Alexander MacLeod and Jessie MacDonald
Alexander MacLeod
A big thank you to my cousin, Anne Young, who corrected my original post that Alexander MacLeod might have been born on Scalpay, Isle of Harris, Scotland. According to her research he was the son of Donald MacLeod and Margaret MacAulay of 17 Knock, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. She has identified the family in the census returns for 1841 and 1851. She also found a death record in 1868 aged 95, so that suggests that Alexander MacLeod was born about 1773.
Donald MacLeod was the son of Murdo Macleod and Margaret Morrison.
Work is ongoing to discover more information about this couple.
Jessie MacDonald
Jessie MacDonald was born in Portnaguran, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Knock
The birthplace of Alexander MacLeod in the early nineteenth century.
Birthplace of Alexander MacLeod
Alexander MacLeod was born at 17 Knock, Isle of Lewis in about 1773.
The map opposite has been created using the 1840 series Ordnance Survey 6 inch to the mile maps and has been laid over contemporary satellite imagery of the area.Â
Portnaguran
The alleged birthplace of Jessie MacDonald in the late eighteenth century.
Map of Portnaguran 1895
The map opposite has been created using the 1895 series Ordnance Survey 25 inch to the mile map and has been laid over contemporary satellite imagery of the area.
The opacity of the top map has been reduced to enable the current satellite imagery to be visible below the map.
29th July 2023 @ 10:10
I am a great grandson of the “Pilot”
I would like to contact the author of this research
29th July 2023 @ 10:46
Thanks Ian, I have replied by email.