Family History - 6 Sep 2009 ************************************************** (1) 1. Richard BEDFORD ************************************************** Birth Date: Circa 1790 Notes: Identified as father on SRO marriage record forWilliam Bedford and Elizabeth White Sources: LDS IGI Marriage record Spouse: Charlotte Mary NICHOLLS Birth Date: 22 Oct 1790 Christen Date: 18 Nov 1790 Christen Place: St Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England Spouse Father: Robert NICHOLLS (1750-) Spouse Mother: Elizabeth MEARS Spouse Notes: Identified as mother on SRO marriage record for William Bedford and Elizabeth White Spouse Sources: LDS IGI Marriage record and Birth Record Marriage Date: 14 May 1810 Marriage Place: Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London Children: William (2) 1.1 William BEDFORD ************************************************** Birth Date: 1824 Birth Place: Midlothian Notes: Identified as father of Flora on Marriage register entry for J K Laidlaw and Flora Bedford. 1881 Census record shows William and Elizabeth at 6 South St James St. St Cuthberts Edinburgh with son and two daughters including Flora (dressmaker). William shown as Telegraphic Machinist., birthplace England Sources: SRO - copy of marriage record. SRO - 1881 census LDS IGI Birth Record Spouse: Elizabeth WHITE Birth Date: 1832 Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Death Date: 25 Nov 1892 Death Place: Midlothian Spouse Father: John WHITE Spouse Mother: Jane Britton Spouse Notes: Identified as mother of Flora on Marriage register entry for J K Laidlaw and Flora Bedford. 1881 Census shows birthplace England Spouse Sources: LDS IGI Birth and Death Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1857 Marriage Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh Children: Alfred Richard John Flora Charlotte Jane Emily Elizabeth Alice (3) 1.1.1 Alfred Richard John BEDFORD ************************************************** Birth Date: 28 Sep 1858 Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian Sources: LDS IGI Birth (3) 1.1.2 Flora Charlotte Jane BEDFORD ************************************************** Birth Date: 9 Feb 1862 Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh Death Date: 24 Aug 1916 Death Place: Springhills North Berwick, Sources: SRO - Copy of entry in Death Register LDS IGI Record of Birth Spouse: John Kinlay LAIDLAW Birth Date: 12 Jun 1860 Death Date: 23 Apr 1928 Death Place: Edinburgh, 35 Drumsheugh Gardens Burial Place: Dean Cemetery Occupation: Solicitor (SSC) Spouse Father: John LAIDLAW (1820-1893) Spouse Mother: Margaret Kinlay (1821-1902) Spouse Sources: SRO- copy of entry in Death Register Census records 1881, 1891 Family tree by JK Laidlaw updated by WBR Laidlaw and JBR Laidlaw gives marriage date and place. LDS IGI birth record. Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1891 Marriage Place: West Hartlepool Children: Flora Morris Rutherfurd John Bedford Rutherfurd William Brittain Rutherfurd (4) 1.1.2.1 Flora Morris Rutherfurd LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 12 Aug 1899 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Death Place: Maraetai, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse: Ian Graham STRACHAN Birth Date: 1900 Birth Place: Newington, Efinburgh City, Midlothian Marriage Date: 1935 Marriage Place: Edinburgh, Scotland (4) 1.1.2.2 John Bedford Rutherfurd LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 27 Sep 1900 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Death Date: Dec 1974 Occupation: Solicitor Spouse: Sibella Thomson MUIR Birth Date: 28 Feb 1901 Birth Place: Edinburgh Spouse Father: William MUIR (1867-) Spouse Mother: Elizabeth, Skea ALLAN (1872-) Spouse Notes: Interests: Embroidery Spouse Sources: SRO - copies of records of birth , and marriage. Marriage Date: 1928 Marriage Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Children: John (Iain) Allan Kinlay Alan (5) 1.1.2.2.1 John (Iain) Allan Kinlay LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 12 Oct 1929 Death Date: 28 Oct 2005 Occupation: Engineer (Hydro-electric) Notes: Amateur Dramatics, Stage props/painting Ingenious devices to enhance plays (e.g. exploding cuckoo clock). Organist, Church Elder Spouse: Mary Sinclair (Moira) WAUGH Birth Date: 7 May 1938 Death Date: 27 Nov 1985 Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1962 (5) 1.1.2.2.2 Alan LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 1939 Death Date: 1942 (4) 1.1.2.3a William Brittain Rutherfurd LAIDLAW Dr* ************************************************** Birth Date: 8 Sep 1902 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Death Date: 25 Jan 1975 Death Place: Leith Hospital, Leith Burial Date: Jan 1975 Burial Place: Cremation Occupation: Entomologist Education: Edinburgh Acadeny, Aberdeen University DSc Forestry Notes: As a child William lived at 13 St Bernard's Crescent Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh Academy and Aberdeen University where he was awarded a DSc in Forestry (ref "One Hundred Years of forestry teaching and research at the University of Aberdeen 1907 to 2007 by Andrew D Cameron.. He was a research scientist (forest entomology) and lecturer at the unversity in the 1920's. His scientific work took him to Ranchi India where he met his first wife. In 1941 he he married Margaret Saunders. At this time, during World War 2 he worked