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This Page Last Updated on Tuesday March 23, 2010

 

THE FAMILY TREE

In May 1981 I received my first copy of the genealogy that had been assembled by Paul MacDonell Laughton ("Uncle Paul"), who unfortunately left us all in the fall of 2009.  In 2004 I started the process of transposing that chart from the handwritten version of Uncle Paul to a computerized format so that it could be updated with time. In January 2009 Cousin David Laughton 1953 brought Uncle Paul's records to Milton. Using these originals and all the new information in 2009 and 2010 from the "Other Laughton Clan" (Norm in Arizona, John Ivan in British Columbia, Lindy in Texas, Sue in Scotland & Hamish in Orkney), a number of the missing links have been resolved.  There are still additions and corrections needed and we encourage anyone who is reviewing these charts to send in your comments.


click on image for full scale		 A copy of the original chart from Uncle Paul showed the level of detail that he had gone to in the process of documenting the Laughton Family History. It was initially difficult to interpret some of the information, but as time went on, the information became more familiar, new information was found in census documents, other family members provided updates - and before too long (well okay maybe 20+ years) it all began to make sense.

When we had the opportunity to review Paul's files in February 2009, we were amazed to see the number of iterations of the chart and the number of other charts and sub-charts that were used to put all the information together.

click on image for full scale

In April 2004, Cousin David Laughton (Uncle Paul's eldest son) took a number of photographs of documents that were in Uncle Paul's records.  That complete set is in a separate directory of images. Many of those images have now been integrated into the web site, but not all.  One of the images was a revised chart of the family tree, which is shown here.

There were other variations in the package we reviewed in February 2009 and some of those have been incorporated into the "History Documents" that are discussed on the History Page. One of those items listed is Miscellaneous Family Charts.

Using the most up-to-date information from all of the above and the great new information from the other Laughton Family members listed above, we prepared the revised charts for 2009 and 2010. As some of the information in the old charts may be important in the future to show what changes were made, we have moved all the charts into a separate "Chart Directory".  There you can also find all the charts in the various formats in which they were produced (JPEG, Microsoft WORD, Adobe PDF).

The charts that we are showing here may not be the most current images of the charts, just to demonstrate what is available. Please check the WORD of PDF version to ensure that you have the most current file.

We have broken them down into three main charts, and from the links provided here you can download and open any of those versions. The JPEG images should open on any computer directly from the hyperlink, or they can be downloaded and used in a number of standard image software programs, just as if they were photographs. The WORD documents can be downloaded and opened with Microsoft WORD, however if you do not have that program you can use the free version of Open Office from Sun Microsystems. The Adobe PDF documents are the standard cross-platform documents and should be readable on almost any computer. If you do not have the fee reader, download if from Free Adobe Reader.

If you wish to access the links off these charts while on-line, you may need to use "CTRL Click" (hold down the CTRL key while you click on the link with your mouse). All of the links to the personal pages are also available from the Era Listing page and now on the TelNic network at http://ancestors.laughton.tel.

Chart 1: The Main Family Line through John Hugh Laughton Family from 1859 to 2009
JPEG Image
WORD Document
PDF Document

 

 
Chart 2: Expanded Chart of John Laughton 1829 & Jerome Laughton 1834 - Arrival in North America
JPEG Image
WORD Document
PDF Document

 

 
Chart 3: Expanded Chart of John Laughton 1801 - the Family in Orkney, Scotland
JPEG Image
WORD Document
PDF Document

 

 
Chart 4: Family of George Van Wyck Laughton 1897
in development to allow for more room on Chart #1

 

Links that I have found that are useful in the development of the genealogy, which are discussed in greater detail under the topic of Registers.

 

Copyright 2004 - 2010 Richard Van Wyck Laughton
on behalf of the Laughton Families
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