Thomas Francis Laidlaw was born on 4 July 1841 in Jedburgh and arrived in Australia just one year after the Hopes emigrated. Did the couple know one another back in Scotland? Thomas died 20 January 1924, aged 83 years. Both Euphemia and Thomas Laidlaw are buried at the Casterton Cemetery in the "Hope" section.

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Euphemia Catherine Hope (wife)

Alice Laidlaw (daughter)