Birth: 2 October 1917 Chorlton, Lancashire, UK
Father: David Laidlaw 1891-1938
Mother: Hannah Swindell 1893-1972
Marriage: April-June 1941 Manchester, Lancashire, UK, UK
Wife: Olwen Williams 1919-a1948
Death: 6 April 1980 198 Church Lane, Marple, Greater Manchester, UK
David John Laidlaw 1942-2015
Beryl L Laidlaw 1948
Birth of Douglas Laidlaw, mother's maiden name Swindell, in FreeBMD in October-December 1917 in Chorlton (8c 1089).
His four brothers were born in Chorlton from 1920 to 1924.
His father died in South Manchester in 1938.
His widowed mother and family were living at 198 Holmcroft Road, Manchester from the 1939 Register.
Marriage of Douglas Laidlaw and Olwen Williams in FreeBMD in April-June 1941 in Manchester (8d 856).
His son and daughter were born in Manchester in 1942 and 1948.
Death of Dougas Laidlaw, born 2 October 1917, in FreeBMD in Apil-June 1980 in Stockport (39 1109).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Douglas Laidlaw died 6 April 1980 in Marple, Stockport, probate 11 June 1980 in Mancester. "Laidlaw, Douglas of 198 Church La Marple Stockport died 6 April 1980 Probate Manchester 11 June £3724".
There are even entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Douglas Laidlaw.
Note that Chorlton became part of Manchester South in 1925 which became part of Mancester in 1939.
Douglas Laidlaw was the father of David John Laidlaw, husband of Ann Mary Baker, my fifth cousin.
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