John Mc Leod, son of Malcolm McLeod & Janet Stewart B1795 Ireland D20th March 1861 Islay And Elizabeth McLeod daughter of William McLeod & Christina Graham B 1794 Islay d 11th July West Taieri, New Zealand Family of John McLeod (McCuaig & Elizabeth McLeod ( McCuaig ) Stewart McLeod. B1829 Oa Islay. D13th January 1912. East Taieri. New Zealand. M Elizabeth Grant. 29th April 1891, b 1853, d April 1934 William McLeod. B1836 Ireland. Bachelor. Malcolm McLeod, b 1835 Ireland, d 28th December 1926. m Jane Hamilton McIntosh. d 20July 1946 Thomas McLeod, b 1843, Ireland. D 30th September 1901. Bachelor Eliza McLeod. b 1844, Islay. D 11th April 1915. m Duncan Campbell. Port Ellen Islay co. Argyll. 23rd January 1862. b 12th May 1839. Islay. Malcolm and Stewart McLeod, together with their cousin Peter McLeod, sailed from Glasgow on William Rankin's famous Clipper Ship the Daniel Rankin on the 5th September 1863. It was a record breaking trip of 90 days under Captain Alexander Muller, carrying 155 passengers and cargo, which arrived in Port Chalmers on the 7th December 1863. The Daniel Rankin, a 193.3 sailing clipper of 1048 tons was wooded sheather with yellow metal, wooden masts and spars and was built to special surveys in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1858. The Centenary of the arrival of the Daniel Rankin was celebrated by descendants of the early pioneers on 31st July 1963. On that occasion, Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod wrote - " It is a very great occasion and I think it is a fine thing that we should be proud of our forefathers and our Clan and honour the pioneers who helped to build the great city of Dunedin and the great country of New Zealand. Scotland is indeed proud of the courageous men and women who left her shores to build the Commonwealth. Stewart Mcleod was 34 years of age when he migrated to Otago. He first worked on farms at Brighton, Kuri Bush and Taieri Mouth and later moved to Woodside, West Taieri, where for many years he was associated with his brothers Malcolm, Thomas and William in the propietorship of the Woodside Dairy Factory. He married Elizabeth Grant of Granton Farm and engaged in its management for a long period. Granton cocsisted of 160 acres of rich Taieri land and in addition more land was leased from the Shand Estate. Stewart McLeod, like many other of that ilk had a long and successful life and passed away in 1912 at the age of 83. His wife Elizabeth died on 17th April 1934 aged 81 years. At the age of 12, Malcolm left home to live with an aunt in Glasgow where he learned the trade of carpentry and building. When he arrived in Otago at the age of 28. he first worked for Mr James MacAndrew and the went to Cottesbrook and Deepdale and worked for Mr J Bruce. In company with Mr J M Samson. He later carted timber from the Rock and Pillar, through the Styx, Linnburn and over the Raggedys to the Manuherikia goldfields at Alexandra. He later took up coastal farm land at " Graybrook " Brighton.and was also engaged on bridge building on the Brighton to Taieri Mouth road. He married Jane Hamilton McIntosh at Brighton and in 1877, after farming Graybrook for several years, he bought 400 acres of " Maori Heads " tussoch and swamp fron francis McDiarmid, who had previously bought it for a Mr ward in the United kingdom. Mr Ward unfortunately died on the voyage to New Zealand and the land became known as " Wardlands". The McLeod drained, cleared and developed Wardlands turning it into an excellent farm. When the McLeod cattle was driven across from Brighton to the Taieri, the bullocks made a string one mile long. Malcolm passed away at Wardlands on the 28th December 1926 aged 91 and his wife Jane on the 20th July 1946 aged 90. Both are buried at West Taieri on the knoll overlooking the land they loved so well. Thus we have another artisan who was able to successfully turn his hand to the land and achieve a reasonable degree of prosperity by dint of great endeavour in tomes which often gave mearge remuneration for hard work. Malcolm McLeod returned to Isaly in 1866 and brought back his 75 year old mother Elizabeth and his sister Eliza and her husband Duncan Campbell. >From early Census records the spelling of McLeod was in Gaelic - hence McCuaig - and in some other instances McQuaig. The about is a copy of a small part of a booklet print in 1989 relating to the McCuaig / McLeod / Campbell Tree. It may be of interest to other McCuaig etc. and may help me in my search of family from Islay. Margaret Noble.