806 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Death: 1870 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois _UID: DB9151D8FBFB424D93194E55B6DD41E82508 Change Date: 17 Mar 2003 at 16:28:19 <br></br><br></br>Father: Samuel Thomas Laird 20 Feb 1769 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania <br></br>Mother: Jane Elizabeth Montgomery b: 17 Jul 1768 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania <br></br><br></br>Marriage 1 Elizabeth Boude Clingan b: 14…
ID: I28029 Name: Samuel Harris Laird Surname: Laird Given Name: Samuel Harris Sex: M Birth: 12 Nov 1806 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Death: 1870 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois _UID: DB9151D8FBFB424D93194E55B6DD41E82508 Change Date: 17 Mar 2003 at 16:28:19 <br/><br/>Father: Samuel Thomas Laird 20 Feb 1769 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania <br/>Mother: Jane Elizabeth Montgomery b: 17 Jul 1768 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania <br/><br/>Marriage 1 Elizabeth Boude Clingan b: 14 Jun 1814 in Pennsylvania <br/>Married: 15 Nov 1836 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania <br/><br/>When Samuel's parents died when he was about 12 and he went to live with cousin Laird Harris's family. Henry Haines's parents died and he went there also. They became life long friends. They moved to Illinois after the Harris's died and raised their families. The children then moved on to Nebraska. <br/><br/><br/>Samuel Laird was a prominent citizen in Illinois. He has had military training and volunteered for service in the war with Mexico, becoming colonel of a cavalry regiment. He was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln and was deputized to escort Lincoln to Freeport for one of his famous debates with Stephen Douglas. Samuel drove four white horses in tandem, hitched to a high-seated carryall on which he sat with Lincoln. The two were dressed in long-tailed coats and high silk hats. <br/>When the Civil War came along, Thomas Laird, the oldest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Laird, enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, in company G, 46th Illinois Infantry, and served with distinction. He saved the life of his commanding officer and was promoted to first lieutenant. He was discharged Feb. 2, 1866. Laird Haines also served in the Union Army. <br/>Samuel Laird and his wife died shortly after the Civil War and their family of six grown children felt the Laird homestead in Illinois was too small to support the six of them. Webster Co., Nebraska, had just opened up for homesteading and there were large tracts of unclaimed land available. <br/>Thomas and James Laird left home on election day, November 8, 1870, to scout the land, taking the train to Fort Kearney, Nebraska. On arriving, they learned of Indian unrest in the area to the southwest that they has planned to scout, so they bought a pony to carry their supplies and headed southeast instead. They walked for three days before reaching the settlement of Spring Ranch. The friendly people there helped them find a claim on Oak Creek in the northeast corner of Webster County. The two young men built a dugout in which they lived for the next six weeks. <br/>Their brothers, Will and Rob, joined them in their dugout home on January 1, 1891, along with Henry Haines' son John. John and the two Laird brothers traveled in a covered wagon containing household goods, taking about twenty five days for the trip. The five bachelors were the only inhabitants of Oak Creek during that winter, though occasionally hunters came through. Will and Rob brought their fiddles for entertainment. It was said that they could play all night for dances held later in the different homesteader's homes without repeating a single number. <br/>In the spring, Will returned to Illinois to settle up the estate. He and the youngest brother, Paschal, brought the farm equipment and household goods back to Nebraska, a long and tedious trip. Their sister, Mary, was to remain in Illinois until a suitable dwelling was built; but she grew impatient, took a train to Grand Island, hired a rig there, and arrived at the Laird claim shortly after Will and Paschal. Tom and Will returned to Freeport later that year to marry their fiancees, Mary Bell and Margaret Murdaugh. Margaret's sister Mary, a teacher, was later to marry Jimmie Laird. Rob and Paschal were also to marry sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth Leetsch. <br/>The four eldest Laird brothers homesteaded in Section 2, and Paschal in Section 14 of the Oak Creek Precinct(Township 4 North, Range 9 West) Webster County. Laird Howard Haines moved to the Oak Creek Precinct <br/><br/><br/><br/><a href="http://kathrynsgenealogyhelpcolumns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://kathrynsgenealogyhelpcolumns.blogspot.com/</a> Have you done much research o…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3439852011-05-02T23:13:18.480ZAngela Krafthttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/AngelaKay
<p>Have you done much research on the Irish Family Hsitory page, or Scotland's People?</p>
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<p>Have you done much research on the Irish Family Hsitory page, or Scotland's People?</p>
<p> </p> BTW, I was told a family tale…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3440712011-05-02T23:10:19.739ZAngela Krafthttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/AngelaKay
BTW, I was told a family tale that said when this branch landed in America they were asked their names and occupations and Laird (Lord) was the occupation put down as the name. I really didn't believe this as the immigration stories are rarely as they've been made out to be. Any input on this gem of info?
