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[avm228]

Who were the witnesses on Diane's marriage certificate?  I wonder whether there might be any useful clues there.

Anna

[Gadget]

Hi

What we have is an Aunt Kate and two cousins - Donald and Ishbel - living in Stornoway.

The censuses are available on Scotland's People www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, which is a pay to view (cheapish though) and Ancestry as an index.  The BMDS are available on Scotland's People. Tracing M(a)cleods might be quite expensive on Scotlands People unles you're fairly certain of them.

I can't spend much time today as I have other things on but I'll have a try at finding more info for you this evening unless some one has come along and found them all.

One thing is to check whether Robert McLeod and Donald or Kate/Catherine were related. Alternatively, Kate could have been Diane's mother's sister, etc.


Gadget

[Dianes daughter]

The witnesses on Mum and Dads marriage cert were
Herbert Walter ROY
Emily Maud ROY
My fathers parents.
These my grandparents always found Diane to be a mystery they never knew any of her family or if she had siblings.
My Grandma Roy did tell me that up until the time of her marriage my mother received a private income from where or how it was paid I do not know
Thank you for your interest
DD

[Gadget]

Hi

I've just found a WW1 medal card for a Capt A R Mcleod, 5th Bat Seaforth Highlanders.  Address was Helmsdale, Sutherland so I'm not sure 




Gadget

[Dianes daughter]

Thank you for your interest gadget, I cant help a lot as all I know of him is what is on Mum and Dads marriage cert and the little that she told us, I wish I knew when he died also wish I knew who her mother was.
Sometimes wonder if Diane was illegitimate and made up this identity, the private income points that way or could it be an army pension, my mind boggles

[scrimnet]

Going back to the beginning....

He looks like he may have been originally 2nd bn....

 1881 Bengal  
 1888 Hazara
 1891 Hazara
 1892 Kuldana  
 1894 Ferozepore  
 1895.Mar Chitral expedition  
 1895.Aug Ferozepore?  
 1897 UK  
 1899. Oct: South Africa  3 Inf Bde  
 1903. Jan Ireland: Dublin  
 1909 Scotland: Edinburgh  
 1912 England: Shorncliffe 10 Bde
 1914. Aug: France and Flanders

The 1st bn were in  Egypt at the end of the 19th century, so I have discounted them.

The Regt depot was at Fort George, and officers were sent as Permanent Staff to train recruits.

It is not impossible that he moved bns during WW1 due to the very high attrition rate amongst the officer cadre.

As an offficer, he would have been mentioned by name in the Regt War dairies, maybe worth a look...Also the Regt Museum may be useful, as old Newsletters will carry the obits of deceased officers

[les_looking]

maybe register for ancestry under their free 14 day trial,
or i THINK its free to add your tree on there, i assumed you had a tree on there
or is it a relative of yours? because if you enter Diane  Macleod
it only brings up one result on a public tree Diane Leslie Macleod
and all the info is similar to what you have told us, hence i went looking for the other names you mentioned, like anything i don't expect what i post to be taken as gospel hence i said maybe contact
someone who MAYBE researching the same family
also the death index for Diane actually gives her age as 46

[Dianes daughter]

My son and I went to Fort George to the Seaforth Highlanders museum and were told that they had no relevant records as they had all been destroyed by fire.
Thank you all for your interest and help  .My mother was certainly a mystery

[scrimnet]

When was the fire??

I'm sure that the Regt themselves would have had copies of the Newsletters/ Journals...