Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Baird (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Normandy, and Scotland. Some Scottish ancestors were associated with the Auchmedden Clan. Some immigrated to America from ca. 1637 to the early 1800's, and settled early in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and New Brunswick (Canada), Australia, New Zealand, and in Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,...

Primarily the history of the pen manufacturer Mabie, Todd & Co. of New York City, New York with some information regarding its founders and their families. Principal founder John Mabie was born 19 June 1819 in New York City, New York and died 9 January 1892. His parents were William Helimus Mabie and Maria Verbrycke. He married Eliza Jane Ossa Smith (1821-1870), daughter of Samuel Smith and Eliza Ossa, 22 April 1841. They had five children. The...

Margaret McBride, daughter of Daniel and Margret McBride, married David Bard (1825-1897) in 1875. Descendants lived in Ohio, Missouri, and elsewhere.

Lyman Stewart (1840-1923) was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was descended from Samuel Stewart (1698-1770) who immigrated to America from Scotland. Lyman was a farmer and tanner and fought in the Civil War and later worked in the Pennsylvania oil fields. In the 1880s he, his wife, Sarah Adelaide Burrows (1841-1912), and their children moved to California where he continued his work in the petroleum industry. In 1890 he co-founded Union Oil...

Dorothy Louise Knox (b.1920) was the daughter of Evert Knox and Esther Larrimore Kreager (1894-1971) of Sherman, Texas. She married Fred Ross Brown (b.1908) in 1955 at Dallas, Texas. Her lineage includes John Crawford (b.1600) the emigrant, son of Malcolm, George Poindexter (b.1627) the emigrant, son of Thomas, Peter Wright (b.1612) the emigrant, son of Nicholas and Archibald Harrell (b.1805) of Virginia. Several generations of ancestors and descendants...