THE LAYNG FAMILY

Robert Layng	Mary McCann (taken in England)	Christiana Faulkner
The Layng Home 1327 Greenwood Ave. Rockford, Illinois	Mary McCann Layng tombstone at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, IL	Robert Layng tombstone at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, IL

Robert Layng was born December 27, 1819 in Lancashire, England and his wife, Mary McCann was born in Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland March 23, 1823. Her parents were Arthur McCann, born November 26, 1874 in Portadown, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland and Bessie Peck from Ireland. Arthur's parents were Arthur McCann and Eliza Jane Davidson. After Robert and Mary's marriage they immigrated about 1844 to Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Robert died May 26, 1903 in Rockford and Mary died September 26, 1911 in Rockford.

Robert and Mary Layng's children were:

Robert Harry Layng b: March 22, 1846 d: April 1, 1887 in NJ

George William Layng b. September 5, 1848, d. September 30, 1910 in NJ, m. March 3, 1866 to Mary Jane Richardson, b. 1850, d. October 2, 1939. Their children:

George William (Will) Layng b. February 22, 1869, d. August 21, 1916, m. 1891 to Jennie L. Wilson b. June 21, 1871, d. December 18, 1953. Their children:

Ivan George Layng b. April 8, 1893, d. May 29, 1893

Oral William Layng b. December 28, 1893, d. October 17, 1980

Gladys Emma Layng b. December 11, 1897, d. October 2, 1984 m. James Corbett Mackey b. September 8, 1893, d. June 4, 1983

Charles Henry Layng b. April 19, 1871, d. January 8, 1960, m. October 3, 1895 to Ida Menti b. August 15, 1874, d. November 19, 1959. Their children:

Harry Charles Layng b. January 24, 1897, d. February 14, 1979

Ralph R. Layng, b. December 14, 1898, d. May 5, 1975

Ruth Anna Layng, b. July 1, 1901

Maude Barbara Layng, b. July 4, 1904, d. March 16, 1989

Roy Menti Layng, b. August 25, 1913 m. Virginia Hoopes

Madgaretta (Madge) Layng, b. 1872, d. March 31, 1906, m. May 18, 1904 to Thomas McNamara

Bessie Layng b. 1880, d. 1882

Robert Layng (Bert) b. January 17, 1881, d. December 25, 1955, m. November 21, 1902, m. (1) Eva Belle Claypool, (2) Florance Robbins b. December 10, 1881, d. September 30, 1969

Mary Elizabeth Layng m. James Tait

Emma Gladys Layng b. August 4, 1883, d. September 21, 1975, m. November 9, 1901 Ethelbert Pollard b. September 12, 1876, d. march 3, 1930

Jenny Jane Layng b. January 23, 1886 m. Leroy Bowles November 7, 1907

Georgia Hazel Layng b. July 21, 1888, m. Ed Linden December 20, 1913

William Edward Layng b. September 27,1 851, d. December 23, 1927 in NY, m. Anna Blunk b. 1857, d. March 8, 1908. Their children:

Albert William Layng b. May 2, 1875, d. April 24, 1923 m. July 7, 1893 to Mary T. Gerlich b. May 2, 1887, d. September 6, 1958. Their children:

Earle Layng b. August 10,1894, d. July 24, 1957 m. January 9, 1918 to Camilla Margaret Timmons, b. July 16, 1897, d. April 18, 1968

Loretta Marie Layng b. January 14, 1898, d. January 18, 1976, m. January 1, 1917 to Harry O. Wolfe b. July 9, 1888, d. February 3, 1966

Phyllis Adelle b. January 14, 1900, m. March 28, 1921 to Carl Lawrence Danielson (Butch) b. June 19, 1893, d. June 14, 1963

William A. Layng, b. November 9, 1902, d. January 4, 1976, m. November 16, 1929 to Mabel Boyce b. July 16, 1905, d. February 6, 1968

Robert August Layng b. March 17,1876, d. September 6, 1965, m. April 3, 1899 to Agnes Amorette Orr b. July 6, 1881, d. October 3, 1951. Their children:

Robert Roy Layng, b. July 11, 1900, d. January 20, 1986, m. January 5, 1924 to Eleanora Anna Margit Krause b. February 2, 1905, d. February 10, 1989. Some of their children are still living.

Ralph Kenneth Layng b. March 1901, d. December 19, 1902

Mildred Gladys b. August 18, 1904, d. June 26, 1959

Raymond Laverne Layng b. June 7, 1907, d. January 27, 1983, m. November 17, 1929 Mildred Lydia Whitmer b. December 8, 1910, d. July 18, 1980. Some of their children are still living.

Alice Marian Layng b. June 1, 1909, d. June 21, 1971 m. (3) January 1938 Herbert Edelbert Cordell b. September 2, 1895, d. January 26, 1966. Most of their children are still living.

Vera Irene Layng b. March 21, 1912, d. April 22, 1996, m. September 6, 1930 to Lewis Stratemeier Price b. June 3, 1906, d. December 19, 1990. Most of their children still living.

Merle Agnes Layng b. March 12, 1922, d. January 15, 2000 m. Frank Leombruni, b. September 23, 1923 d. August 3, 1998. Their children still living.

