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Alfred Stokes                                 1860-1931
Alfred was born about 1860, in Galatz, Roumania. He became a British Subject, and was a career Army Officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.
Margaret Dunbar Laing               1868-1957
Margaret was born on 9 January 1868, the daughter of James Laing and Theresa Talbot Peacock, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have not identified any children. 		Margaret Dunbar Laing


Birth of Parents
Alfred Stokes b: abt 1860         Galatz, Roumania

Margaret Dunbar Laing b: 9 Jan 1868           St. Michael's, Bishopwearmouth
daughter of James and Theresa Talbot Laing, Shipbuilder, Thornhill

1891 Census RG12-1394 6 April 1891 South Shoebury, Essex
District School of Gunnery
Alfred Stokes Age 30 Captain in Army Roumania (British Subject) abt 1860

Marriage
1891
Alfred Stokes
Margaret Dunbar Laing 		Ford, Northumberland         1891 3Q Glendale 10b 619

1901 Census RG13-564 1 April 1901 Woolwich, London
59 Woolwich Common
Alfred Stokes
Margaret D. (Wife)
Letitia E. Cameron (Visitor)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 40
Age 33
Age 36 		Major in Army Galatz
Sunderland
Durham 		Roumania
Durham
East Indies 		abt 1860
9 Jan 1868
abt 1864


Death
Brig. General Alfred Stokes Died 18 Dec 1931, Age 71,     New Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

The Times, Saturday, Dec 19, 1931                        Deaths
  STOKES - On Friday December 18, 1931 at Dalgoan, New Galloway, Brigadier General Alfred Stokes, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., late Royal Artillery, the dearly beloved husband of Margaret Dunbar Stokes, aged 71.   Funeral Kells, New Galloway, Monday, Dec.21.   Service Kells Church, 1 p.m.   Please, may flowers sent be "Flanders Poppies."
Kells Church, New Galloway, Scotland

Death
Margaret Dunbar (Laing) Stokes Died 12 Sep 1957, Age 89,  at Eastbourne       1857 3Q Eastbourne 5h 245

The Times, Monday, Sep 16, 1957                        Deaths
  STOKES - On September 12, 1957 at Eastbourne, Margaret Dunbar, widow of Brigadier General A. Stokes, C.M.G., D.S.O., late R.H.A., and daughter of the late Sir James Laing, of Sunderland and Etal Manor, Northumberland, in her 90th year. Cremation, Private.