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[ca. 1860], 1904, 1906 (Creation)
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- Laird (family)
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[ca. 1860], 1904, 1906 (Creation)
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- Laird, William Palmer, d. 1904
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[ca. 1860], 1904, 1906 (Creation)
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- Borden, Eunice Jane, fl. 1850
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2 photographs : b&w ; 9.8 x 8 cm and 9.3 x 8.8 cm
7 p. of textual records
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William Palmer Laird (d. 1904) was a lawyer in Strathroy, Ontario. He was the elder brother of Eunice Jane Laird, who married Andrew Borden in 1850.
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William Palmer Laird was admitted by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a student-at-law in 1856, but he was never called to the Bar. He practiced as an attorney and solicitor in Strathroy, Ontario. Laird died in Strathroy on November 1st, 1904.
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Eunice Jane Borden (nee Laird) married Andrew Borden in 1850. She was the mother of four children, including Sir Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada.
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Fonds consists of records relating to the life of William Palmer Laird and his younger sister, Eunice Jane Borden. Included are photographs, a copy of the last will and testament of Laird, and an executors deed regarding the estate of Laird.
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The records in this fonds were donated to the archives by J. Perry Borden, Q.C., in 1991 and 1992.
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