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Ishbel I miss you too, Auntie will come and take you walkies soon, love to Mummy Viv.
Look after your Mummy Ishbel I cant find mine

Evelyn

Ishbel is fine but def needs a long walk with auntie.
I often think Ishbel is like a child with that thing that is to do with hyperactivity,she does not STOP.
My youngest boy was / is the same so I should be used to it,but it can be rather wearing.

Hurry up back auntie Evelyn,Ishbel needs you to take her on a VERY long walk.

Leslie the male way was prob her real name or her fathers real name or her mothers maiden name,it would not have figuered? otherwise I think,

Ishbels mum
x

Isn't it weird how no one but no one can find this woman??? I think we should get Miss Marple onto it!!! (Just happening to be watching her!)


At a tangent, I wonder why Leslie is spelt in the male form rather than Lesley which is the female?

How is Ishbel whilst Evelyn's away? Is she missing her walkies!!

I often lie awake thinking of Evelyns mother,and fall asleep hoping I will dream of Evelyns mother to tell me what we want to know.
Who was she ,where was she really born,why couldnt she have spoken more about her childhood.
I truly wish I could have found her,but I am sure one of you others will,and when you do,PLEASE let me know.
viv

Ishbels mum
x

Its not a problem Evelyn I enjoy it. We will find out what Diane's(mum's) birth name was eventually, she can't hide for ever!!!

It makes you wonder if someone out there searching their own family tree has come across a female born 1906 who they cannot follow through because of Diane's possible name change, or on the otherhand someone will have Diane's mother in their tree but not found out or followed any children!

I can't wait till the 1911 census comes out, your mother will be on it somewhere I would imagine, I can see us all frantically searching females born 1906 named Leslie, MacLeod, McLeod or any other suggestions we will have by then!

Come on Mother give us a clue

Evelyn

Thank you Tracey for your interest and help

Evelyn

Hi all. Yes rootschat is full of information and very helpful people on there like here who know the area well. At this time of events there is indeed no facts, we have nothing absolutely concrete except for the fact that Evelyn did indeed have a mother who sadly passed when Evelyn was around 20yrs old. Diane did not leave or give Evelyn much to go on as to who her parents were. Robert MacLeod is named as Diane's father but we don't know if Diane ever met him or stayed with him, we do not know when he passed away, he could have been at home or at war. Diane never mentioned her mother, did her mother pass when she was a young girl and this is why she was sent to live with aunt kate in stornoway? Did Diane actually remember her mother? There are all these possibilities. I actually feel for Diane something did not go right in her childhood, she told wee lies for whatever reasons. We cannot rule out Diane as being an adopted child! We may never find these answers! But we can keep digging for clues!

I watched a repeat programme of Coast the other night and there was a man McLeod who run a small boat between the islands for over 50yrs I bet he has some good knowledge of families in the area's of Stornoway, I'll put a post on Roots to see if anyone knows him! Anything is worth a try.

A Gentle nudge

I have taken your advice Cynthia, Thank you for all your help

Thank you Susan and Cynthia for all your help, its much appreciated

Evelyn

Tracey, I have been trying to convert Evelyn to Rootschat for a while. Would be willing to put the query on there myself but the story is a bit convoluted and I'd be bound to get it wrong somewhere.

Didn't Debbie come up with a good idea a few days ago Evelyn?
I think she suggested something like putting down the basic facts as you know them and see where we can get from there. If you could do that, I'll willingly have a go on Rootschat for you.

I'll go and see if I can see the photos on there now.

Could this be Robert

Name: Robert McLeod
Birth Place: Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire
Residence: Leith, Midlothian
Death Date: 25 Sep 1915
Rank: A/Corporal
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's)
Battalion: 8th Battalion.
Number: S/3717
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Aldershot


Or this one ,he had died before 1929 by marr cert

Name: Robert McLeod
Birth Place: Newhaven, Midlothian
Residence: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Death Date: 9 Mar 1918
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's)
Battalion: 8th Battalion.
Number: S/2766
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Aldershot

I am just going through all the Robert Macleod/ Mc Leod's in the Seaforth Highlanders.Sue

Hello Everyone,
I am in France at the moment and not always able to get on line, its nice to see that people are still trying to help me.
Thank you so much Tracey for all your efforts on my behalf you are very kind and I appreciate it very much
I have studied the faces of lots of old photos trying to see some family resemblance so far no luck but I will keep looking. Plenty of Macleods but was that really Dianes real name? Such a puzzle.
Once again thank you everyone
Evelyn

Last nudge as off on holiday myself now

Hi Evelyn I see you have gone to France, anyway not important but just to see if you had read the posts on the MacLeod family from Stornoway on Rootschat in Nov 2006, there are a few photo's of the family, you could check for family resemblances I suppose.

I have been searching for any deaths of women in Inverness areas to try and tie in with Diane being sent to live in Stornoway, Diane told Evelyn she played on the Peat fields with her cousins in Stornoway. I have come to the conclusion that Diane's mother might have died for her to have been sent to live with relatives in Storoway to care for her.

In my search I have come across a lady called Lizzie Leslie who died in 1910 aged 23 in Inverness who I have been trying to rule out as Diane's mother, it states that Lizzie was married to James Gilchrist but I cannot find a marriage. I'm trying to keep an open mind and It makes you wonder if Diane's mother just had a brief relationship with a soldier based at the barracks in Inverness. And as no birth for Diane has been found she could of been told her fathers name when growing up and decided to change her name to MacLeod. I have had to rule out Diane being born in India as it simply does not fit with Seaforth highlanders but maybe there is an India connection somewhere, it could be that Robert was born in India and the story has been muddled somewhere along the line. I am also interested in Mary Leslie born 1907 in Alvie Inverness but I am slowly ruling her out as I have details of her mother and father although I have found no marriage or death details for Mary at the moment.

I am also trying to follow some female MacLeod children born 1906 and ruling them out and same with Leslie. Slow process but if each one is ruled out by marriage or death we might get there.

Does anyone know if on Scotlands People an adopted child's original birth certificate shows the area where the child was registered. I have come across a few female MacLeod births with no area registered its just a blank space.

I know - she is there till the 28th - but said she would try & pop in - if only to give it a nudge.
Oh well - here we go again Cynthia

She's gone to France again! :)

Evelyn - Where are you?

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