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Title: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Cramond Brig on Tuesday 25 April 17 14:56 BST (UK)
Would anyone be able to identify this man for me. Just his dob and parent's names eould do. Roderick MacLeod was born in the village of Back, Isle of Lewis. He ran away from his home in Back and made his way to Stornoway. He either joined a ship in Stornoway or got the ferry to the mainland and joined the Royal Navy. In 1892 he was on board HMS Hyacinth, and in due cours was on HMS Orama in WW1.
 
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 15:05 BST (UK)
Can you clarify his correct surname?

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Re: Roderick MacLean

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Roderick MacLeod
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 15:10 BST (UK)
Have you looked for him on the Scottish 1881 census which is free to search here

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046756?collectionNameFilter=false
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: Cramond Brig on Tuesday 25 April 17 15:52 BST (UK)
Quote from: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 15:10 BST (UK)
Have you looked for him on the Scottish 1881 census which is free to search here

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046756?collectionNameFilter=false

Yes, plenty men with that name but nothing fits so far.
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:00 BST (UK)
You haven't clarified his surname - see my first reply
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: Cramond Brig on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:04 BST (UK)
Quote from: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:00 BST (UK)
You haven't clarified his surname - see my first reply

Senior moment! It's MacLeod
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:12 BST (UK)
No problem (I have many of them) but you need to amend your subject header
Title: Re: Roderick MacLean
Post by: Cramond Brig on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:14 BST (UK)
Quote from: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:12 BST (UK)
No problem (I have many of them) but you need to amend your subject header

Done that.
Title: Re: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:18 BST (UK)
The most likely Roderick in 1881 and living in Back has parents as Kenneth and Margaret

I think this might be him:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7SM-G7S

Title: Re: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:24 BST (UK)
Note  - Familysearch has him as aged 5 in 1881  but other sites have him as aged 8, which fits with the birth date that I've linked to.

Added - or FS has a different one - as you say McLeod and Roderick were pretty common in that area (and still is!).
Title: Re: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Skoosh on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:26 BST (UK)
So he never went Back to Back CB?  ;D Couldnae resist it!

Skoosh.
Title: Re: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:30 BST (UK)
By the way, Back is part of the parish of Stornoway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back,_Lewis

Skoosh  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Roderick MacLeod
Post by: Cramond Brig on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:38 BST (UK)
Quote from: Gadget on Tuesday 25 April 17 16:18 BST (UK)
The most likely Roderick in 1881 and living in Back has parents as Kenneth and Margaret

I think this might be him:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7SM-G7S

That's the man. I have now found his Service Record on Ancestry. Many thanks.