THOMAS LAYBOURN

On May 8, 1822, Thomas LAYBOURN of Berwick-on-Tweed, England, married Margaret CALDER at Foulden Deans, Scotland.  Margaret was aged 25 and Thomas was 62!  (Does anyone know if he had been married before?  Later generations followed a strict naming pattern which suggests Thomas may have had an earlier family.) 

Margaret and Thomas had three children—Adam, born Berwick-on-Tweed, 1925; Ann Arvin, born Ayton, Scotland, 1827; Margaret, born 1830 in Scotland. 

Thomas died in Ayton in May 1845, aged 85.  He is described as “a gentleman” and previous mentions describe him as farmer/linen draper/merchant. 

Son Adam married Mary Ann Elliott in Sunderland in 1851 and in 1864 they brought their large family to New Zealand.  Mother Margaret and sister Margaret emigrated also, arriving in Auckland early in 1865.

To date we have been unable to trace Ann Arvin (Irvine/Irving) Laybourn but she is thought to be still living at the time of her mother Margaret’s death in 1886 as two daughters are recorded on the death certificate.

Adam Laybourn in 1901.