Arthur Charles Laidlaw (1896 - 1968)

Born 1896 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Isobel (Bunyan) Laidlaw — married 1921 in St Giles, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1968 at about age 72 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Bruce Laidlaw [send private message]

Biography

Arthur Charles was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1896^[1]. He emigrated to Australia.

"Arthur Charles Laidlaw emigrated to Australia at 62 years of age in 1959, suggesting that he and his wife had children that emigrated prior and that the parents went to Australia to join them." (Unverified)

Arthur died in Queensland in 1968^[2]. The "B" in the reference indicates Brisbane.

More from the Queensland Govt Records:

Death registration:

Arthur Robert Laidlaw

Birth year:1923

Death date:12/03/1986

Mother's name:Mary Bunyan

Father/parent's name:Arthur Charles Laidlaw

Registration details:1986//2119

(The blank in the reference indicates Queensland Country.)

Research

Not sure if this fits here or not. I am not sure if you are aware of the story about the Robert Mabon and Elizabeth Mabon (sometimes spelt Mabon, Mabion, Mabin etc.) in your tree? These two were both born as illegitimate children to Janet Mabon prior to her marriage to William Laidlaw. William Laidlaw was at the time, a 59 year old gardener, employed by the Duke of Buccleuch and Janet Mabon was about 24 when they married. Janet Mabon was a servant to the Duke. It is said that this was an arranged marriage, so to disguise the real entity of the father of both Robert and Elizabeth; and that the Duke was actually the father of both these children.

Apparently, or so the story goes, the Duke paid William Laidlaw to marry Janet Mabon and to adopt the 2 children and give them the Laidlaw name. It has also been said, that the Duke paid for Elizabeth to emigrate to the USA (Hush money if you will?).

You may want to look at the attached screenshot for the next part of this email Bruce.

Here is the Duke I refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montagu_Douglas_Scott,_6th_Duke_of_Buccleuch

Robert Mabon (now Robert Mabon Laidlaw) married a Janet Telfer and had 5 sons and 4 daughters. The first son was Roland Montague Laidlaw (note the name Montague being included here and hinting of the same family name of the Duke). Roland is the grandfather of my relative in Scotland and whilst he had some sons, his male line did not continue to the present day. However, Robert Mabon Laidlaw's other sons may have continued the male line as the attached screenshot shows.

The Sons: Norman Stanley Laidlaw emigrated to Canada I believe at 18 years of age and no trace of him or his family yet that I can find. Arthur Charles Laidlaw emigrated to Australia at 62 years of age in 1959, suggesting that he and his wife had children that emigrated prior and that the parents went to Australia to join them. Alfred Laidlaw was apparently a bachelor, and Frederick Robert Laidlaw died in Scotland in 1973. All of these sons with the exception of Alfred possibly, may have had sons?

My quest is to track down any of the male line. This is the only way to prove by Y-DNA that they were in deed descended from the Duke of Buccleuch. If you type "Duke of Buccleuch DNA" into Google, you will see that the current Duke has been Y-DNA tested and that is an interesting story in itself. Brett Wilson<brett2554 at gmail.com>.

Extract:

17 Apr 2012: ScotlandsDNA announced that "The DNA of the Duke of Buccleuch was found to be an exact match of a descendant of Charles Stewart of Ardshiel, who fought at Culloden, both men descended from Alan, the Seneschal of Dol, a Breton aristocrat. His family came to Britain in 1066 with William the Conqueror and then made its way to Scotland to found the Stewart line." The Duke of Buccleuch had been SNP tested and found to be positive for L744 (=S388) and L745 (=S463).

Sources

1. ↑ Kelso Birth Registry
2. ↑ Queensland Govt Records