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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ It is indicated on a McLeod Family Tree produced by Jean Gwyther, the eldest daughter of Annabella Gwyther (nee McLeod) and the granddaughter of Roderick McLeod, that there were two other older brothers, Donald who went to America and John who drowned. Nothing further is known about these two brothers; however some assumptions can be made. Murdock McLeod was a fisherman/crofter and apparently drowned sometime between 1821 and 1841. Possibly his fishing boat was lost at sea and he may have had his son John with him as he also drowned. The two elder brothers would likely have been born before 1818, maybe about 1814 and 1816.
The 1841 census indicated that Janet McLeod, 50, Crofter lived at Morefield with her children Ann, Alex and Roderick. In the 1851 census Janet McLeod, 64, Fisherman’s widow lived at Morefield with her children Ann, 32 and Rod’k, 29. But in the 1861 census, only Janet, 74, widow and her unmarried daughter Ann, 43 were living at Morefield, so it seems most likely that the 2 younger boys emigrated between 1851 & 61 leaving their unmarried sister to look after their aging mother. - ↑ Possibly drowned with his father Murdoch between 1822 (after the birth of Roderick) and before the 1841 census
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