Alexander Beaton Laing
1817–89
Scottish mason and dog breeder. Of East Linton, East Lothian. Born in Kilconquhar, Fife, son of Alexander Laing and his wife Catherine Hutchison; brother of Ann Laing, the mother of Alexander Michie (ODNB) and George Thin.
Sources
Census returns of Scotland 1871 (The National Archives of Scotland: Prestonkirk 4/6)
Scotland old parish registers births 436/30 289, 414 Kilconquhar (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 June 2020)
Scotland statutory deaths 1883 436/5 Kilconquhar and Earlsferry, 1889 717/12 Prestonkirk (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 June 2020)
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