brick wall: mother unknown.....

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:14 pm

hi there,

i have a death certificate for a donald mcleod, died in 1866 in whitburn, wesat lothian. where it says parents names the father is listed as roderick mcleod but there is no mother listed.

any ideas on how i could try to trace back any further?

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:58 pm

Karenc

Wish I could be encouraging, but I've found that the Donald Macleods with father Roderick Macleod are difficult to sort out even when the mother is mentioned.

Is he mentionned as being married or widowed on the death certificate? Have you had a look for him on the 1861 Census for Whitburn? The age and the place of birth might help just a little.

To end on a brighter note, I've just made a step forward/backward today in my research for one of the hundreds of Lewis Macleods. So it's not impossible.

Best wishes

Catriona

PS Had a quick search on SP and there is a 66 year old Donald MACLEOD in Whitburn at the time of the 1861 Census

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:36 pm

The IGI [http://www.familysearch.org/ ] 'only' produced 91 hits for that father - son combination.

What other information is given on th ecertificate?

Age at death , single or married [spouse's name] who was the informant of the death? was that a brother ?

The 1861 census Catriona mentioned, should give a place of birth [ if it's the correct age of a Donald]

All of which could help narrow down your man.

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:10 pm

thanks for that folks.

well i know that daonald mcleod was married to margaret dalziel but when he died she was already dead.

unfortunately the informant was his son and not a sibling.

i also know that donald was born in assynt, sutherland.

Skene Dhu · Post by **Skene Dhu** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:22 am

Hi Karenc,

What age is given for Donald on his death cert.. There is a few on the IGI with a father Roderick, his age might help us narrow it down.

John