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Hi annypanny,

I'm responding to your first post below. My great grandpa is George McLeod. He was born in 1881 in Keose and came to Canada. This is incredible to find. I did ancestryDNA and a DNA fourth cousin led me to this post after I told her the names in our McLeod family and some birth / death dates.

If your grandma's uncles came to Canada and you're referring to George McLeod (my grandpa's dad), you and I are then of the same generation and our great grandparents were siblings. My grandpa's dad is George McLeod so my grandpa would be the first cousin of your grandma.

I'm happy to connect. I was surprised to come across all this information. A descendant of a brother of the family that came to Canada in the early 1900's is happy to report back to Scotland over 100+ years later we're alive and still here!

Hi All,

If there's someone who specialises in the Hebrides especially Stornoway does anyone have any information on emmigration on the MacLeod family who lived in Keose, on the island of Lewis. 

 My Grandmother's Uncles supposedly emmigrated to Canada just after the turn of the century but I'm having a nightmare trying to trace them on passenger lists due to the frequency of the name (and christian names).  Is there a list of people who had assisted passage, I think he may have had something to do with the Hudson Bay Co.

I went onto the Hebridean Connections website which states that George MacLeod emmigrated to vancouver but no source as to where the original info came from except from Gleanings: The Genealogy of Kinloch, Isle of Lewis and History of the Area.  I've uncovered as much as I can from the IGI which gave some information but SP is impossible without spending a fortune.....as you've no clue as to who the mother is...

Here's the vital details of the family and if anyone has any connections would be glad to here from you.....

Thanks in advance......

Family Group Sheet for Malcolm Macleod

Husband:    Malcolm Macleod

   Birth:   Abt. 1837 in Keose, The Lochs, Stornoway   
   Marriage:   19 Dec 1867 in Lochs, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   
   Father:   Roderick Macleod   
   Mother:   Mary Macleod   
         
   Wife:   Margaret Mckenzie   
         
   Birth:   Abt. 1845 in Stornoway   
   Death:   26 Feb 1911 in 8 Hancock Court, Francis Street Stornoway   
   Father:     
   Mother:     
         
   Children:     
         
1   Name:   Annabella Macleod   
F         
   Birth:   01 Oct 1869 in Lochs Ross and Cromarty   
         
         
2   Name:   Annie Macleod   
F         
   Birth:   05 Dec 1871 in Keose, Hebrides, Scotland,   
         
   Death:   27 Jan 1921 in Royal infirmary, Glasgow   
   Marriage:   06 Jul 1898 in 35 Hutcheson Street   
   Spouse:   Robert Finlay   
         
3   Name:   Mary Macleod   
F         
   Birth:   14 Aug 1874 in Lochs, Ross and Cromarty   
         
         
4   Name:   Murdo Macleod   
M         
   Birth:   Abt. 1877 in Keose, Lochs Ross and cromarty   
         
         
5   Name:   George Macleod   
M         
   Birth:   1881 in Keose, Lochs, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   
         
         
6   Name:   Roderick Macleod   
M         
   Birth:   Abt. 1888 in Lochs Ross and Cromarty   
         
         
7   Name:   John Macleod   
M         
   Birth:   24 Jul 1883   
         
   Death:   16 Sep 1884