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