George T. (Teddy) Layng b. January 6, 1878, d. November 11, 1940 m. Lottie.

John William Layng (aka William John and Billy) b. December 23, 1879, d. March 19, 1913 m. Elin Sofia Peterson. Children:

Valeria Mae Layng b. April 29, 1900, d. ?

Son Layng b. abt. 1903

Mary Etta Layng b. February 25, 1857, d. January 18, 1908 in NY m. William Sprague Tunison b. August 4, 1853, d. December 21, 1929. Their children:

Arthur W. Tunison b. 1874, m. Nettie Lockwood. Four children: Margaret, Edna, Frances and Arthur

Eugene G. Tunison b. March 17, 1876, d. January 22, 1904

Maggie Tunison b. August 11, 1878 m. November 20, 1899 to Ed Griffith b. July 6, 1873. Their children: Marian, Dorothy, Margaret, Edward, Hettie and Arthur.

William S. Tunison m. Bessie Williams then Minnie. One child, Leota?

Adeline H. Tunison b. March 19, 1882 m. February 3, 1909.

Madge R. Tunison b. March 19, 1882 m. John Schellenbarger.

Bessie Tunison b. 1884, d. 1945 m. Steven Shipman.

Raymond E. Tunison b. 1886 m. Kate Krouskey

Clara Tunison b. 1880

Joseph Edward Tunison b. February 17,1 890, d. September 23, 1959, m. December 2, 1914 to Sophia Miller b. September 30, 1880, d. July 5, 1979.

Mary Tunison b. 1855, d. 1908

Hazel Tunison b. 1895 m. Bob Roberts

Latecia (Tisha) Layng b. 1858, d. April 1923 in Elgin, IL

Margaretta (Madge/Maggie) L. Layng b. September 25, 1857, d. November 20, 1946 in IL m. Messenger then Francis M. Green b. 1848, d. 1920

Adeline (Addie) Layng b. March 5, 1860, d. June 26, 1933 in IL m. Charles Hitchcock b. 1856, d. October 9, 1929.

Christianna (Anna) Fanney Layng b. July 26, 1862 in Rockford, m. June 29, 1880 to William Faulkner and d. December 16, 1954 in Rockford. She was a tiny woman with great personal strength and graciousness. Click on William Faulkner to see more information on their descendants.

The above information has been recently updated due to a luncheon in Rockford, Illinois with my Layng cousins in 2000. Marilyn Dreger had gone to a lot of trouble to put together the Layng history along with this excellent luncheon. I owe her a ton of thanks, especially for the pictures of Mary McCann, Robert Layng, and a younger William Faulkner and Annie Layng. If you are a Layng cousin, or are looking for information on the family, please contact : Marilyn

Note: I have more information on the later descendants of the Layngs but have chosen not to list too much information about anyone who might still be living so as to protect their privacy.

Query:

My great, great grandfather was Dr. Edward Layng born, I believe, in or near Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1813.? His parents were George (d. 1853 in Dromore, County Sligo; was living with a family named Beatty at the time and one of his grandsons had the middle name Beatty so there must have been some relation -- perhaps Beatty was a son-in-law) and his wife Elizabeth Layng who are buried in Ballina. George Layng's parents, I think, were John Layng and Margery Boyle.? Dr. Ed Layng had a brother named William who emigrated to Canada in the 1830's.? They had brothers named George and John. George and Edward emigrated to Massachusetts I think in the mid-late-1840s and settled in Worcester. I don't know what happened to John. Edward studied medicine in London, then returned to Ballina to practice for awhile before moving to Boston and Worcester, MA in about 1850 and died there in 1855.? His wife was Mary Josephine Montague.? Edward and Mary had children William Henry (1841-1911), Elizabeth (1851-?); married James McCurdy in Worcestor), George and Charles Beatty Layng (?-1854). William Henry Layng, who was born in County Mayo, presumably in Ballina, married Frances Gardiner in Massachusetts -- Frances was the daughter of John Gardiner of Ballinahaglish, County Mayo.

I have conducted extensive research on my "Dr. Ed" and have been very lucky to have his personal diary from his London days as well as several letters written to and from family in Ireland in the mid-1850s and later.? One finding was that Dr. Ed had a relative also named Edward Layng, and also a physician, who studied in London and practiced medicine in the Margate, England area -- I suspect that Dr. Ed 2 was an uncle of my Dr. Ed.? I have visited County Mayo and know the churchyard (Anglican/Church of Ireland) where Dr. Ed's parents are burried but could find no stone and as you probably know, the church records were consolidated in Dublin and were subsequently destroyed in a fire.? There were numerous Layngs living in County Mayo, the earliest Layng there that I have found held land in 1641.? I am reasonably certain that the County Mayo Layngs came originally from Scotland because Layng is a Scottish name, not Irish.? My research at the Royal College of Surgeons in London (I have Dr. Ed's membership certificate) indicated 3 or 4 other Layng physicians registered there,all from Scotland.

Hope somebody can help to refine and expand the foregoing!

John Hastings

Please check out this Layng Family Website: http://uk.internations.net/clanlaing

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