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William Benj. MacLeod 1848 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Oct 1848

Birth Location: Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 1938

Death Location: Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Gardner McLeod

Mother: Mary Maxwell

Spouse(s): Mabel Haight

Children(s):

William Benj. MacLeod was born in 1848 in Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Gardner McLeod and Mary Caroline Maxwell. William Benj. MacLeod married Mabel Jane Haight. William Benj. MacLeod passed away in 1938 in Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • William Benj. MacLeod was born in 1848 in Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Gardner McLeod and Mary Caroline Maxwell.
  • William Benj. MacLeod married Mabel Jane Haight.
  • William Benj. MacLeod passed away in 1938 in Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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William MacLeod's Ancestors

Self
William MacLeod
1848 – 1938
Birth Place: Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Gardner McLeod
1822 – 1867
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary (Caroline) Maxwell
1826 –
Port Mouton, Queens Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Gardner McLeod
1794 – 1876
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ruth Cohoon
1796 –
Nova Scotia, Canada
Fred Masters
Annie Wells
Great-Grandparents
Ebenezer Mcleod
1767 – 1849
Dorcas Gardner
1801 – 1887
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John McLeod
1744 – 1825
Alice HARRINGTON
1747 – 1829
Stephen Gardner
1760 – 1844
Rebecca Dexter
1760 – 1834

William MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

1848
Oct 1848
Birth of William Benj. MacLeod in Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
1938
1938
Age 90
Death of William Benj. MacLeod in Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Oct 1848
    Event Place: Port Mounton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1957

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1938
    Record Source: Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1957

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1938
    Event Place: Plympton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1957

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