Orlean Ann Laird ¹

   Another name for Orlean was Orley Laird.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LK9Z-SH4.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ² The 1860 census recorded George M. Laird, farmer, 27, living with wife Christina, 26; daughter Orle Ann, 3; and son Leonard, 2. George and Christina were born in Indiana and their children in Illinois. George's real estate is valued at $2900 and personal estate $616. On the same census page is Elisha Laird, 33, with his family, and Charles Laird, 23, with his wife. On the following census page is George's father, Samuel Laird, with his family.

2. Census in 1870 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ³ The 1870 census recorded George Laird, farmer, 37, living with wife Christina, 36; Oley Ann, 13; Lenard, 12; Clarinda, 8; Ida, 6; and twins Elmer and Elmira, 1. Everyone was born in Indiana. George's real estate is valued at $1400 and personal estate $400. Next door is Christina's brother, William Beeker, farmer, 39, with his family living on an real estate valued at $10,000. The post office was Pond Grove.

3. Census in 1880 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Christenia Laird, 46, living with daughter Orlean, 23; Leonard, farming, 21; Clarinda, 18; Ida, 16; Elmer, 11; and Frank, 7. Christenia was born in Indiana and her parents in North Carolina. Orlean and Leonard were born in Ilinois, their father in Ohio and mother in Indiana. Clarina, Ida, Elmer and Frank and their mother were born in Indiana, their father in Ohio.