1841 census return: HO107/125/1 folio 11 page 16
Bebbington Higher, Cheshire
Samuel Weston, 40, Farmer No
Mary Weston, 30, Yes
Samuel Weston, 1, Yes
William Laidman, 9, Yes

1881 census return: RG11/3521 folio 41 page 11 (1881 census)
High Street, Weaverham, Cheshire
Mary Weston, head, widow, 69, Annuitant, born Rock Ferry, Cheshire
William Laidman, son, unm. 46, Mariner, born Poulton At Spital, Cheshire

1891 census return: RG12/2836 folo 35 page 5
Weaverham, Chester, High St.
Mary Weston, Head, Wid, 80, Living on her own Means, born Cheshire Rock Ferry
William Laidman, Son, M, 50, Mariner, born Cheshire Poulton
Ann Laidman, Daur in law, M, 46, born Lancashire Manchester
Anne Tearsley, Neice [sic], Wid, 73, Living on her own Means, born Cheshire Brombrow

This second marriage of John Bird Laidman is suspect, unless Mary Moore was in fact Mary Ann Moore, because William Laidman, the son of John Bird Laidman, was baptised in 1833, “13 Jan 1833 William son of John and Mary Laidman of Poulton, father’s occupation - farmer”.