When David Laird was born on 12 August 1870, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Laird, was 41 and his mother, Janet Baird, was 39. He married Margaret Fleming Spence in 1892, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1880. He died in 1951, in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
Scottish and northern Irish: status name for a landlord or landowner, from northern Middle English laverd ‘lord’.
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