February 2009 also brought the addition of Sue Yannaghas
(nee Petrie, from Scotland) to the Laughton Family Tree project. Sue is the Great Great
Granddaughter of David Laughton (1839/1841) and Great Granddaughter of William
Laughton (1888). William's daughter Annie (Sue's grandmother) married John
Arnold Petrie. Sue has family information from Scotland that we might not
otherwise have and most certainly has the most knowledgeable information about
the David Laughton line. Sue has also been to "Vigga" and
hopefully will be able to share some current pictures of the homestead with us?
Sue has developed a family chart from her component of the
tree:
click on image to view in large scale
| In May 2004 we
had conducted a search of the OGS "Scotland's People"
web site and downloaded a copy of the wedding certificate of
David Laughton and Margaret Laughton (her name prior to and
after marriage). This document shows that the marriage took
place on December 12, 1867. It appears, although the text
is very light, that David was a bachelor Mason (brick layer) and
Margaret was a spinster, daughter of a house carpenter. David's
brother Jerome Laughton 1834 was a witness at the event, prior
to his emigration to Canada. |
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Later on in February 2009, "Jack" Petrie (son of John
Petrie and Annie Laughton) joined to assist daughter Sue. The
web is widening once again! Jack provided a number of new details and
they have been added to the "Chart
of John Laughton 1801". That information provides details of
the siblings of William Sinclair Laughton 1888 "Willie O' the
Park", mentioned in many of the letters.
January 2010 brought a further addition to the
every-growing "Laughton Family Clan" with the addition
of the photograph shown below of David and Margaret Laughton, which was
provided by Hamish Crisp, son of Patricia Harcus Laughton and Jim Crisp,
thus grandson of William Sinclair Laughton
1888. Hamish also reported that his mother Patricia died on November
5, 2001 and that his father Jim Crisp is 80 years old and residing in
Kirkwall, Orkney.
David Laughton 1841-1929 with wife Margaret
Laughton 1847/1848
Photo courtesy of David Laughton's great-grandson Hamish Crisp
Also included with the Hamish Collection were
pictures of William Sinclair Laughton 1888 and Jessie Jean Laughton
1870-1919 (died of the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic 1919).
Jessie Jean Laughton
1870-1919 (died of Spanish Flu) |
William Sinclair Laughton
1888-1973 |
