Hi, Catriona! Actually, John Holmes, born considerably earlier than 1900, was born at Cloak, so there must be have another home there. Either that, or they are indicating that it is an "area" of sorts. There must be some history. I'll contact the webmaster of the site you sent me and find out if they know. Thanks for the info, though! Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: Catriona Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:32 AM To: SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Renfrew] LAIRD, SCOT, MORRISON, HOLM - also re: "CLOAK", Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire Hi Samantha, Cloak is a house in Kilmacolm, situated on Cloak road. Have put in a couple of web pages that i found with the area and house on it. Hope this helps, http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&X=235277&Y=671984&scale =50000&width=500&height=310&gride=&gridn=&coordsys=gb&db=ap&overviewmap=&sre c=&maxrows=&startrow=&addr1=&addr2=cloak+Road&addr3=Kilmacolm&pc= http://www.afineproperty.co.uk/properties/163.html Catriona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samantha Parnell" <Samantha_Parnell@msn.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:45 PM Subject: [Renfrew] LAIRD, SCOT, MORRISON, HOLM - also re: "CLOAK", Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire > Looking for information on ALEXANDER LAIRD and ELIZABETH SCOT, born appx. 1732 or later in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, and on their descendants. I am descended from Joseph C. who came to America in about 1816. > > I have just recently found information on Joseph's sister, Helen, from LDS website. Her husband and all her children, according to LDS, were born in 'CLOAK', Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire. Have not been able to find ANY information on CLOAK, whether it is an area, or perhaps the name of a parish in which the husband and children were christened. > > I am also very interested to find any Laird descendants still living in Scotland. > > also, the derivation of the name LAIRD as a surname, rather than a title. It has been suggested it was originally Viking in origin, perhaps originally as LAYARD or something like that. > > THE CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER LAIRD AND ELIZABETH SCOT: > > James Laird 1758 > Helen Laird, 1760 (married John Holm 1783) > Children: James, Elizabeth, Alexander, Ann, Agnes, John, Helen, Janet > Alexander 1763 > Robert 1765 > William 1769 > Joseph C. 1771 > (Married Ellen Elleanor Morrison 1799 in Aberdeen) > Children: William R., Elizabeth, Susan Anna, James, Alexander, Eleanor, John, Ernest, Peter. > Joseph 1775 > Thomas 1777 > > I have found many relatives descended from Joseph C. My database contains 2,200 names so far. Would also like to trace his sister Helen's descendants, HOLM family. > Any help, advice, insight, would be appreciated! > Silver Samantha Parnell > Decendant of Alexander Laird and Elizabeth Scott > > “We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization” -- Voltaire > > Genealogy websites to which I contribute information: > > http://www.gencircles.com > > http://www.geneanet.org > > http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > http://www.mytrees.com > > http://www.genealogy.com > > http://www.cousinconnect.com > > http://www.ancestry.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > ______________________________ ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************** To search the archived lists, including this list go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/search.htmlGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com