for the Ministry of Food in Glasgow where son Ruary was born. They then moved to Edinburgh where son Michael was born. After the war William bought a market gardedn near Eyemouth in Berwickshire before sailing for New Zealand on the P&O liner Strathnaver in 1952 to take up a post in the Zoology department at Auckland University. In 1956 he spent 3 months at the Cawthron Institute (science) in Nelson before returing to Auckloand. Latterly he took teaching jobs in various parts of New Zealand. He published 2 books "A Guide to British Hardwoods" illustrated with his own pen and ink drawings and "Butterflies of New Zealand" published by Collins NZ using his own water colour illustrations. His main hobby was water colour painting. Shortly before his death William returned to Scotland. Sources: SRO Death Certificate Notes by son Michael. Spouse: Margaret Downs SAUNDERS Birth Date: 10 Apr 1915 Birth Place: Ipswich, England Death Date: 13 Apr 2002 Death Place: Masterton, New Zealand Occupation: Teacher, Mathematics Education: MA, Dip Ed, Edinburgh Spouse Father: William SAUNDERS (1886-1976) Spouse Mother: Mary MAIN (1881-1974) Spouse Sources: Notes by son Michael. Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1941 Children: Michael Rutherfurd Other Spouses Doris Grant WILSON (5) 1.1.2.3a.1 Michael Rutherfurd LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 1 Apr 1945 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Occupation: Meteorologist, Quality Manager Education: Auckland Grammar School, Auckland University, BSc Maths. Notes: Born in Edinburgh, some of Michael's early years were spent in Eyemouth where his father had a market garden Big Law Burn). Michael emigrated from Scotland with his parents in 1953 on the ship Dominion Monarch. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and graduated BSc in Pure and Applied Mathematics from Auckland University in 1966. In 1967 he moved to Wellington to follow a career as a meteorologist, firstly as a weather forecaster and later as a manager. He a did a tour of duty in Fiji as a weather forecaster in 1975-1978 during which he married Elaine. The whole family returned to Fiji 1985-1987 when Michael managed the Nadi Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre. Hobbires include Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS certificated teacher), and gardening. In late 1999 Michael and Elaine "pre-retired" to Carterton (Wairarapa) an hour and a quarter from Wellington by Road or rail. In 2005 they moved to Masterton. Spouse: Elaine Elizabeth WILSON Birth Date: 9 Sep 1947 Birth Place: Nelson, New Zealand Occupation: Science tech., Met.Observer, Buildings Manager Spouse Father: John Vernon WILSON (1912-1992) Spouse Mother: Sarah Elizabeth LUNN (1913-) Spouse Notes: Brought up in Nelson. Elaine's first job was a laboratory technician. She then moved to Auckland and worked for a time as a Meteorological Observer before marriage. Elaine has also worked as a Real Estate office administrator and Real Estate Agen and School building project manager for the Catholic Education Management Board. Her interests include Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS certificated teacher), Flying - prior to marriage (provate pilot's licence), 1/12th scale miniature modelling, croquet and gardening. Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1977 Marriage Place: Nelson, NZ, All Saints Church, Vanguard Street (4) 1.1.2.3b William Brittain Rutherfurd LAIDLAW Dr* ************************************************** (See above) Spouse: Doris Grant WILSON Marriage Date: Dec 1927 Marriage Place: Calcutta, India Children: Ann Rutherfurd Wilson Other Spouses Margaret Downs SAUNDERS (5) 1.1.2.3b.1 Ann Rutherfurd Wilson LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 18 Sep 1928 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Death Date: Dec 1999 Death Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Spouse: ? MURCHISON (3) 1.1.3 Emily Elizabeth Alice BEDFORD ************************************************** Birth Date: 14 Oct 1865 Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh Sources: LDS IGI Birth and Marriage Spouse: Jesse ROBINSON Birth Date: 1858 Birth Place: Midlothian Spouse Father: Charles ROBINSON Spouse Mother: Helen SMITH Spouse Sources: LDS IGI Marriage and Birth Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1891 Marriage Place: Midlothian Index ************************************************** BEDFORD, Alfred Richard John (3) 1.1.1 BEDFORD, Emily Elizabeth Alice (3) 1.1.3 BEDFORD, Flora Charlotte Jane (3) 1.1.2 BEDFORD, Richard (1) 1. BEDFORD, William (2) 1.1 LAIDLAW, Alan (5) 1.1.2.2.2 LAIDLAW, Ann Rutherfurd Wilson (5) 1.1.2.3b.1 LAIDLAW, Flora Morris Rutherfurd (4) 1.1.2.1 LAIDLAW, John (Iain) Allan Kinlay (5) 1.1.2.2.1 LAIDLAW, John Bedford Rutherfurd (4) 1.1.2.2 LAIDLAW, John Kinlay, spouse of (3) 1.1.2 LAIDLAW, Michael Rutherfurd (5) 1.1.2.3a.1 LAIDLAW, William Brittain Rutherfurd Dr (4) 1.1.2.3a MUIR, Sibella Thomson, spouse of (4) 1.1.2.2 MURCHISON, ?, spouse of (5) 1.1.2.3b.1 NICHOLLS, Charlotte Mary, spouse of (1) 1. ROBINSON, Jesse, spouse of (3) 1.1.3 SAUNDERS, Margaret Downs, spouse of (4) 1.1.2.3a STRACHAN, Ian Graham, spouse of (4) 1.1.2.1 WAUGH, Mary Sinclair (Moira), spouse of (5) 1.1.2.2.1 WHITE, Elizabeth, spouse of (2) 1.1 WILSON, Doris Grant, spouse of (4) 1.1.2.3b WILSON, Elaine Elizabeth, spouse of (5) 1.1.2.3a.1