Laura Adelle Westfall
(1873-1967)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frank Harland Laird

Laura Adelle Westfall 1

  • Born: 14 Jul 1873, Shelby, Macomb, MI 1
  • Marriage (1): Frank Harland Laird on 25 Oct 1893 in Otterbein, Benton, IN
  • Died: 1 Jul 1967, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA at age 93 1
  • Buried: Glendale: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA 1

   FamilySearch ID: MWV4-KBW.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. 2 The 1900 census recorded Elmer Laird, drayman, 31, born Aug 1868, living with wife Eva, 40, Mar 1860; daughter Coy Laird, 7, Apr 1893, and stepson William VanTress, 14, Apr 1886. The census columns record Elmer and Eva were married for 7 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900. Elmer, his parents, Eva, her mother, and her children were born in Indiana. Eva's father was born in Ohio.
Next door is Frank Laird, drayman, 27, Aug 1872, with wife Adelle, 26, Jul 1873. They were married for 6 years and she had birthed 0 children by 1900.

2. Residence: Laid Adelle (wid Frank H.) 561 E. 1st St. South, Apt. 8, Salt Lake City, UT in 1935 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT. 3

3. Obituary: Los Angeles Times: LAIRD, Mrs. Laura A., beloved mother of Mrs. Christine White, grandmother of James T. White and Mrs. Pamela D. Engle. Services at 3 p.m. Friday Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn-Glendale. On 6 Jul 1967 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 4


Laura married Frank Harland Laird, son of George William Laird and Christena Beeker, on 25 Oct 1893 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. (Frank Harland Laird was born on 6 Aug 1872 in Otterbein, Benton, IN,5 died on 12 Mar 1931 in Boise, Ada, ID 5 and was buried in Glenns Ferry, Elmore, ID 5.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85446461.

2 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBZ-DSP Frank Laird, Bolivar Township Otterbein town, Benton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 1B, family 29.

3 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1935 Salt Lake City Directory.

4 Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), 6 Jul 1967, page 57. Obituary of Laura A. Laird.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174750873.


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