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  DAVID LAIRD
David Laird lived in Pennsylvania and is believed to be the son of James Laird and his wife, Jean, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
James Laird, who was mortally wounded in the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina on October 7, 1780, is believed to have been a son of David Laird.
David Laird sold 165 acres of land to his son-in-law, Robert Ferril, in consideration of maintaining him during his life in clothing, boarding and other necessaries.
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 David Orchard: David's Schedule
David Orchard will be in Vancouver on Canada Day, July 1, 2007 to meet with friends and supporters and celebrate the day with a salmon barbecue at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre in Burnaby.
David Orchard presents to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on the Economy hearing on the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA).
Speech by David Orchard to local farmers and residents at the invitation of Heather Carter, federal Liberal Candidate for Niagara West-Glanbrook.
www.davidorchard.com /online/schedule/schedule.html   (1937 words)

  
  The Honourable David Laird, 1876-81
David Laird was born on March 12, 1833, at New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island.
David Laird sat on the Charlottetown City Council, its Board of Education, and Board of Works, and he was a Governor of the Prince of Wales College.
David Laird was President of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society in 1903 and 1904.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/lt-gov/laird.htm   (645 words)

  
  Office of the Treaty Commissioner   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Honourable David Laird was the first resident Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories after it was established as a separate administrative area by the Northwest Territories Act of 1876.
Laird represented the electoral district of Belfast in the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly and Queen’s County in the Canadian federal House of Commons from 1873 to 1876.
During the summer of 1874, David negotiated with the Qu’Appelle Lakes Treaty with Indians of this region and the importance of treaty negotiations to the construction of the Dominion Telegraph and the Canadian Pacific Railway.
www.otc.ca /laird.htm   (327 words)

  
 David Laird   (Site not responding. Last check: )
David Laird was the son of Alexander Laird, a prominent fixture within the small community of New Glasgow as a farmer and a shipbuilder.
Laird was raised as a devout Presbyterian and attended school on the island, eventually earning a position at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia, where he had hoped to join the ministry upon his graduation.
David Laird sat on the Charlottetown City Council, its Board of Education, and Board of Works, and he was a Governor of the Prince of Wales College.
www.albertasource.ca /treaty8/eng/peoples_and_places/profiles_of_the_treaty_makers/treaty_persons/laird.html   (561 words)

  
 Decision 883-2001 Laird v. Coleman Construction
Laird was required to submit time cards where he was to enter a description of his daily tasks and number of hours he worked on a weekly basis.
Laird was a bona fide resident living in Montana at the time he was hired and assigned to work on a heavy and highway construction public works contact awarded to Coleman Construction by the State of Montana on August 5, 2000.
Laird contended that the assigned duties and responsibilities he was performing for Coleman Construction was that of a "crusher operator".
dli.mt.gov /hearings/decisions/2002/whdec883_2001.htm   (2738 words)

  
 Descendants of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven - Person Page 1559
David Laird was the son of David English Laird and Rebecca Herbert.
David Laird was the son of David Laird and Eliza Conover Herbert.
Elizabeth Vorhees Laird was the daughter of David Laird and Eliza Conover Herbert.
www.conovergenealogy.com /conover-p/p1559.htm   (2918 words)

  
 Land&People, Fall 2001, Cherishing the Chesapeake: The Trust for Public Land
Laird, a hardy 64, has been crabbing since he was a teenager.
Laird rips into the matted grass, intent on plucking out the market-sized crabs within--particularly the "softies" that have shed their shells or the "peelers" that are about to shed.
Laird says the grasses around Smith Island these days are actually in better shape than in some recent years but just a shadow of what existed when he started crabbing in the 1950s.
www.tpl.org /tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=5302&folder_id=1545   (2257 words)

  
 Down Democrat - 2006/02/23: Laird Memorials next generation
Laird Memorials is now looking to the future as it strengthens the business with new technology.
David who learned his trade from the master stone mason has now developed the technical side of the business.
David added that the family had adapted its business to provide a reliable service for community in times of immediate loss.
archives.tcm.ie /downdemocrat/2006/02/23/story1944.asp   (481 words)

  
 J. David Eisenberg
David has written articles for xml.com and alisapart.com on topics such as Javascript and the Document Object Model, XML validation, XSL Transformations and Formatting Objects, and (surprise) SVG.
David has also been developing education software since 1975, when he worked with the Modern Foreign Language project at the University of Illinois to develop computer-assisted instruction on the PLATO system.
David did the programming for the multimedia CD-ROM version of a series of children's stories, and the programming for beginning Algebra and Spanish discs.
www.oreillynet.com /pub/au/799   (791 words)

  
 Jackson Surgical
David Laird, who is board certified in general surgery, is a medical graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
His mother was diagnosed with the disease in 1989 – in the days before colon screening was aggressively pushed – and died of the disease four years later.
If the polyp is cancerous, Dr. Laird said, the patient will be referred to a surgeon, who will remove that affected portion of the colon and connect the colon together again.
www.jacksonsurgical.com /doctors/laird.php   (633 words)

