Laing Genealogy Source Documents

Information from 1861 Census
Birth Certificate of James Laing (b 1866)
Information from 1881 Census
Information from 1891 Census
Information from 1901 Census
1901 Marriage Certificate of James Laing and Elizabeth Ann Fullerton née Robinson
Information from 1911 Census
1920 Marriage Certificate of Alexander Fullerton otherwise Alexander Laing
and Elizabeth Jane Dunn
Reference dated 20 January 1926 for Mr. A.F. Laing (1898-1935)
Captain Donald Laing (1921-1993)

Information from 1861 Census

1861, Address: 61 Leslies Buildings, Township of Hedworth Monkton and Jarrow

Birth Certificate of James Laing (b 1866)

(second husband of Elizabeth Ann Fullerton née Robinson (b 1868))

Information from 1881 Census

1881, Address: 104 Ellison Street, Civil Parish [or Township] of Hedworth Monkton Jarrow, Town or Village or Hamlet of Hebburn, Urban Sanitary District of Hebburn Local Board, Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St. Cuthbert

1881, Address: 7 … Hood Street, Civil Parish [or Township] of Hedworth Monkton Jarrow, Town or Village or Hamlet of Hebburn, Urban Sanitary District of Hebburn Local Board, Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St. Cuthbert

Information from 1891 Census

1891, Address: 47 Lyon Lane, Administrative County of Durham, Civil Parish of Hedworth Monkton Jarrow, Urban Sanitary District of Hebburn, Town or Village or Hamlet of Hebburn, Parliamentary District of Jarrow, Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St. Cuthbert

Information from 1901 Census

1901, Address: 9 Nixon Street, Civil Parish of Jarrow, Ecclesiastical Parish of Jarrow Grange Christ Church, Municipal Borough of Jarrow, Ward of Municipal Borough of North Ward, Parliamentary Division of Jarrow, Administrative County Durham

1901, Address: 67 Moods' Buildings, Civil Parish of Walker, Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Urban District of Walker, Division of Tyneside Northumberland, Town or Village or Hamlet of Walker, Administrative County Northumberland

Marriage Certificate of James Laing (b c1866)
and Elizabeth Ann Fullerton née Robinson (b 1868), 13 November 1901

Information from 1911 Census

1911, Address: 19 Chirton Street, Byker, Newcastle

The entry for Elizabeth Ann Laing gives the number of children born alive to the present marriage: 3 children born alive, 2 children still living, and 1 child who has died. The 2 children born alive to the present marriage who are still living are Agnes and Louisa Mary. The third child born alive to the present marriage died before this 1911 census.

Marriage Certificate of Alexander Fullerton
otherwise Alexander Laing (1898-1935)
and Elizabeth Jane Dunn (1893-1968), 28 December 1920

Reference dated 20 January 1926 for Mr. A.F. Laing (1898-1935)

University of Durham

Armstrong College
Newcastle upon Tyne
20.I.1926

To Whom it May Concern

It gives me great pleasure to testify to the good character and ability of Mr. A.F. Laing. During the past two years I have had constant opportunity to judge Mr. Laing's work in these respects.

In the winter of 1924-25 Mr. Laing proved himself to be one of the ablest of an able class which studied under my direction at Armstrong College. The papers which he then prepared and read were of a high standard and the matters which he raised in discussion were always sound and relevant to the topic under consideration. The success of the class, of which he was, and still is, secretary, bears witness to his administrative ability, and the work which Mr. Laing manages to carry through for the Newcastle Board of the Workers' Educational Association testifies to his interest in the progress of education.

Mr. Laing is the possessor of a pleasing personality which ensures for him the willing co-operation of all with whom he comes in contact in any project to which he turns his hand.

G.D.W. Callum

Captain Donald Laing
7 July 1921 - 24 September 1993

To my British European Airways colleagues here today it is difficult to adequately summarise the professional career of Captain Don Laing. He was a man of the highest principles and his whole working life was dedicated to the well-being of his fellow pilots.

May we share some highlights of his thirty-one years in aviation.

As with many of his age group, Don joined the Royal Air Force in February 1941, training in America as a pilot. He came back to England and was operational in Bomber and Training Commands until 1946, when Flight Lieutenant Laing left the RAF to become a First Officer pilot on British European Airways Viking aircraft. From 1947, until his retirement in October 1972, Don's log books include over thirteen thousand flying hours in command of nearly all BEA's piston and jet-engined aircraft.

But it is in the area of industrial relations that Don was best known in civil aviation circles. He joined the British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) in 1947 and soon became involved on the local Council representing his fellow BEA pilots. This voluntary work became even more demanding when he was elected Chairman of that Council and member of the governing body of BALPA, the National Executive Council.

He held these offices for most of the years up to his retirement in 1972. While on the National Council, Don represented pilots on the United Kingdom National Joint Council for Civil Aviation where his expertise on industrial problems was fully recognised.

The 1973 Annual Conference of BALPA acknowledged Don's long and distinguished voluntary service to the Association and its members, in these various elected offices, by awarding him the high honour of its Silver Medal.

Since his retirement from 'active service' in BALPA and BEA, Don has always remained available to help any Association member who experienced a professional problem, serving on a number of sessions of the BALPA Personal Appeals Board.

Don will always be remembered for his involvement in achieving favourable working conditions for all airline pilots. We have lost a valued friend.

The documents on this page were provided by Joan Laing, Margaret Laing, Miles and others. The reference for the 1901 Marriage Certificate of James Laing and Elizabeth Ann Fullerton née Robinson was provided by Marcia Adam.

LAST MODIFIED: 8 MARCH 2013