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Richard Maitland Laws 1926–2014 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 April 1926

Birth Location: Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

Death Date: 7 October 2014

Death Location: Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Percy Laws

Mother: Florence Heslop

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In 1926, Richard Maitland Laws entered the world in Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, born to Percy M Laws And Florence M Heslop. Richard Maitland Laws passed away in 2014 in Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1926, Richard Maitland Laws entered the world in Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, born to Percy M Laws And Florence M Heslop.
  • Richard Maitland Laws passed away in 2014 in Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Richard Laws's Ancestors

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Richard Laws
1926–2014
Birth Place: Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Parents
Percy M Laws
1886–1962
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Florence (M) Heslop
1896–1984
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Grandparents
Peter (Maitland) Laws
1832–1906
Durham, England
Alice (Harriet) Bold
1848–1936
Lanarkshire (Glasgow), Scotland
Richard (Beautyman) Heslop
1853–1924
Ballast Hills, Newcastle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Catherine McGregor
1856–1912
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Great-Grandparents
William Laws
1793–1877
Sarah JOHNSTON
1790–1876
Alexander Bald
1813–1888
Fanny Hunter
1817–1889
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hannah Laws
1772–1852
Alexander JOHNSTON
1748–
Christian Bennett
1765–
Alexander Bald
1783–1859
Christian Burgh
1776–
John HUNTER
1793–1842
Isobell CRAIG
1788–1864

Richard Laws's Timeline

2 Records

1926
23 April 1926
Birth of Richard Maitland Laws in Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
2014
7 October 2014
Age 88
Death of Richard Maitland Laws in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 April 1926
    Event Place: Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 October 2014
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

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