  
 Iain Laird's Family History Project   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The David part of the family emigrated to North Carolina, U. in or about the year 1730, and thus you can see distinctly you belong to a branch of the old and genealogical stem, although of a younger branch.
A member of the Laird family was the Birkenhead shipbuilder who built the Alabama, and raised such a racket between this country and Britian.
This Congressman Jas Laird of Nebraska, who is at present dying I am unable to say of what stock he is. You will now see from what I have explained evidences are that you belong to a good branch of that noble and aristocratic family of which we all should feel proud.
www.laird.org.uk /Laird/1888_Letter.htm   (1872 words)

  
 Alberta Online Encyclopedia - Treaty 7 - The Treaty Makers - David Laird   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Along with Colonel James Macleod, David Laird acted as a treaty commissioner for the Treaty 7 negotiations in 1877.
He was the son of the Honorable Alexander Laird, a member of the Prince Edward Island Executive Council, and Janet Orr, the daughter of a prominent family of the Island.
Laird became involved in politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 1873.
www.albertasource.ca /treaty7/treaty/makers_laird.html   (475 words)

  
 David Gordon LAird
David Laird was born in Prince Edward Island in 1889 and received his early education at Prince of Wales College.
After a period of service with the Canadian Forces in France, during which he was severely gassed, Mr Laird returned to BC and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy in 1920.
For his achievements he was honoured by a number of organizations, was elected a Fellow of both the Canadian Society of Soil Science, and the Agricultural Institute of Canada and was elected to the Senate Club of the BC Federation of Agriculture.
www.landfood.ubc.ca /alumni_history/faculty_staff_bio/laird.htm   (347 words)

  
 ARS : David A Laird   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chappell, M.A., Laird, D.A., Thompson, M.L., Evangelou, V.P. Co-sorption of atrazine and a lauryl polyoxyethylene oxide nonionic surfactant on smectite.
Chappell, M.A., Laird, D.A., Thompson, M.L., Evangelou, V.P. Co-sorption of atrazine and the nonionic surfactant Brij 35 on smectites [CD-ROM].
Gonzalez, J.M., Laird, D.A. Role of smectites and a1-substituted goethites on the catalytic condensation of arginine and glucose.
www.ars.usda.gov /pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3194   (1696 words)

  
 David Laird (1833-1914)
David Laird was born on 12 March 1833 at New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island.
Macdonald ’s Liberal successor, Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, appointed David Laird Minister of the Interior and he served in that capacity from 1873 to 1876.
David Laird was President of the Manitoba Historical Society from 1903 to 1905.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/people/laird_d.shtml   (537 words)

  
 CANOE - The Toronto Sun CareerConnection
Today, Laird is a lead hand with the Toronto District School Board, a member of Boilermakers Local 128, and the reporting secretary with the Maintenance & Construction Skilled Trades Council.
Laird spent the next two years working on heavy water towers at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington, east of Toronto.
After three decades in the trade, Laird remains grateful that he was selected as an apprentice in the early years of apprenticeship.
www.canoe.ca /CareerConnectionNews/021127_trades.html   (583 words)

  
 Avid Publications - based on Merseyside, we specialise in maritime publications.
David is an ex-Cammell Laird apprentice turned Lecturer, publisher, writer and broadcaster, and it is his Cammell Laird connections that got him started with his first two books about the once world famous shipyard on the Birkenhead side of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool.
David Roberts has been a regular contributor on Maritime affairs for BBC Radio Merseyside for many years and also gives talks on maritime affairs.
From a shipbuilding family, David has always had a soft spot for the Cammell Laird shipyard and the River Mersey.
www.avidpublications.co.uk   (234 words)

  
 Doctors in West Tennessee Physicians' Alliance
David Laird, M.D. Dr. Laird is board certified in general surgery.
A major in the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Laird moved to Jackson in 2001 after serving as the Chief of Surgical Services at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, N.M. Dr. Laird is a medical graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
David Villarreal, M.D. A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Dr. Villarreal received his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.
www.wtpa.com /doctors/generalsurgery.html   (286 words)

  
 Laird Family of Augusta County, Virginia
Their son David moved on to Augusta Co., VA, by 1756, and by 1760 James had probably also moved to Augusta County, where he purchased land at the base of Laird's Knob, 8 miles east of Harrisonburg, in what is now Rockingham County, from William Downs
was living with the family of her presumed brother, David Laird, in Rockbridge Co., VA, in the 1850 federal census, probably helping to raise the children, since it appears that his wife had died by 1850.
He was not the David Irick living in Rockingham Co., VA, in the 1850 federal census, and they may have moved west.
home.earthlink.net /~jamaltby1/laird_virginia.html   (2306 words)

