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Descendants of ALEXANDER McLEOD (1822-1894)

Post by gnstill » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:13 am

Ross

Regarding numerous Alexander McLEOD's, check Glengarry County (Ontario) in the following:

http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/censu ... e.jsp?ew=w

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Re: Descendants of ALEXANDER McLEOD (1822-1894)

Post by Rossm » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:40 pm

Gary:
The Alexander McLeod born in 1822 was counted in the 1852 census at Horton township - Renfrew county, Canada West (Ontario), page 23,lines 11-14. It's his father Alexander, born 26/01/1798 - Inverness(?) that I can't trace, except for the research of Christina Ratzinger. I have also been trying to check out Archibald Norman McLeod, a Justice of the Peace at Red River and a Northwest Co. partner, but I think this is a dead end. He is mentioned in the book The Selkirk Settlement and the Settlers published in 1887 and avail to read online at http://www.archive.org/details/selkirks ... 00belluoft If you are not familiar with it, check it out. its only about 40 pages. Interestingly, it says that Miles Macdonnell was also born in Inverness and was living in Glengarry when appointed Governor of the Selkirk Settlement, so he may have known Alexander McLeod, although probably not considering the dates.

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Re: Descendants of ALEXANDER McLEOD (1822-1894)

Post by gnstill » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:57 pm

This is about the extent of what I have on
Archibald Norman McLEOD (?-1837)
McLEOD joined the NWCo sometime before 1796 and was made a partner before 1799.
He was in the Athabaska country from 1802-1808, and in 1808 he joined the agency firm McTavish, McGillivrays & Co.
He was a captain in the Corps of Canadian Voyageurs 1812/13, a magistrate in the Indian Countries under the Canada Jurisdiction Act, and a member of the Beaver Club of Montreal.
He retired from the Indian countries in 1809, and was at Fort William in 1815 for the annual meeting.
He played a prominent role in the Selkirk troubles (1815-1818) and upon the merger in 1821 he retired from the fur trade and went to Scotland.
Gary

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