Jeanie Hepburn Laird

1904 - 1994  (89 years)

• Name	Jeanie Hepburn Laird
  Birth	4 Aug 1904	Lees Land, Thornwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Jeanie Hepburn Laird AT 5.20 AM Parents: Peter Laird, Coal Miner & Georgina Laird MS Hepburn Married: 1903 December 31st, Cambuslang Peter Laird, Father was present at the birth
  		Jeanie Hepburn Laird Bothwell Lanark 1904
  Gender	Female
  Research Note	1922  [3]
  	Empire Settlement Act of 1922
  	Empire Settlement Act of 1922 The British settlement schemes were based on the Empire Settlement Act (1922), with which the British government entered into agreements with various members of the Commonwealth to resettle female domestics, agriculturalists (farmers and farm labourers) and juveniles. This initiative differed significantly from all previous emigration schemes because the British government itself was involved in the recruitment of potential emigrants, in subsidizing ocean passage and in providing the skills and training that women, juveniles and others would need to settle elsewhere in the Empire In 1924, the program expanded with the 3,000 British Families Settlement Scheme, an ambitious plan to bring thousands of British farm families to Canada. Farm families received assisted passage, training, credit to purchase a farm, and supervision. In addition, British subjects in Canada could nominate people in the United Kingdom for emigration to Canada. Farm workers were encouraged to come to Canada under the Empire Settlement Agreement. Collectively, the Empire Settlement Act and the schemes that flowed from it were designed to assist those who wished to start anew in the dominions and, at the same time, to strengthen the bonds of the British Empire. By the end of the decade, about 170,000 men, women and children had been resettled in Canada, not nearly as many as had been envisioned by officials in Britain. No effort was spared to attract potential emigrants -- passage funds, already subsidized, were further reduced, training was improved and an aftercare program was initiated in Canada. One part of the program offered female domestic workers from Britain assistance with their passage and guaranteed work at standard wages. The ESA failed to attract the desired number of British immigrants to Canada. Approx 165,000 British immigrants arrived in Canada as participants in various settlement schemes, far less than the millions originally envisioned. With the onset of the Great Depression and the election of a new Conservative government in 1930, the programs of assisted settlement effectively came to an end.
  Immigration	29 May 1926	from Glasgow, Scotland via "SS Athenia" to Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Sailed from Glasgow 29 May 1926 and arrived in Quebec 7 June 1926. A number of immigrants to Canada were assisted by the E.S.A and offered lodgings etc with the Salvation Army. LAIRD Jean No relationships in Canada Aged 21 Born Uddingston Scotland Not in Canada previously Passage Paid by E.S.A. (Empire Settlement Act) Occupation: Factory Girl To be a Domestic in Canada Address in Canada you are going to: 480 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario. Salvation Army Nearest Relative: Mr Peter Laird (Father), Birkenshaw Gardens, Birkenshaw, Uddingston.
  Electoral	1957	52 Beachview Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	BLACK Alexander, Snr, Chef BLACK Mrs Jean BLACK Alexander Jnr, prod. manager
  		BLACK Alexander and Jeanie 52 Beachview Cres Toronto Ontario from Gail Jones
  Death	7 Jul 1994	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Aft 7 Jul 1994	Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	In Loving Memory of A Dear Husband and Father Alexander Black Nov 12 1903 - Aug 4 1962 Beloved Husband of Jean H Black Aug 4 1904 - July 7 1994 At Rest
  		Alexander Black and Jean H Black Headstone-2
  AAA Last Date	22 Oct 2022
  Person ID	I8062	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Peter Gourlay Laird,   b. 1 Dec 1879, Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1935, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Georgina Hepburn,   b. 5 Oct 1879, 10 Milson Terrace, Cadgour Colliery, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 27 Mar 1951, 13 Central Avenue, Viewpark, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Black,   b. 12 Nov 1903, 34 Farme Loan Road, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 4 Aug 1962, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1927	113 Hiawtha Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  	On the 8th Oct 1927, both Alexander Black and Jean Heburn Laird, stated their current residence. this is 15 days prior to the marriage. This was when the License was issued. Alexander Black Cook Aged 23, Bachelor Presbyterian Res: 56 Firstbrook Road Born: Scotland Intended Place of Marriage: Toronto Parents: William Weir Black & Mary Spencer Jean Heburn Laird Packer Aged 23, Spinster Presbyterian Res: 82 Brandon Avenue Born: Scotland Parents: Peter Laid & Georgina Heburn Witnesses: John Shaw, 46 Robbins Ave & Margaret K Orr, 42 Taylor St, in the City of Toronto in the County of York Ontario.
  Number of Children	4 Children  [8]
  	Had 4 Children William Weir Black 1928 - 2004 Georgina Hepburn Black 1929 - 1982 Alexander Black 1933 Mary Spencer Black 1945 - 1994 Refer to Ancestry Trees of GailNacyJ - Munro Family Tree and make contact for further information about family.
  Children	+ 1. William Weir Black,   b. 1928, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Apr 2004, London, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Georgina Hepburn Black,   b. 13 Nov 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 3 May 1982, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Living + 4. Mary Spencer Black,   b. 22 Apr 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Oct 1994, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F2601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1904 Bothwell Lanark, 625/01 0443. [S34] Miscellaneous Records, Type: Miscellaneous Records, Moving Here, Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience - www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/021017-2441-e.html Also - Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 - http://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/empire-settlement-act-1922. [S47] Shipping Records, Subject: Passenger Lists, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865 - 1935 - via Ancestry Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [S204] Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Canada, Voters List, 1935 - 1980, Subject: Elections, (Name: Ancestry.com, 1935 -1980;), 1957 Electoral District of Danforth, City of Toronto, Canada - via Ancestry. [S113] Ancestry and Other Public Member Trees, GailNacyJ - had the Munro Family Tree on Ancestry - email from Gail as well Jan 2017. [S97] Canada, BDM Record:, (Name: Canadian Vitial Statistics Agency;), 1927 Ontario Canada, Marriages, 1801 - 1928, County of York Toronto Reg No 1482 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 800 via Ancestry. [S113] Ancestry and Other Public Member Trees, GailNacyJ - had the Munro Family Tree on Ancestry.