James Laidlaw

   Cause of his death was apoplexy (36 hours).

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Cotton Handloom Weaver in 1841.

• He appeared on the census in 1841 in Wapping Close, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 40) living with wife Isable (40) and children Willliam (15), Agnes (13), James (8), John (5) and Matthew (1).

• He worked as a Woolen Handloom Weaver in 1851.

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in Wapping Lane, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 57) living with wife Isabella (53), children James (17, woolen handloom weaver), John (15, woolen handloom weaver) and Matthew (11, scholar), and granddaughter Helen Scott (7, scholar).

• He worked as a Pattern Weaver.

James married Isobel Murray, daughter of William Murray and Helen Thomson, on 13 Jun 1823 in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. (Isobel Murray was born on 31 Mar 1798 in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, christened on 1 Apr 1798 in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died on 21 Dec 1867 in Wapping Lane, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.) The cause of her death was unknown - no medical attendant.