My great-great-great-great-grandfather, John MacLeod, son of Duncan MacLeod, was born sometime between 1762 and 1770 in the village of Laig on the isle of Eigg and married a woman named Effy (short for Euphemia), who was born in 1771 in nearby Grulin (on an island that small, I suppose everything is nearby). John and Effy [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: Cape Breton, Duncan MacLeod, Eigg, family, Gaelic, genealogy, history, Ireland, language, MacLeod, migration, names, Nova Scotia, Scotland, Ulster
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- May 25, 2009 – 1:50 pm
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- By Jordan
My maternal grandfather, Duncan MacLeod, whom I call Papa, once told me we were kicked off the Isle of Skye for stealing sheep. He told me this early in our talks about the family history a few years back, though they weren’t really talks. No, they were storytelling sessions, an important part of our culture, [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: Cape Breton, Duncan MacLeod, Eigg, family, Gaelic, genealogy, history, language, MacLeod, migration, names, Nova Scotia, Scotland
- Published:
- May 21, 2009 – 4:50 pm
- Author:
- By Jordan