BTW, I was told a family tale that said when this branch landed in America they were asked their names and occupations and Laird (Lord) was the occupation put down as the name. I really didn't believe this as the immigration stories are rarely as they've been made out to be. Any input on this gem of info? Hi Kathryn,
I actually don'…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3439452011-05-02T23:07:38.841ZAngela Krafthttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/AngelaKay
<p>Hi Kathryn,</p>
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<p>I actually don't have much on him yet, as I have not done in depth research on that particular branch of the family yet. I did read the Douphin County History pages that popped up for his dad, and other Pennsylvania histories on Ancestry. I haven't done my google books searches, or Illinois searches as of yet. I have been pretty heavily researching my dad's side as I found one lead that has lead to a million more. Trying to ride it out =0)</p>
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<p>Anything…</p>
<p>Hi Kathryn,</p>
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<p>I actually don't have much on him yet, as I have not done in depth research on that particular branch of the family yet. I did read the Douphin County History pages that popped up for his dad, and other Pennsylvania histories on Ancestry. I haven't done my google books searches, or Illinois searches as of yet. I have been pretty heavily researching my dad's side as I found one lead that has lead to a million more. Trying to ride it out =0)</p>
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<p>Anything you'd be willing to share would be most appreciated. I am willing to reciprocate in any way I can.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the dialogue! (darn spell checker doesn't like the traditional way of spelling dialogue!) Sorry, I'm an editor in addition to trying to go pro genealogist...almost always on the job!</p>
<p><br/>Thanks again,</p>
<p>Angela</p> do you have the piece about s…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3438452011-05-02T22:42:36.741ZKathryn Brannigan Walizerhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/KathrynBranniganwalizer
do you have the piece about samuel harris laird and the Lincoln Douglas debates?
do you have the piece about samuel harris laird and the Lincoln Douglas debates? Our family research shows the…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3436552011-05-02T22:40:09.097ZKathryn Brannigan Walizerhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/KathrynBranniganwalizer
Our family research shows they may have been planters from scotland but lived and immigrated from raphoe Ireland
Our family research shows they may have been planters from scotland but lived and immigrated from raphoe Ireland I was wondering where you cam…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2011-05-02:3463583:Comment:3436462011-05-02T20:05:37.336ZAngela Krafthttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/AngelaKay
<p>I was wondering where you came across the Scotland tie, as everything I see mentions Ireland. I have saved text from several pages of various histories available on Ancestry, and I am sure there is more than one reference stating Ireland as a place of origin for the family. Would love it if they really were from Scotland because the Scottish sites are so much easier to use, and research in Ireland means you have to know WHERE in Ireland to look.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the information. I…</p>
<p>I was wondering where you came across the Scotland tie, as everything I see mentions Ireland. I have saved text from several pages of various histories available on Ancestry, and I am sure there is more than one reference stating Ireland as a place of origin for the family. Would love it if they really were from Scotland because the Scottish sites are so much easier to use, and research in Ireland means you have to know WHERE in Ireland to look.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the information. I appreciate it! Let me know if I can help further your research in anyway.</p>