Archibald Alexander MCLEOD (Dr.)

Father: Archibald MCLEOD
Mother: Annie HENRY

Family 1: Esther Ann ROGERS
  1. Brenton Archibald MCLEOD
  2. Lawrence Wallace MCLEOD
  3. Chaston Harvey MCLEOD 
                                                                        _Roderick MACLEOD ____
                                          _Lieutenant William MACLEOD _|_Janet MACLEOD _______
                     _Alexander MACLEOD _|
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                    |                    |_Flora MACLEOD ______________|_Annabella MACKINNON _
 _Archibald MCLEOD _|
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|--Archibald Alexander MCLEOD 
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|_Annie HENRY ______|
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!SOURCE: Scott Richard McLeod, smcleod@@landoflakes.com [The following biographical narrative is based upon information gleaned from the Brenton McLeod Family Tree, interviews with grand-daughters Myrna Joy McLeod-Grimes and Geraldine Esther McLeod-Houts, along with public records listed below.] The history of Archibald Alexander McLeod was very difficult to trace down. He frequently lied about his age, origins and so on in public records such as his childrens birth certificates and census records. But piecing together clues from family memories, pictures, and common statements in public documents, I have pieced together much of his past. Archibald was born in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. His father was not a well-educated man who worked on the railroads in Canada. Wanting a better life for his son than the railroads could offer, he made sure his son got a complete education. Archibald was highly educated and attended college. His advanced education served him well over his life. It always provided him a paycheck. But the career he sought often had little to do with a good education. He most frequently found himself in sales. Archibald left Nova Scotia and moved to Saskatchewan where he started selling real estate. He emigrated into the United States between 1868 and 1878. He first appears in the 1900 United States census living in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County Minnesota with his wife Esther. At that time, he reports his occupation as a Journalist. He met Esther in the Dakota territories. With Esther he had three sons; Brenton Archibald, Lawrence Wallace and Chaston Harvey. By 1905, he has moved the family to Tintah Township in Traverse County. He had also changed careers to selling real estate. But Archibald's advanced education also allowed him to become a teacher at the public schools in Tintah. All three of his sons were, at one time or another, in his class. Archibald and Esther relocated to St. Paul, Minnesota after 1910. Archibald divorced Esther in 1919 and moved into a rooming house in St. Paul, Minnesota. He later returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia, his parents home, where he committed suicide.

!SOURCE: Brenton McLeod Family Tree.

!RESIDENCE: 1900 United States Federal Census for Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

!RESIDENCE: 1905 United States Federal Census for Traverse County, Minnesota.

!RESIDENCE: 1920 United States Federal Census for St. Paul, Ramsey County Minnesota.

!DIVORCE: Brenton McLeod Family Tree.

Created by Sparrowhawk 1.0 (4/17/1996) on Mon Apr 2 10:49:16 2001