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Note: Gloria Sturman Waggener, Alexander's great grand niece, says that she believes Alexander was known as "Sandy" and that he moved out west and lived there the rest of his life. She said she thinks that he was in Washington State and that he had a family. She stated that she believes her aunt, Bernadette Knechtges, went out to Washington to visit with a cousin of hers in Washington in the 1960's, who would have been a child of Alexander and his wife. I have been thus far unable to locate Alexander in subsequent records, after the reference in his father's obituary that he was living in Laurium in 1910, but believe this is what happened to him. -RW =============== From the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Personnel Records; transcribed and recorded by Thomas Gordon and Jean Fisher Ellis. These records are the property of the Michigan Technological University and Copper Country Archives, housed in the Van Pelt Library of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. The collection consists of 3 x 5 inch cards filled out by various clerks, apparently as a person was hired: Name: McLeod, Alexander L. Paybook #: 7782 Began work: July 7, 1889 Position: S. Hecla Drill boy Birth date: August 8, 1882 Birth place: Lucknow, Ontario, Canada Immigrated: 1887 Marital status: single Last employed: school 5th grade Reads/ writes: yes ============ From the 1900 Federal Census of Calumet Township, Houghton County , Michigan, Precinct #4, taken on June 12, 1900, district 172, sheet 19a, page 129, in the rented house at 2113 Log Street; from ancestry.com, image 37 of 50. Alexander is living in the home of his widowed father and a number of siblings: --- Alexander; son, male, born- August 1882, age- 17, single, born- Canada, parents born- Scotland, immigrated 1887, occupation- drill Aug (mine), reads/ writes =========== From Ancestry.com. Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014: Name: Alex L. Mcleod Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Single Age: 25 Birth Date: 1883 Birth Place: Lucknow, Canada Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1908 Marriage Place: Kendall, , Montana Father: Alex N. Mcleod Mother: Annie Mckenzie Spouse: Ella Remillard FHL Film Number: 1941106 ========== From the 1910 Federal Census of Butte City, Silver Bow Co., Montana, district 200, sheet 5b, taken April 20, 1910, address- 734 West Praire: MacLeod, Alexander; head of household, male, age- 27, marrried (1st) 2 years, born- Canada, parents born- Scotland, immigrated to the US in 1888, naturalized, occupation- blacksmith/ mine copper, r/w's, rents home, home is a house ------ Ellen; wife, female, age- 23, married (1st) 2 years, mother on 1 child/ 1 child living, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada, r/w's ------ Kendall; son, male, age- 11/12, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan =========== In the obituary for his father Alexander in December of 1910, he is listed as a surviving son, "Alec E. MacLeod of Laurium." Since he was listed in Montana in the 1910 census in April, it seems possible he returned to Michigan, but mostly not.-RW) =========== From the 1930 Federal Census of Detroit City, Wayne County, Michigan, district 82-213, sheets 27a-b, taken April 19, 1930, address- 7603 Woodrow Wilson: McLeod, Alex; head of household, rents home/ $60, radio in home, male, age- 39, 20 years old at first marriage, r/w's, born- Canada, parents born- Scotland, immigrated to the US in 1900, naturalized, occupation- none --------- Ellla; wife/ head, female, age- 42, married, 21 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada ------ Kendall; son, male, age- 21, single, r/w's, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ automobile ------ Lynell; son, male, age- 19, single, r/w's, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ automobile ------ Woodrow; son, male, age- 17, r/w's, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ automobile McLeod, Eleanor; daughter, female, age- 15, in school, r/w's, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan ------ Janet; daughter, female, age- 11, in school, r/w's, born- Montana, father born- Canada, mother born- Michigan
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