Hi Ian and other list members, Sorry if I confused you. There is no problem with my information on John McLeay who came to New Zealand. He is indeed one of the sons of Donald McLeay and Keat McRae. The other children in the family are Ann, Janet, Catherine, Alexander [1],Jessie, Donald and Alexander[2]. Both Alexanders had sons called John McLeay and both came to New Zealand to farm, and they ended up owning farms next to each other. The son of the second Alexander came to New Zealand as a direct result of the will I am talking about. John McLeay, the Uncle, left the farm to his brother Alexander and his son John McLeay. As you can see there were identical brothers and nephews called Alexander and John. Although my granfather, John McLeay, actually helped clear the land for his Uncle, John McLeay, in fact the farm went to John McLeay, the son of the second Alexander. Anyway I had always known about the will, and had seen a copy of its contents at the Land and Deeds Office, Wellington, NZ, in the 1980s, but on that occasion I only jotted down notes. When I went to National Archives, Wellington, this July I was able to get photocopies of probate, the will, etc and it was on this sheet I found the memo about his sister Kate being married to John Gollan and being a widow [in 1891] This did not tally with other information I had collected over the years and thought I might need to revisit my earlier assumptions about Kate McLeay who became a Gollan. She is a relation of both Ian and I. I am a descendant of Alexander McLeay [1], her brother, and Ian, I believe, you are a descendant of Donald McLeay, another brother. What I want to know is can anyone prove or disprove that Kate McLeay mentioned in A) 1847 March 8 Certificate for marriage granted to Donald Gollan, Lonbain and Catherine Macleay ,Callekille, both in this parish, [Applecross] is in fact the Kate Mcleay that belongs to my family line. I have never heard of there being two Kates / Catherines in the family. That is why I was wondering what was in the old parish registers and is Callekin north or south of Applecross? Are you sure there are that a Kate McLeay didn't marry a John Gollan....surely someone would know their own brother in law! The memo on the will also reads Kate as the widow of John Gollan. Would that not infer that she was alive in 1891? Is there no Kate Golland living round Dingwall in the 1891 census? It is all rather strange....so longing to hear back from anyone with information. Bobbie in NZ -----Original Message----- From: John MacLennan <[email protected]> To: Brian Amyes <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, 22 September 2001 23:11 Subject: Re: [RossGen] Gollans and McLeays >Hi! > >I am a bit confused with this one. Donald MacLeay and Keat Macrae did >indeed have a son called John, born about 1811, but I have no further >information on him. Is he the one whose will you have? > >I think they also had two daughters with similar names - Catherine 1809 who >married Donald Gollan but was dead by the 1881 census- and Keat b 1817. I >have no further information on her but neither she, nor her sister, appears >in the 1881 census. > >Furthermore the only John Gollan, born in Applecross, and in the 1881 census >was the son of Donald and Catherine Macleay. Could it be that he, like his >father, married a Catherine Macleay? > >Was the said Kate in the will dead in 1891? Who was residing near Dingwall, >Kate or her children? I'm not sure as it seems a bit ambiguous. > >I'd be interested to know the outcome of this and also who the will pertains >to. Were any other siblings mentioned? > >Regards, > >Iain MacLennan (gg grandson of Donald MacLeay and Kate MacRae) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Amyes" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: 22 September 2001 08:59 >Subject: [RossGen] Gollans and McLeays > > >> Could somebody check out the relevant records eg parish registers, census >documents and help me out of a quandary. Donald McLennan kindly looked up >parish records and census records for me in July1999 and we thought we had >found the right family for the marriage between my relative Catherine/Kate >McLeay and a Gollan. >> >> This is what we found: >> A) 1847 March 8 Certificate for marriage granted to Donald Gollan, >Lonbain and Catherine Macleay Callekille, both in this parish, [Applecross] >> >> B) Catherine MCLEAY b1809 d1869 married 8th March 1847 to Donald >GOLLAN >> They had the following children John 1849-50? Isabella 1852? Catherine >1856? Donald 1859 >> Fanny 1863 >> >> C) In the 1881 Census at Applecross Catherine's family are on FHL film >0203407 GRO Ref Vol 058-1 EnumDist 4 Page 2 as Gollans at Loanbane >> >> Others of my McLeay family lived at Lonbain, plus Sand and Salachar, so it >seemed the right family. However in July of this year, 2001, I found the >will of Catherine's brother John Macleay at National Archives, Wellington, >New Zealand. It was written in 1891. In it he refers to "the children of my >sister Kate now or lately residing near Dingwall in Rosshire". On the back >cover of the will was a note written at the same time. >> "Memo: The sister Kate referred to is the widow of John Gollan" >> >> This would mean that Kate McLeay the daughter of Donald McLea and Keat >McRae married not a Donald, but a John Gollan and that he was dead by 1891, >not Kate. >> This may also mean that she may be in the Dingwall 1891 census. >> >> Could anyone on this list help me out >> Regards Bobbie in NZ >> >> >> ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== >> To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm >> >> > >