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Philip Kennedy Laing                           1797-1869
Philip was born about 1797, the son of John Laing and Isabella ?, at Sunderland, County Durham.
Margaret Shaftoe                                 1803-1881
Margaret was born on 9 May 1803, the daughter of William Shaftoe and Elizabeth White, in the city of Durham, County Durham.
I have identified the following children.
  Isabella Lee Born 21 Jul 1824   Liverpool Married Alexander Hill Lamb

Birth of Parents
Philip Laing b: 3 May 1797  c: 12 May 1797             North Bridge Presbyterian, Sunderland
son of John Laing and Isabella ?

Margaret Shaftoe b: 9 May 1803  c: 2 Jan 1807       Saint Mary-Le-Bow, Durham, County Durham
daughter of William Shaftoe and Elizabeth White

Marriage
24 Jul 1823
Philip Laing
Margaret Shaftoe 		Bishopwearmouth, County Durham

Children
Isabella Lee Laing b: 21 Jul 1824  c: 5 Sep 1824             Oldham Street Presbyterian, Liverpool, Lancashire
daughter of Philip Laing and Margaret Shaftoe

1851 Census HO107-2398 31 March 1851 Monkwearmouth, County Durham
Thomas Street
Elizabeth Rudland (Wife)(M)
George
John
Henry
 Phillip Laing (Lodger)
Margaret Laing (Wife)
Isabella Lee Laing
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 50
Age 16
Age 14
Age 12
 Age 52
Age 47
Age 30 		Mariner's Wife
Printer Appr.
Cabinet Maker Appr.
Mason
 Retired Ship Builder
Mariner's Wife 		Monkwearmouth
Monkwearmouth
Monkwearmouth
Monkwearmouth
 Monkwearmouth
Durham City
Liverpool 		Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
 Durham
Durham
Lancashire 		abt 1800
abt 1834
abt 1836
abt 1838
 abt 1797
abt 1803
21 Jul 1824

1861 Census RG9-3580 8 April 1861 Drypool, Yorkshire
Hedon Road
Philip Laing
Margaret (Wife)
Isabella Lee Lamb(M)
Alexander Lamb
Isabella Lamb 		Age 63
Age 57
Age 36
Age 8
Age 4 		Shipwright

Stewardess
Scholar
Scholar 		Monkwearmouth
Bow
Liverpool
Low Walker
Great Grimsby 		Durham
Durham
Lancashire
Northumberland
Lincolnshire 		abt 1897
abt 1803
21 Jul 1824
9 Nov 1852
abt 1856

Death
Philip Laing Died abt 1869, Age 72,       1869 4Q Sculcoates 9d 97

1871 Census RG10-4773 3 April 1871 Sutton, Yorkshire
7 Kingston Road
Margaret Laing (Widow)
Alexander H. K. Lamb
Isabella Lamb 		Age 67
Age 18
Age 15 		Annuitant
Marine Engine Fitter Appr.
Scholar 		Durham

Great Grimsby 		Durham
Northumberland
Lincolnshire 		abt 1803
9 Nov 1852
abt 1856

Death
Margaret (Shaftoe) Laing Died abt 1881, Age 77,       1881 1Q Sculcoates 9d 112

SPECIAL THANKS  to Ruth Ledger, of Gisborne, New Zealand, a descendant of John Laing (1755-), for many of the details provided above.