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Which Inverness parish is this?
« on: Sunday 14 January 18 10:52 GMT (UK) »
Searching for info on an ancestor, I came across a military document of 1800.  Included in this is a description of the man and birth place.  He is from Inverness and the parish looks like Leon and has been transcribed as such.  I just cannot think where this could be - was it an English version of a Gaelic word - a local word or what?

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 January 18 11:08 GMT (UK) »
It is certainly Leon. The only parish in Inverness-shire to start with L is Laggan, and it's not that. It must be a place-name within a parish rather than a parish itself. No "Leon" appears in my 19th century copy of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland.

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 January 18 11:19 GMT (UK) »
The only "Leon" I am getting was/is in Shetland.

Farmstead, North Roe, Leon. Parish, Northmavine.

I note that the "Occupation is down as "Weaver"

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 January 18 11:29 GMT (UK) »
Might it be Scone in Perthshire?

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 January 18 11:54 GMT (UK) »
Maybe you could give us a name and approx age/DofB.

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 January 18 12:17 GMT (UK) »
If this is 'my' Donald McIntosh - this gives a birth date of 1771 - being 29 at the time of the document. 

No death record/burial.

I have baptisms of three (possible) siblings, all Inverness - the oldest, a daughter born 1799  shows Donald is a soldier and in the following two  he is a weaver.  All show the same spouse, with 2 baptisms having the same two witness, the earlier one having one of the names along with a different name.

 No further trace of Elizabeth yet but the (assumed)brothers death certificates show father Donald a weaver (though both have mother name different to baptism - perhaps both parents died early?) 

I am thinking this is my Donald as it would further the  link the baptisms to be siblings.

I am just at a loss with Leon though? It does not seem to make any sense!!

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 14 January 18 13:17 GMT (UK) »
What is the reference to "Caithness H" and "1797" in the final two columns ?

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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 14 January 18 13:30 GMT (UK) »
Re ref to Caithness ~ I wonder if it could be a shortened Latheron  :-\
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Re: Which Inverness parish is this?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 14 January 18 13:38 GMT (UK) »
I had wondered about the Caithness connection - here is the header  and and then the full entry along Donalds line underneath.

The first soldier is from Caithness with Wick as the Parish - so was looking for an Inverness - Leon.
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