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William MacLeod 1788 – 1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Sep 1788

Birth Location: Durness, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Oct 1866

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Murdoch Mcleod

Mother: Barbara Mackay

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William MacLeod was born in 1788 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Murdoch Mcleod and Barbara or Nin Neilic Emish Mackay. William MacLeod passed away in 1866 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William MacLeod was born in 1788 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Murdoch Mcleod and Barbara or Nin Neilic Emish Mackay.
  • William MacLeod passed away in 1866 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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William MacLeod's Ancestors

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William MacLeod
1788 – 1866
Birth Place: Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Parents
Murdoch Mcleod
1760 – 1859
Durness, Sutherland, , Scotland
Barbara (or Nin Neilic Emish) Mackay
1768 – 1845
Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Donald) MacLeod
1740 – 1830
Kendrom Kilmaluag, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Katherine (May) MacLeod
1742 – 1841
Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Neil MacKay
1736 – 1786
Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Christian Campbell
1740 – 1790
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Rev. MacLeod
1720 – 1779
Isabella MacKenzie
1723 – 1768
Catherine Kilgour-McArthur
1725 – 1745
Thomas Emish
1708 –
Mary Fitzhugh
1700 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir MacLeod
1690 – 1749
Lady MacQueen)
1696 – 1740
Mary Sutherland
1706 – 1755
William MacArthur
1690 –
JANET MACLEOD
1700 –
Neil MacKay
1673 –
Neil Mckay
1687 –

William MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

1788
26 Sep 1788
Birth of William MacLeod in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
1866
5 Oct 1866
Age 78
Death of William MacLeod in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Sep 1788
    Event Place: Durness, Sutherland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1866
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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