Annie
In response to your questions, much of my own research is based on my great great grandfather, Donald McLeod’s Obituary. It says he was born in Benbecula, South Uist, on August 18, 1836. It says “with his parents, three sisters and one brother he immigrated to Canada in 1849”. It says 2 sisters “survive” him. This obit is from a newspaper and says the town of “Moray” above it. He died April 7, 1916 and is buried in Parkhill, ON.
His children were:
With Mary McKenzie:
Sarah Anne
Colin Donald
With Mary Rubena Robertson:
John
Christina
Alexander
Mary Isabella
Florence (Flora)
Norman Neil
Helen Jane
Catherine Irene
David Edwin
Honestly, the research a family member had complied with the Helen and Mary as siblings had no solid backing and never had any hits in my research so I decided to start with a blank slate and see where it led me. It’s one reason I left it out initially. I wanted to go with what I knew for sure.
In my research Alexander was his brother’s name mostly because of the 1861 census where Alexander (head) 28, Donald 23 and the widowed Sarah 52 in West Williams ON. Interestingly, the 1851 census from West Zorra, near Ingersol which was brought to my attention and possibly matches the 1841 census for the McLeods in Dunganachy, also has “Alex” listed in that family with Donald and the widowed Sarah.
I just found a death record in Parkhill ON for a Catherine McLeod whose parents were John McLeod and Sarah MacIsaac which I’m going to explore to see if she is possibly sister “Ketty”. She was b. abt 1832 Scotland and married James Shears. d. 8 Apr 1918. The name MacIsaac sticks in my mind from past research as a possible last name for Sarah. Worth a try (: If I can figure out his sisters names this should help me a lot.
I appreciate ALL your comments and research. Wow. I’m really glad I turned here as having so much input is so helpful when you’ve hit a bit of a wall! Colin you’ve also given me somewhere to look. And DonM if you have that link for John McLeods death record I would love to have it (:
