Janet Laird

13 January 1822–28 March 1896 (Age 74)
Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Janet

When Janet Laird was born on 13 January 1822, in Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Laird, was 40 and her mother, Jean Junkin, was 38. She married James Hardie Jenkins on 1 October 1842, in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 28 March 1896, in Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Hardie Jenkins
1822–1891
Janet Laird
1822–1896
Marriage: 1 October 1842
Daughter Jenkins
1843–1843
John Laird Jenkins
1844–1905
Charles Laird Jenkins
1845–1929
Jane Jenkins
1847–1933
James Jenkins
1849–1853
Helen Hardie Jenkins
1851–1932
Jeanette Jenkins
1853–1864
James Hardie Jenkins
1855–1858
Margaret Jenkins
1856–1860
Henry Laird Jenkins
1859–1945
Elizabeth Laird Jenkins
1860–1921
Agnes Jenkins
1862–1863
Isabella Jenkins
1865–1867

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 October 1842Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (13)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1823
    Age 1
    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
    1824 · Property Value is Estimated
    Age 2
    In 1824, the value of real estate in Brooklyn was estimated as $2,111,390 and personal property was estimated as $438,690.
    1843
    Age 21
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and northern Irish: status name for a landlord or landowner, from northern Middle English laverd ‘lord’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Lard
    Leard

    Story Highlight

    Simeon Sanders & Frances Waterman Sanders

    by Kristine Halls Smith In 1916, on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Simeon and Frances Sander’s daughter, Marianne, their grandson Rulon wrote a tribute that gives us an interesting bit of …

    Sources (34)

    • Jeanette Jenkins in household of James H Jenkins, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Jennet Laired in entry for Charles Laired Jenkins, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Janet Jenkins in household of James Jenkins, "United States Census, 1880"

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