BIOGRAPHY: Travelled with parents from Isle of Skye probably arriving in Charlottetown PEI in Sept. 1840 after which they soon settled on land at Hartsville PEI. He was a fisherman on the Grand Banks for many years and a correspondent with the fishing fleet for Charlottetown Guardian. After his marraige in 1874, he moved to the property adjacent to his parents home, where he lived for the next 36 years. He and his wife moved to Vancouver in June 1910 to be close to some of their children who had moved to Vancouver earlier.BURIAL: He is buried as "Father" in bk 41 plot 11 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC.
BURIAL: Buried as "Mother" in Bk 41 Plot 11 Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver
30. Catherine Isabella MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY: Accompanied her parents to Vancouver BC in 1910.
She had a step son by her second marriageBURIAL: She is not buried with her family, but in a separate plot with her husband John W MacKeen in Moutain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC
BURIAL: Buried unmarked in Bk 41 Plot11 Mountain view Cemetery, Vancouver BC
BIOGRAPHY: Bachelor. Owned considerable real estate in Vancouver
BIOGRAPHY: Went west as a young man and stopped corresponding after several years. However, Elizabeth and Billie MacLeod supplied a photo of Rod taken with his brother David and a friend in Vancouver, BC. The photographer, A. Savard operated in Vancouver from 1896 to 1916. The BC Archives records the death of only one person with the name Roderick William MacLeod. This person was an unmarried halibut fisherman, residing on Porcher Island south of Prince Rupert BC who died in a restaurant in Prince Rupert on 16 April 1942 with no known next of kin. The cause of death was coronary thrombosis. The death certificate does not show an informant or a birth date but records his age as 58 which matches Roderick W MacLeod's known birth date of 8 Oct 1883.
BURIAL: Buried unmarked in Bk 41 Plot11 Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC
BIOGRAPHY: Bachelor. Served on Vancouver Police Force.
.BURIAL: Buried as "Alex" in Bk 41 Plot11 Moutain View cemetery Vancouver BC
DEATH: Killed in mining accident in Wallace Idaho
BIOGRAPHY: Accompanied his parents to Vancouver BC in 1910.
Bachelor. Osteopath/Naturopath in New Westminister BC.BURIAL: Buried unmarked in Bk 41 Plot 11 Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver BC
BIOGRAPHY: Was known as "Teacher John" MacLeod
Taught school at Springfield, Summerside and Hartsville schools in different periods between 1869 and 1894.
After 1894, moved to and lived the rest of his life in Quincy Mass.BURIAL: Buried in Hartsville Cemetery with wife and infant son Neil born 11 Aug 1878 died 14 Feb 1879
SOURCES: MacKenzie Genealogy 1765-2000 by E Marion MacKenzie
BURIAL: Buried in the Hartsville cemetery with husband John and infant son Neil.
38. John Alexander (Alec) MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Lynn Mass
SOURCES: 1881 Canadian Census
42. Neil MacLeod
SOURCES:Headstone of parents in Hartsville Cemetery
SOURCES: Obituary in Woodbine Twiner 3 Jan 1918.BIOGRAPHY: Moved with her husband and children to Pottawatamie County Iowa in 1878
Moved to Harrison County Iowa in 1900. Lived in Logan Iowa and Woodbine Iowa
SOURCES: Birthdate and location from 1880 US Census in Pottawattamie Iowa
BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Anthon Iowa according to a letter from his brother John A to John A MacLeod dated 14 Oct 1914
Lived in Redkey Indiana according to his mother's obituary in Jan 1918.