  
 Laird Educational Consulting - About
David Laird has been a teacher, assistant principal and a principal.
Prior to retiring, David opened an elementary school that was rated an Exemplary performing campus during each of the nine years he served as principal.
David’s involvement in education has continued after the principalship.
www.lairdedu.com /about.htm   (320 words)

  
 About Melvin R. Laird - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Laird is the son of the late Melvin R. Laird Sr., a Marshfield Presbyterian pastor and the late Helen Connor Laird, who served the state for many years on the University of Wisconsin - Madison Board of Regents.
He has four children (John O. Laird, Alison Laird-Large, David Laird, and Kimberly Dalgleish), and five grandchildren (Rady Large, John David Large, Connor Laird, Harrison Laird, and Carly Dalgleish).
Laird enjoys golfing in Florida, at the Burning Tree Country Club, in Bethesda, Maryland and at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, where he still remains a member.
www.lairdcenter.org /MelvinLaird/pages/default.aspx?page=lairdfamily   (122 words)

  
 Laird Family of Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the 1843 Hopkins County tax list, Nathaniel Laird was taxed for 2 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 205 acres and 174 acres and 5 slaves, but his father was shown with no land, only 1 slave.
In the 1844 Hopkins County tax list, the last on the microfilm, Nathaniel Laird was taxed for 205 acres on Deer Creek, and his father for 217 acres and 5 slaves.
Sarah J. Laird was still living in Musselfork, MO, in the 1930 federal census, with her children.
home.earthlink.net /~jamaltby1/laird_missouri.html   (2174 words)

  
 GOVERNOR PAWLENTY REAPPOINTS TWO TO MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION -- January 29, 2007
Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of David Laird and James McCormick to the Midwestern Higher Education Commission.
Laird is President and Chief Executive Officer at the Minnesota Private College Council, Fund and Research Foundation and Partners for Education Opportunity.
Laird holds a B.A. degree in government and history and M.Ed.
www.governor.state.mn.us /mediacenter/pressreleases/appointments/2007/PROD007949.html   (249 words)

  
 DAVID LAIRD, An Answer to Maurice Hunt
David Laird, "Competing Discourses in The Winter's Tale," Connotations 4.1-2 (1994/95): 25-43.
In that aspect at least, we defer to the play, are subject to the sweep of its multiple meanings, even as we submit to Connotations.
Stephen Greenblatt and David Laird, "'Competing Discourses in The Winter's Tale': Two Letters," Connotations 5.1 (1995-96): 125-127.
www.uni-tuebingen.de /connotations/LAIRD62.HTM   (1477 words)

  
 David Laird Campground
The amenities at the campground include: an office and small store, 2 modern shower/washroom facilities, a trailer disposal dump, playground area, large outdoor barb-que and day picnic area, access to firewood and access to a trout pond (provincial fishing license required) beside the campground.
David Laird is located near the Western Development Museum and less than 2 km from City shopping areas and the Gold Eagle Casino.
It is an ideal spot to be able to camp outside the City as still be in easy reach of City services.
www.nbleisure.com /outdoorfac/davidlaird.html   (179 words)

  
 'You have no rights. Get out,' B.C. town tells sex offender
David Caza, 42, moved to Merritt last week after finishing a 10-month sentence for his latest conviction, possessing child pornography.
Laird says a longtime sexual offender who has refused to go through counselling should never have been released from prison.
Though he is one of the best-known names in the U.S. music industry, mega-hit producer and composer David Foster continues to champion Canadian artists and attributes his success to his West Coast upbringing.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/10/19/merritt-sex-offender051019.html?print   (1338 words)

  
 'Building Your Digital Signage Business' Summit to Focus on Digital Signage Cost Effectiveness and Revenue Achievement
Events are structured to provide a high level of delegate interaction, with addresses and panel presentations by uniquely, highly qualified practitioners and executive decision-makers.
The Strategy Institute is headed by David Laird, who is considered a leading authority in the field of executive education.
David Laird holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University, where he was a Rotary Scholar, and a M.Sc.
www.signindustry.com /pressrelease/2005/2005-07-11-StrategyInstitute.php3   (514 words)

  
 David Laird - Canadian Confederation
David Laird was the Liberal leader of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly until he was elected to federal Parliament in 1873.
He negotiated treaties seven and eight with the First Nations, and was named commissioner of Indian Affairs for the West in 1898.
Laird acted as advisor to the Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa from 1909 to 1914.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2355-e.html   (112 words)

  
 Voices | Staff Bios
As a Government Affairs Associate, David develops legislative proposals and implements strategies in partnership with members; represents Voices legislative priorities to federally elected officials and the Administration; leads and partners with other national allies; mobilizes and educates Voices membership about the impact of federal proposals on children in the states.
David’s primary focus is child welfare, youth and juvenile justice.
Prior to coming to Voices, David was Government Affairs Program Manager at the Child Welfare League of America and previously provided direct services in a variety of child and family community settings.
www.voicesforamericaschildren.org /Content/NavigationMenu/Store/Staff/Staff_Bios.htm   (1381 words)

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