There are two MacLeay families that I have researched and it seems that they are not related, but I am related to both.
The first one is the family of Donald MacLeay and Effie Graham. They are my 4th great grandparents. They had three children that I know of; Ann, b.1788, Kenneth, b. 1794 and John, b. 1801. All of the children emigrated from Upper Shader to Bruce County, Ontario with their families. John MacLeay was first married to Ann MacDonald and they had eight children. After her death John married Margaret MacDonald and they had three children. John first settled in Huron Township then moved to Lindsay Township.
John's eldest son Allan, b. 1822, married Ann MacDonald and together they had 10 children. Allan and family lived on Con. 7, Lot 26 in Huron Township.
John's son George, b. 1825, married Ann MacIver, the sister of my great grandmother.
Kenneth MacLeay married Mary MacDonald of North Dell, Lewis and they had eight children. Kenneth settled first in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and in 1860 moved to Huron Township in Bruce County.
Ann MacLeay, daughter of Donald and Effie, married Colin MacLeay. I have been told that these two MacLeay families were not related but on Lewis every one is related to everyone as they say.
Colin and Ann Macleay are my 3rd great grandparents.
I have more extensive information on these families and their descendants. If anyone needs help with thes MacLeays, I am willing to share what I have.
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Are Mclay Macleay and Mcleay the same family or different families.
MacLeay is the correct Scottish spelling of the name. All others are North American corruptions of the name.
I am interested in Kenneth Mcleay.
He was my great great grandfather.Do you know his date of birth and death and anything else about him and his wife?
Scott
I have quite a bit of info on Kenneth MacLeay, his parents and brothers. Please contact me at daibhidh@sympatico.ca
Hello David,
I tried to contact you through the e-mail address you left but my e-mail was returned. My e-mail address
is smoselle@hotmail.com. Fell free to send me anything you can on Kenneth Macleay and his parents and
brothers and sisters. Thank You
Scott Moselle
Private email sent.
My mother was a Macleay. Her father was Duncan Allan Macleay (Canada), her grandparents were Colin Macleay and Annie Macleod. Last address I have is 24 Upper Shader. My email is calciofmly@aol.com. mary (I selected anonymous because I don't understand the selection)
Part 2 - Sometime after Colin Macleay (my great grandfather) passed away, my great grandmother Annie Macleod Macleay married another Macleay ~ John Macleay. They had a daughter Marion Macleay. Her 2005 obit...http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?pid=3338366
Mary
John Macleay married Anne MacDonald they had a daughter Christene Macleay who is my great great grandmother.
She married Charles Macdonald and had a daughter Ann MacDonald who married Norman Murray..they had a daughter Ann Murray who married David Lindsay Davidson. Their son James Murray Davidson married Evelyn Marie Creed and had 6 children
Jane Ann, Catherine Lyn, Martha Madeline, David Andrew, Nancy Marie and Angus Murray.
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