Jay was born about 1885.
"Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQ7-14N : 17 October 2017), J. Laird and Dona Leavins, 25 Dec 1909; citing Marriage, , Holmes, Florida, United States, Florida State Archives and various county clerks of courts; FHL microfilm 931,295.
1910 US Census; Holmes County, FL (Sandy Creek) - married and with Donie. He is 23 and she is 22 years old. Married about a year.
1930 US Census: Holmes County, FL (Sandy Creek) - married and with Donie (spelled Dania on this census). Also with four children (Eula Dee age 16, Ky Lea - son, age 10, Mayer - a dtr, age 6, Waunetta - a dtr, age 0), his mother in law, Mary Ann Lenins (Levins?), age 75, and a laborer, named Jay D Garner age 14.
"Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNV8-PWW : 2 February 2018), J Lard, Ponce De Leon, Holmes, Florida; citing line 5, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,160.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHR-8P2 : 13 March 2018), Jay J Laird, Election Precinct 2, Holmes, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-2, sheet 1B, line 68, family 18, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 592.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2VC-F3B : 19 May 2014), J Laird, Mar 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 January 2019), memorial page for John H Laird (16 Sep 1884–4 Mar 1976), Find A Grave Memorial no. 93422135, citing Sandy Creek Cemetery, Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Michael Strickland (contributor 47524219) .
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