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Chris?
Seems the Scots are like the Irish and lose track of years.

:-D :-D

Edits
I am a little lost now,but will catch up..

Still sorting this one in my head so could be some time... :-(

Have deleted my 1901 as Chris has the correct Hector and Christina by the look of things...

I can understand it will take time Fans..........lots of space there for the ideas to swim about it !


There is just SO much information on this thread that it's impossible to keep track of it all. I've tried to list which pages various searches are on - maybe I should post the precis again. :-S

So Christina is Marys sister from 1911 and Mary has young Donaldina there in London with her....Quick connection there Chris ,well done...

And well done for the D M Leod spot on 1911 Quoy.

Have to follow up Dolly/Robert/David Macleod and co as well after this lot I suspect..

Hello again everyone, sorry not to have posted for a while, have been a bit under the weather, but O K now.
Well the dratted Diane still manages to remain hidden, she must have been born at some stage, I wonder why she wanted to hide the fact, what is the mystery, how I wish I could have a five minute conversation with her.
Many thanks to you all for your interest and help
Love to you all
Evelyn XX

Evelyn.
Console yourself with the fact that even if you were able to have 5 minutes with her, she probably wouldn´t answer your questions. Anyone who has covered their tracks so successfully would be unlikely to spill the beans.
We´ll just have to keep looking.
It´s become an obsession with me. Every site I go to I look for a Macleod link.
Marion

Thank you Marion,it makes me wonder what Diane was trying to hide, she was quite a snobby person, perhaps she had dillusions of granduer and had come from very poor beginnings, though as I have said previously she must have had a good education and was knowledgable on lots of subjects, she spoke beautifully and was not inclined to drop her Hs.
Whatever her roots were, however bad ,she was not responsible for that in the same way that I do not feel responsible for the fact that she told so many porkies.
love
Evelyn X

Evelyn.
My mother was exactly the same. Very snobby......think Hyacinth Bouquet.....well spoken, always eager to put everyone else right & never missed an opportunity to tell everyone she had a private school education & as I think I have told you before, there is something "not quite right" about her family too.My brother & I always say that she makes Hans Christian Anderson look like an amateur.
As you say, she wasn´t responsible for how she came into the world, but I think that during the inter war period, people were a lot more secretive than they had been before, or were afterwards.
Keep smiling.
Marion x

don't forget that English education was, in general, very good in the years from about 1900 to WW2.

Even though people left school at about the age of 12, they had excellent groundings in the basics ........ and speech was often included.

Scottish education was considered even better.


My parents both left school at 12, after having completed the required number of days attendance. But, like millions of others, they never stopped learning.

They always read newspapers, we had a couple of reference books at home ...... not many novels ..... and were vitally interested in all that was going on. I think that was very common ........ night schools etc were there for everyone.

Looking back, it is quite amazing how much they knew about "things" ....... events, how machines worked, just plain general knowledge, etc etc


Plus it was quite possible that Diane paid for elocution lessons after she became of an age to have money .... tha'ts if she was trying to move herself up in the world.

page 83 that started me off on this


whilst looking for something else this poked me in the eye

D M Leod
Age in 1911: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relation to Head: Niece
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Stornoway Isle of Lewes
Civil parish: Holy Trinity and St Mary
County/Island: Yorkshire-East Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 2 Madeley St Hessle Rd Hull
Occupation: School
Registration district: Hull

:
Name Age
John W Deyes 43 foreman sawyer
Mary Deyes 47
J H Deyes 19
C Deyes 18
D M Leod 13 scholar

looking at the image there is a C next to the M




the 1901 and information that Chrisho found from page 84

MCLEOD, Christina Head Married F 34 1867 Fish Worker
Dunbar, Haddington (same as Mary Deyes 1911)
MCLEOD, Hector Son M 16 1885 Fish Worker
Loucestaft England G & E
MCLEOD, Isabella Daughter F 14 1887
Dunbar, Haddington
MCLEOD, Ellen Daughter F 11 1890 Scholar
Dunbar
MCLEOD, Mary R Daughter F 10 1891 Scholar
Dunbar
MCLEOD, Donaldina Daughter F 7 1894 Scholar
Stornoway, Ross
Piece: 88
Folio: 1
Page: 20
Registration District: Stornoway
Civil Parish: Stornoway
Municipal Borough:
Address: 40, Kipper Road, Stornoway
County: Ross and Cromarty

(above address as on Cert. for 1898 Birth, strange!)

