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| | ARCHIE LAUGHTON ( - )
Archie Laughton was one of two sons of John Laughton
1874. We know that he was married to Lily and that he wrote three (3)
letters to John Ivan Laughton 1929.
Archie Laughton is reported to have had a son John
Laughton. The notes say that this son John died in 1974, however we have
conflicting information in a 1999 letter that Mary Frances Laughton (daughter of
Paul Laughton 1923) has been or is communicating with
John Laughton.
The three letters that we have from Archie that were
written to John Ivan are as follows:
 | April
10, 1960: from Archie to John Ivan
 | original of letter previously referenced on this
web site |
| sent from Foveran. St. Ola, Kirkwall, Orkney |
| responding to John Ivan's posting in the local
paper to "Orcadian" |
| tells of the original settlement at Holm |
| if Archie's father is 91 years old
at the time that this letter was written in 1960 the I have something
wrong on the charts as I show John Laughton 1874 and David Laughton
1869, and a 91 year old man in 1960 would have been born in 1869 -
Archie states that in the letter in the next paragraph |
| refers to his Aunt Jessie, who is 90 so her 1870
birth date would be correct
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| December
20, 1960: from Archie to John Ivan
| speaks of desire to go work for the Hudson Bay Company in Canada |
| refers to "Willie O' the Park", his wife Annie and daughter
Helene |
| Archie's wife Lily is in the hospital |
| Archie's father will be 92 in March 1961 - so
chart date is wrong at 1874 - or wrong father!
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| November
27, 19__: year unknown but some time after the 1960 era letters
| 3 years since his father died, so this is post 1960
but year is not noted |
| sent John Ivan Laughton and his family a book about
Orkney |
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There may be more information on Archie is some of the
other files.
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