Robyn, there are torquil mc leods, showing in the electoral rolls on ancestry, although this may be a son or nephew given most are in 1900's. in nsw and at pomborneit in 1909 & 1914 he may then have moved to centre rd clayton a farm employee in 1919. possibly the torquil a gardener at 17 marshall avenue kooyong in 1937 And there is an alexander torquil mcleod in nsw in the 1930's And a torquel or torquil Bright mc leod in tasmania in 1930 - 50's. the national library newspapers had a funeral notice for torquil mcleod 3rd jan 1939 for interment at necropolis springvale. their website lists date of service for torquil mcleod, 4th jan 1939 burial, simmons lawn, grave row BH grave 15. if you email them they may have more info, they sometimes have good records. hope it helps. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Sharman" <robsharman@westnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:09 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Missing McLeod brothers > > Dear All, > > My MCLEODS arrived aboard the " fever ship"Ticonderoga in 1852. It was > called the fever ship because over 100 Scots perished during the journey > and the ship was quarantined at Portsea, Vic on its arrival > > My ancestor Margaret MCLEOD and her 7 siblings survived the journey. > > The family consists of : > > > Margaret b. 1821 Isle of Raasay (off Isle of Skye) > Christina b. 1825 > Torquil b. 1827 > > Their parents were John MCLEOD b. abt 1792 and died 1851 and his wife > Catherine died about 1836 > > John MCLEOD married his 2nd wife Elizabeth (Bess) abt 1836 and their > children are: > Alexander b 1837 > Ann b. 1838 > Niel b. 1840 > Catherine b. 1842 > Catherine b. 1846 > > > Margaret married James ROBINSON in Melbourne in 1853 and moved to the > Barnawartha Vic. area around this time. Her sisters, Christina, Ann and > Catherine x2 (yes 2, their Scottish Names were Anglicanzed to Catherine) > also moved to this area. The girls are well researched and very > traceable. > > However the boys are not. > I have searched VIC, NSW bdms without luck. I have a possibility in > Vic of a death for Niel in 1869 which I will probably purchase the > certificate. However I have had no luck tracing Torquil or Alexander. > There are many MCLEODS and without purchasing many certificates, I have > not been able to find any that are obviously the right one. > >>From other sources I know that many McLEOD's settled in the Purnim area, > and I am > hoping that there maybe some descendants of these brothers on this list > who may be able to help > > Many thanks > > > Robyn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >