PAUL wrote: > > Hello: My name is Paul Laird. My great-grandfather was Lola (aka Lowell) > Alma Laird and my great-grandmother was Belle Laird (nee Wadlow) > > Lola (Lowell) Alma Laird married Belle Wadlow around 1896 in East Central > Illinois. (Iroquois County I think) They had four children: Glen LeRoy > (1899-1973), Alma Wadlow (1901), Paul Robert(1903-1981), and Lena Belle > (1905-1983). I do not know the exact dates of Lola and Belle's death or > birth. > > Glen Laird married Buneta Eyrich in 1919 near Milford, IL. They had 3 > children: Joseph L(name uncertain) (1920-21), Samuel Phillip(1922-1944), and > Robert Glen(1924-1968). Glen Laird died on November 14, 1973. His wife died > on May 17, 1987. They are both buried in Milford IL. > > Robert Glen Laird (only surviving son of Glen and Buneta) married Aletha Sue > Ritchley in Baltimore MD, August 15, 1944. They had four sons: David Robert > (1945), twins Paul Alan & Philip Alvin (1948), and Joseph Glen (1949). > Robert died in Grant Park IL on May 31, 1968. He is buried in the > Sherburnville Christian Church cemetery. > > David Robert Laird now lives in Spokane WA and has a son Sean Gregory who is > married and lives in Illinois. > > Philip Alvin Laird died in 1993 in Bone Gap IL. He has twin sons Lincoln and > Tyler who still live with their mother in Bone Gap. > > Joseph Glen Laird lives in Russelville KY with his wife Susie. They have two > boys; Glen LeRoy born in 1973 (has one son) and Patrick James born in 1976 > (has one son). > > I am Paul Alan Laird. I live in Yelm, WA. I have two children (MarySue Laird > (1976)and Robert Glenn Laird(1980)). > > I am seeking information on the parents of Lola Alma Laird, his wife Belle, > and information on my grandmother Buneta Eyrich Laird and her family. You > can contact me at thelairds@att.net. Thank you. > > ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== > Laird Resource Page: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/Paul, have you tried contacting the Iroquois County Genealogical Society at www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/. I found them very helpful in identifying my Iroquois County Lairds.