Born 25 January 1891 in Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland [525]
Son of carter and later farmer Alexander LAIRD and Margaret Martin LAIRD [20] [525]
Grew up on Waterside Farm in Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland [20]
He was one of at least seven children with older siblings Margaret, John, Robert, Alexander, Thomas and Isabella [20]
Married Elizabeth Hardie ANDERSON in 1925 in Victoria, Australia [54]
Farmhand in Sheep Hills, Victoria, Australia in 1928 [50]
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow, Western Australia in 1931 [50]
Died 21 March 1975; buried in Saint Martins, Perthshire, Scotland [425]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Archibald Saunders Laird' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/archibald-saunders-laird [reference list] |
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