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Glengarry County was established in 1792. The first settlers, United Empire Loyalists' Herkimer's Batteau Company, Kings Royal Rangers (New York) and the 84th Regiment of Foot, arrived in 1783.

In 1786 500 settlers arrived from Glengarry, Scotland and were the first to settle inland, away from a river.

By the early 1800's the population of Glengarry was primarily Scottish but began to change when French Canadian settlers arrived. They had left neighbouring communities in Quebec due to land shortages.

"Farming was the main occupation of Glengarry families and although the county is well watered by the Raisin, the Baudette and the Delisle Rivers, as well as several branches of the Rigaud River, the land did not produce too many

 rich farms and it became customary for the young men to winter in the lumber shanties to supplement their income. The men also left for parts of the United States and the western provinces seeking a more lucrative way of life."

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Family Group Sheet for Samuel MacLeod

Husband: Samuel MacLeod1-3

Birth: 10 Dec 18435-6

Baptism: 20 Apr 1844 in St Raphaels West RC Church & Cemetery,

Charlottenburgh, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada5

Residence: 1851 ; With his father7-8

Marriage: 09 Apr 1872 in St. Finnan's RC Church & Cemetery, Alexandria,

Glengarry, Ontario, Canada5-6, 9-10

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Nickname: "Sam Roddie"11

Occupation/Profession: Bailiff, district 3, High Constable12

Relationship: Neil McGillis, a McGillis researcher thinks Samuel was married twice

Relationship: Twin of Christopher

Mother: Nancy Anne MacRae

Father: Roderick McLeod4

Wife: Madeline McAuley3, 13-14

Birth: Abt. 1850

Residence: 1872 in Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Relationship: Parents: John MacAuley & Anne MacDonald5

Father: John McAuley14

Mother:Anne McDonald14

Children:

1. Name: Janet Catherine MacLeod9

Birth: 02 May 18755

Baptism: 02 May 18755

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Spouse: James McLachlan9

2. Name: Ellen Anne Bella MacLeod9

Birth: 11 Nov 1877

Baptism: 18 Nov 18775

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Marriage: 19 Sep 1910 in St. Michael's R.C., Montréal, Québec5

Nickname: Ella MacLeod

Spouse: James Hatchison Morrison

3. Name: John Christopher MacLeod

Birth: 02 Mar 18805

Baptism: 07 Mar 18805

Death: 25 Apr 18805

4 Name: Christine MacLeod9

Birth: 27 Mar 18815

Baptism: 03 Apr 18815

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Also Known As: Christina MacLeod

5. Name: Roderick Samuel MacLeod3, 9, 17

Birth: 21 Dec 1882 in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada3, 15

Baptism: 25 Dec 1882

Residence: 1891 in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada8

Military Service: 05 Apr 1907 ; Color-Sergt. McLeod, No. 3 Co'y., 59th Reg't., returned to his home at Dalkeith on Monday, after completing his special

course at Stanley Barracks, Toronto16

Marriage: 23 Jun 1920 in Sacred Heart Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As: Samuel Roderick MacLeod

Nickname: Roddy Sam "Reddie Sam"9

Occupation/Profession: Flax factory during 2nd World War

Spouse: Elizabeth J. Darragh18-19

6 Name: Annie MacLeod9

Death: at age 135

Sources:

1. The Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry, The MacLeods of Glengarry 1793-1993 : the

genealogy of a clan (Lomor Printers Ltd., Ottawa 1993 (Rev. Ed.)), Own, 262. He was a

census enumerator in 1871; a school teacher in Dalhousie Mills.

2. Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations

Inc, 2010), www.ancestry.com, Database online.

3, Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations

Inc, 2010), www.ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS929; Reel: 56. Record for

Roderick McLeod. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8838&h=1581723&indiv=try.

4. Ancestry.com, 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

(Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), www.ancestry.com, Database online.

5. Duncan (Darby) MacDonald, The Genealogy of Clan Donald - Supplement 3 (Brockville, ON,

MacDonald Research Centre, 1995), 117.

6. Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario,

Canada Marriages, 1801-1926 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010),

www.ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of

Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 8. Record for S R McLeod.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7921&h=1417761&indiv=try.

7.Ancestry.com, 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

(Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), www.ancestry.com.

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006),

www.ancestry.com, Record for Samuel McLeod.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18012983140&indiv=try.

9. The Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry, The MacLeods of Glengarry 1793-1993 : the

genealogy of a clan (Lomor Printers Ltd., Ottawa 1993 (Rev. Ed.)), Own.

10. Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967

(Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), www.ancestry.com, Record for S R

McLeod. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1109&h=112135&indiv=try.

11. Duncan (Darby) MacDonald, The Genealogy of Clan Donald - Supplement 3 (Brockville, ON,

MacDonald Research Centre, 1995), 85.

12 Ewan Ross, Lancaster Township & Village (publ. 1980), 171.

13. Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations

Inc, 2010), www.ancestry.com, Database online.

14. Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario,

Canada Marriages, 1801-1926 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010),

www.ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of

Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 8. Record for John McAuley.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7921&h=82869129&indiv=try.

15. Ancestry.com, Ontario Canada Births, 1869-1911 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations

Inc, 2010), www.ancestry.com, Database online.

16. The Glengarry News, Auld Lang Syne, publ. Apr 16, 1997. It is not verified that this is correct

MacLeod (mCLeod), but dates and location seem to matcch. -EMS.

17. Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations

Inc, 2010), www.ancestry.com, Database online.

18. The Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry, The MacLeods of Glengarry 1793-1993 : the

genealogy of a clan (Lomor Printers Ltd., Ottawa 1993 (Rev. Ed.)), Own, 262-3. Spelled

Darrogh in this source.

19. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com

Operations Inc, 2006), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place:

Pittsburgh Ward 8, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image:.

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