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Bryan Laing                           1875-1941
Bryan was born on 17 May 1875, the son of James and Theresa Talbot Laing, in Sunderland, County Durham. He married Eleanor Leather.
Eleanor Leather                     1870-1946
Eleanor was born about 1870, the daughter of Frederick Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters, at Croydon, Surrey.
I have identified the following children:
  Michael Bryan Born abt 1901   Sunderland A Bachelor
Eleanor Diana Elizabeth Born 19 Aug 1904   Sunderland Married Montague George de Courcy-Ireland
Peter Kenneth Born 31 Jul 1907   Darlington Married Hazel Lillian Edwin-Jones

Birth of Parents
Bryan Laing b: 17 May 1875  c: 30 Aug 1875   St. Michael's, Bishopwearmouth   1875 2Q Sunderland 10a 787
son of James and Theresa Talbot Laing, Shipbuilder, Thornhill

Eleanor Leather b: abt 1870         Croydon, Surrey     1870 3Q Croydon 2a 234
daughter of Frederick Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Marriage
1900
Bryan Laing
Eleanor Leather 		1900 4Q Doncaster 9c 1431

1901 Census RG13-4708 1 April 1901 Ford, Sunderland, County Durham
Ford Hall
Bryan Laing
Eleanor (Wife)
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 25
Age 30 		Iron Shipbuilder Sunderland
London 		Durham
Middlesex 		abt 1875
abt 1870

Children
Michael Bryan Laing b: abt 1901           Sunderland, County Durham   1901 4Q Sunderland 10a 628
son of Bryan Laing and Eleanor Leather
Eleanor Diana Elizabeth Laing b: 19 Aug 1904           Sunderland, County Durham   1904 3Q Sunderland 10a 802
son of Bryan Laing and Eleanor Leather
Peter Kenneth Laing b: 31 Jul 1907           Darlington, County Durham   1907 3Q Darlington 10a 46
son of Bryan Laing and Eleanor Leather

1911 Census RG14-8 3 April 1911 North Mymms, Hertfordshire
Abdale House, Hatfield   (18 Rooms)
Bryan Laing
Eleanor (Wife)
Diana
Peter
Plus 5 Servants 		Age 35
Age 40
Age 6
Age 3 		Director Sunderland
Penge
Sunderland
Heighington 		Durham
Surrey
Durham
Durham 		14 Jul 1863
abt 1860
abt 1891
abt 1893

Death
Bryan Laing Died 6 Jun 1941, Age 65,         1941 2Q Paddington 1a 43
Buried in Therfield Churchyard, Hertfordshire

The Times, Tuesday, Jun 10, 1941                         Death
  LAING - On June 6, 1941, at a nursing home in London, Major Brian Laing, loved husband of Eleanor Laing, Therfield, Hertfordshure.

Death
Eleanor (Leather) Laing Died abt 1947, Age 76,       1947 2Q Hitchin 4b 82
Buried in Therfield Churchyard, Hertfordshire

LONDON   16 Aug 1947                         Probate
Laing Eleanor, of The Elm House, Therfield, Hertfordshire, widow, died 12 May 1947, Probate London 16 August, to Peter Kenneth Laing, company Director.   Effects £7,892 9s. 1d.