MacLeods of Stornoway COMPLETED

[susano]

There is a Form 30A (Ocean Arrivals) document for Roderick John Macleod arriving Quebec, May 27, 1922 on the Metagama.  There are lots of good clues on this document.

Some highlights of the doc:

he's married
current occupation is farming; intended occupation in Canada is farming and bridge building
was previously in Canada and previous occupation was with Hudson Bay Construction Co., Manitoba
port of previous entry was Montreal, 1909
port of departure was Montreal, 1915; reason for leaving was overseas service with 5th Can. Inf. Bat.
destined to his brother, Murdo Macleod, 4721 Avenue West, South Vancouver, BC
nearest relative in UK was his mother-in-law, Widow Mary Graham, 6 New Garrabost(?)

Here's a link to the document on LAC if you don't have access to Ancestry.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0be5/

I don't think this info has been mentioned but my apologies if it has already been found.

Susan

[annypanny]

Susan, I'm almost jumping for joy.....I've been trying to link them to the HBC and here's the proof and with his brother....

Thanks so much

 

[annypanny]

If he was in active service, to the end of the war, where would he have been from 1919 to 1922 and where's his wife?  So many questions!!!!

Thanks again

[susano]

Hi,

Here's a link to the Hudson's Bay Company archives:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/

Susan

[J.J.]

Maybe he stayed in U.K. and married there?

Death  June 9 1985 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Henrietta Mary Mcleod Age 58y / birth 20 Apr 1927  Vancouver, BC   Single
parents Roderick John Mcleod & Effie Graham
Film Number: 1358013  Folder4437633  Image 2971
BCAFilm B16573  Registration  85 09 010452

[J.J.]

Hi susan we posted together...The archives will have fur trade employees for the most part... However I will look to  see if I can find him in the directories online, and if nothing can look at the actual library film next visit...not for some time as it is cold and I take the BUS ( ick)
Nope nothing online...so will go if requested... sometime in future

annypanny forgot to answer that found the marriage on FHS site as well, but was hard pressed to find the other information found by others...although same parents were specified... ( using general search)

[KarenM]

Well done Ladies, as usual 

George is still unaccounted for though right?

Karen

[susano]

Hi JJ

I was hoping you were still watching this as i know you have the expertise in Manitoba.

When I google Hudson Bay Construction Co. in Manitoba, I get articles about the construction of the Hudson Bay Railroad and, although I can't find the construction company named specifically, it did get me wondering if he was perhaps working on this project.

Winnipeg can feel like the coldest place on earth in the winter...brrr!!

I've been trying to search for a possible marriage in Manitoba but the vital stats website is not behaving for me right now.

Susan

[susano]

Death reg. for George Mcleod, b. January 9, 1881, Scotland, d. June 3, 1944, Vancouver, BC; spouse is Christina Mckenzie; parents Malcolm Mcleod and Margaret Mckenzie.

JJ - Good find of death reg of Henrietta Mary Mcleod.  I totally missed that one.

Will add both of these to my list of look ups.

Susan