Was farming near Woodbine Iowa in 1934
OCCUPATION: Taught school at Pottawattamie Iowa
MARRIAGE: Did not marryBIOGRAPHY: Was teaching in Pottawattamia in 1905
SOURCES: letter from Mary (MacKenzie) Messenger dated 11 Jan 1905
BIOGRAPHY: Was living in Woodbine in1914
SOURCES: letter from Mary (MacKenzie) Messenger dated 11 Jan 1905
51. John A MacKenzie
SOURCES: Letter from Margaret Mackenzie to John A MacLeod dated 19 Dec1934
BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Omaha an visited relatives in BC several times before he died in 1934
MARRIAGE: Did not marry
BIOGRAPHY: Grocery Store owner in Kansa City in 1928
Married with children including a baby girl born in 1934
SOURCES: Letter from John A Mackenzie to John A MacLeod dated 15 Sept 1928
Letter from Margaret Mackenzie to John A MacLeod dated 19 Dec1934SOURCES: letter from Mary (MacKenzie) Messenger dated 11 Jan 1905
OCCUPATION: Taught school in Woodbine Iowa
MARRIAGE: Did not marrySOURCES: SSN records
10. Malcolm MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY: Taught at Cardigan PEI 1877-1880
Elected elder of Cardigan Presbyterian church in Cardigan in July 1880
Station Agent at Cardigan-1881
Moved to Bradalbane PEI in Aug 1882
Lived at Bradalbane 1882-1890 and at Kensington Station 1891-1892
Elected Supt. of S. School at Kensington in May 1891
Reordained a church elder at Kensington in July 1891
Moved to Vancouver BC in April 1893
Taught at Sumas BC 1893-1996 and at Chilliwack BC and Langley BC 1896-1900SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
BIOGRAPHY: After her husband's death in 1900 she purchased 10 acres of her brother-in-law, John Alexander MacLeod's farm on South Sumas Road in Atchelitz BC and with the help of some of her children, built a large house which was known as Armdale house. It was originally planned that part of the house would be used by daughter Rachel as a convelesance home for patients recovering from surgery, but was never used in this way. After Jane's death in 1931, the house was occupied by daughter Rachel and after her death in 1936, it was occupied by daughter Catherine Emma's family until the property was sold about 1951/3.
DEATH: Cause of death was valvular heart disease
SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
BIOGRAPHY: Single
OCCUPATION: Nurse who worked for Dr R E Mackechnie in Vancouver BCSOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
DEATH: Drowned when a row boat capsized while crossing McGillivary slough in Sumas BC on way to Church
DEATH: Drowned when a row boat capsized while crossing McGillivary slough in Sumas BC on the way to Church
SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
60. Margaret Catherine MacLeod
BURIAL: Buried in Hartzville Cemetery as Maggie C d. 13 Nov 1888, Age 3 years 7 months
SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
BIRTH: Birth date of 1892 on death certificate is an error. Correct date in 1889 is from the family bible in the possession of Margaret Tranmer
SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
BIOGRAPHY: Registered Nurse
SOURCES: Information in the Family record held by Margaret Tranmer
11. Mary J MacLeod
.BIOGRAPHY: After her death, her son Alex came to live with the Harris family at Cardigan PEI.
SOURCES: Information from Col JacK Harris family, Victoria BC and from Patricia Douglass
BIRTH: The 1850 year of birth was calculated from the age of 34 given by her youngest brother, John Alexander MacLeod, in a life insurance application he completed on 22 Dec 1884 in Victoria BC.
SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
BIOGRAPHY:Donald was the driver of a carriage which tipped and injured his mother on 23 Mar 1894. Her injuries resulted in her death 2 months later and the loss of the child she was carrying. Donald went west for Canadian harvest work and was never heard from again
71. "Maud" Mary Catherine MacKenzie
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SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
BIOGRAPHY:Thought to have lived with his uncle Duncan MacKenzie after his mother died. Immigrated form Victoria BC 5 Nov 1903 to Seattle Wa eventually settling in Leavenworth Wa.
Never married. Changed spelling of his name to McKenzie
76. William Campbell MacKenzie
SOURCES: Information from Patricia Douglass
BIOGRAPHY: Living in Vermont Mass in 1935
SOURCES: Name given in old family bible in the possession of Elizabeth (MacKenzie )Barlow
SOURCES: Obituary from Lynn Mass newspaper dated 7 June 1922
Letter from Virgil to his father, John A Macleod dated 3 Jan 1910BIOGRAPHY: Gold Miner in PEI before moving to Mass in1892. Sexton of St Stephens Church in Lynn Mass for 28 years.