Chris :)

Marriage
1885 MCLEOD HECTOR ROBERTSON CHRISTINA STORNOWAY /ROSS AND CROMARTY



Christina McLeod
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : Hector McLeod
Gender: Female
Where born: Dunbar, Haddington
Registration Number: 706
Registration district: Dunbar
Civil parish: Dunbar
Town: Dunbar
County: East Lothian
Address: Writers Court


Hector McLeod 28
Christina McLeod 26
Isabella McLeod 2
Helen McLeod 6 M

from fbg
The marriage for Deyes.
Marriages Mar 1891
Deyes John William Hull 9d 349
Robertson Mary Hull 9d 349

That will take a while to work on as Robertson is even more popular than Macleod/McLeod in Scotland..

So Christina is Marys sister from 1911 and Mary has young Donaldina there in London with her....Quick connection there Chris ,well done. fbg

Sorry folks - got side tracked :-(


Evelyn, sorry you have been a bit under the weather - hope you feel lots better now.

I can't even remember where I was up to on this....had better go and do some swotting up.......

Just seen a post on Living Relatived board from "Theresa with Irish blood in me veins"
Nothing to do with your family Evelyn, but she refers to a relative as Christina Known as Dinah????
I wonder if this was a common pet name for Christinas.

Evelyn.
Hope you are OK.
It´s been vety quiet on this board for 2 weeks.
Everyone on holiday??

Hi wisechild,

I don't know how Evelyn is as I haven't heard from her since she last posted. Must do a check and see that she's okay.


I don't think the quietness is due to the holidays, I think it's because we're not sure when to turn next.

Haven't a clue as to whether Dinah is short for Christina or not to be honest. The only part of our Diana's name that we're fairly certain of, is the Leslie bit. She was very specific about that according to Evelyn. But....Leslie as in a man's name or Leslie as in a surname or Leslie in Fife?????

What does anyone else think about Christina/Dinah?? Possible?


Where next folks?

Thanks Cynthia.
Where to look next? 64000 dollar question.
Beginning to feel pretty sure that she lied about her age too. So many things just don´t add up. :-| :-| :-| :-|

Hello Everyone,
I am still alive and kicking though rather sad as I have lost 2 dear friends within 3 weeks of each other, both to the big C, this of course reminds me of the horrid year I had last year watching my beloved Mr Grumpy suffer with the same outcome. At the moment folk seem to be dropping like flies soon I shall have no friends left, guess I need to shake my feathers get on with life and think of other things.
I hope you are all well and happy. I would be a lot happier if we could solve the puzzle of Diane, the woman of mystery, I just do not know where else to look for any clues, every one of you have been so helpful in trying to solve the mystery and seem to have left no stone unturned and still the darned woman has beaten us.
Must have some lunch, tummy rumbling
Much Love
Evelyn XX

Hi Evelyn.
Good to know you´re OK even if a bit sad. When friends start popping off, it makes you aware of your own mortality.
Have a Mr Grumpy of my own at the moment & he´s only had a hernia repair.
You´d think it was major surgery.
So I´m keeping my head down & spending as much time as possible quietly on the PC.
Marion

Hello Evelyn..... :-D

So glad to know that you are still alive and kicking!! All I can think of at the moment is, perhaps, for you to look through any papers you have on your mum - maybe old photographs - anything from back then. Sometimes things just scribbled down can shed light on a mystery.


Stay well dear friend........ :-D

a really long shot but not finding this family after 1901 census

RG number: RG13
Piece: 459
Folio: 23
Page: 37
Reg. District: Wandsworth
Sub District: South West Battersea
Parish: Battersea
Enum. District: 25
Ecclesiastical District: Wandsworth Common St Michael
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 64, Bramfield Road, Battersea
County: London
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
LESLIE, Robert B Head Married M 42 1859 Traveller Granite & Marble
Scotland
LESLIE, Jannetta Wife Married F 38 1863
Scotland
LESLIE, Evelyn M Daughter Single F 13 1888
Kentish Town, London
LESLIE, Alexander M Son Single M 11 1890
Battersea, London
LESLIE, Stewart Son Single M 8 1893
Battersea, London
LESLIE, Hilda M Daughter Single F 5 1896
Battersea, London
LESLIE, Netta Daughter Single F 2 1899
Battersea, London

****Had to post this!!
perhaps she was older than she said and didn't like her given name (edit sadly she died in 1903)

Name: MCLEOD, Blossom Flower
Registration district: Wandsworth
County: London
Year of registration: 1902
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 721
:-) :-) :-)

Just to add to Jan s


Name: Evelyn Leslie
Age: 7
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1889
School: Belleville Road School
Address: WEBB'S ROAD
Borough: Wandsworth
Admission Date: 1 Mar 1897
Parent: Robert
Notes: Belleville Road School (0405) opened in 1877. Remodelled in 1900. Became Belleville Primary School in 1951
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV09/BEL/AD/005
Name: Eveline Milne Leslie
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1888
Baptism Date: 25 Mar 1888
Father's Name: Robert Berney Leslie
Mother's Name: Jannetta Leslie
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Pancras St Paul
Borough: Camden
Register Type: Parish Registers