Author Topic: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario  (Read 11688 times)

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #63 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 18:50 BST (UK) »
If anyone has access to Bill Lawson's List of Emigrants (fromHarris), I would greatly appreciate a lookup for another connection to Donald McLeod family:
Kenneth McDonald (born 1808) and wife Jane McLeod (born 1817) emigrated in 1849 with 8 surviving children (2 had died in Harris):
Angus,
Margaret
Peigi
Norman
William
Mary
Murdoch
Alexander born in 1849 just before the journey

Is it also possible to see if they are in the 1841 Census?
I know this is a lot, but I have no way of finding this information, especially in days of lockdown! Thank you so much,
Wendy

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #64 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 19:02 BST (UK) »
Yes! I have been in contact with Mags and I have a few pictures including a few of Donald McLeod and Mary Robertson (:  Sooo excited to have found those!

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #65 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 19:08 BST (UK) »
Not on an....ry, no.  I have a hard time posting all my years of research on over 5000 people for free, and have them sell it to make a profit.  I want it to be free for other people to refer to. I use an old Family Tree Maker, which crashed last week. Fortunately reclaimed most of it. 
Do you live in the vicinity of Parkhill? I don't know how I could get copies of those photos, which I would love.  Should it be done by private email?

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #66 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 20:26 BST (UK) »
Is it also possible to see if they are in the 1841 Census
Have you tried FreeCEN https://freecen1.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?

I had a look but without knowing approximately when the children were born it's difficult to know if you have the right family.

The only family I have found with father Kenneth and a child named Angus was in Dun, Glenelg:
Kenneth Macdonald         30
Mrs Macdonald                20
Mary Macdonald               5
Angus Macdonald            4

Remember that adults' ages in the 1841 were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest 5 years, so that gives a birth year between 1806 and 1811 for Kenneth and 1816 to 1821 for his wife.

Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.


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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #67 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 21:03 BST (UK) »
Thank you, forfarian, I haven't had much luck on freeCEN, so didn't even try to look there!  Sorry.  The only dates I have for children of Kenneth are born after 1841:
William born 1840
Mary born 1845
Murdoch born 1847
Alexander 1849
So our Angus and Mary would not have been in 1841. 
Thanks for trying.  I have only just received this old family 2 page 'history', so thought it worth a try for the census or emigration, I have not tried checking the censuses after their arrival in Canada.  Will do so later!

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #68 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 21:15 BST (UK) »
Thank you, forfarian, I haven't had much luck on freeCEN, so didn't even try to look there!  Sorry.  The only dates I have for children of Kenneth are born after 1841:
William born 1840
Mary born 1845
Murdoch born 1847
Alexander 1849
So our Angus and Mary would not have been in 1841. 
So if your list is in order of age, Angus, Margaret, Peigi and Norman would all be older than William, and should be in the census?

Odd that they would name a child Peigi as well as naming one Margaret, because Peigi is a diminutive of Margaret.
See https://www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?action=search2&search_name=peigi
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #69 on: Wednesday 31 March 21 21:25 BST (UK) »
Yes, it is odd, unless they were named after 2 favourite Grannies!  And you are right, Angus, Margaret, Peigi, Norman and William should all be in the census. 
I am wondering if they are in the list of Emigrants?  I know they emigrated in 1849, probably with the masses that were cleared by Colonel Gordon.

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #70 on: Thursday 01 April 21 03:47 BST (UK) »
Absolutely Wendy! If you would like to give me your email, I will connect with you there (:

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Re: Donald McLeod’s family from Benbecula South Uist to McGillivray Ontario
« Reply #71 on: Friday 02 April 21 22:51 BST (UK) »
I would like to chat with you, Northrn Girl, but I don't know how to connect with you without putting my email right here.  How do I do it?