80. Mary MacLeod
OCCUPATION: Not married
Secretary to Bishop Lawrence in Cambridge Mass
13. Alexander MacIntyre MacLeod
SOURCES: Obituary from Goldendale Newspaper June 1911
BIRTH: Obituary states birthdate as 14 Jun 1853, but is more likely 1855, based on the 1910 US Census. His older brother Charles birthdate of 2 Feb1853 is considered accurate because it comes from an obituary which indicates both birthdate and age at time of death.BIOGRAPHY: He arrived in San Francisco about 1881 and later moved to Portland Ore and The Dalles. He engaged in business in Oakesdale Wa and in 1898 moved to Goldendale Wa where he entered the mercantile business until 1904 when he was elected for two terms as county auditor. He was later elected Treasurer and Mayor of the City of Goldendale
SOURCES:Letter from Lois Divine to John A MacLeod dated 4 June 1930
14. Effie MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY: After her parents died in 1875 and 1876, she moved to live with her brother Malcolm and his family at Cardigan PEI about 1877.
SOURCES: Information from The Harris History by H Eileen (Harris) Wolfe
SOURCES:Obituary of James Harris
Information from The Harris History by H Eileen (Harris) WolfeBIOGRAPHY: Farmer and ordained an elder of the Cardigan Presbyterian Church
Moved to BC to live with daughter Peggy in May 1930
BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Halifax NS
SOURCES: Information from The Harris History by H Eileen (Harris) Wolfe
SOURCES: Information from Harris Family Trees
BIOGRAPHY: Turie traveled to BC to be with Peggy in 1929
91. Hilda Harris
BIOGRAPHY: Hilda's mother died a month after she was born. She was adopted as a baby by a Capt. and Mrs William MacLeod of Halifax NS.
SOURCES: Information from Harris Family Trees
15. "Jack" John Alexander MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY:
Attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, and received his teaching certificate in 1879
Taught school in Hunter River PEI 1879-1884
Worked briefly in a law office in Charlottetown PEI before travelling west in 1884.
Travelled west by train to visit his brother Alexander MacIntyre MacLeod at The Dalles, Oregon and then proceeded by boat to Victoria BC in 1884.
Taught school in Colwood BC in 1884-85, St. Johns College in New Westminister BC in 1885-86 and at Sumas BC in 1886-88.
Was Station Agent in Portland Ore 1888-91
Taught school at Sumas BC in 1891-93 and 1897-1900
Taught school at Port Haney in 1901-02
School trustee for South Sumas school district for many years.
During WW1 served as a member of the Military Exemption Tribunal for the local military area.
Councillor of Chilliwack BC in 1908-9 and 1914.
Reeve (Mayor) of Chilliwack BC on three separate occasions - 1915, 1922-24, and 1929-30.
Postmaster at South Sumas for about 15 years.
Unsuccessful candidate for the Provincial Party in the 1923 BC Provincial election.
BIRTH: The date of 9 Dec 1862 was obtained from the 1901 Census and a life insurance application form that John Alexander MacLeod completed on 22 Dec 1884 in Victoria, BC. The birth date of 9 Dec 1861 shown on the death certificate is considered to be a mistake by the informant.
SOURCES: Biographies of George & Eliza Chadsey, Chilliwack Pioneers by Mildred Evans Hall-1979- BC Archives MS2399
DEATH: She died from appendicitis
BIOGRAPHY: Killed in action at St Julien, near Ypres, Belgium when the Germans used poison gas for the first time in warfare.
BIOGRAPHY: Lost his left leg as a result of a traffic accident on 24 Dec 1936 when a bakery truck struck him as he was standing beside his car.
19. Dr James MacLeod
BIOGRAPHY: Taught school in Mt Lehman BC in early 1890s
Returned to university and obtained his medical degree.
Practiced as an Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist in Regina Sask
Also had two daughters, names unknown, one of whom graduated in the Faculty of Agriculture at the Univ. of Manitoba in about 1935SOURCES: Notes of Earl L MacLeod dated Nov 1958