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Can anyone help me here please?
I have Colin McLeod born c1875 (possibly in Glasgow) he married Margaret Letson (I think she was from Greenock).
I also have James McLeod born c1880.
I was wondering if some kind person can check the Census's to see if these two are related, please?

Many thanks,

Sandra

Do you know when Colin and Margaret were married?

Potty, I'm sorry I don't but they had a son called Jim (James) born 1900.

Was their son born in Scotland? Did they always live in Scotland?

Yes, as far as I'm aware.

So, it looks as if you don't have James's birth cert. If not, where have you got Margaret's maiden name from? And Colin's DOB?

Can you give all the info you have, and where you got it from?

James McLeod married Mary Gray but that was about 1922 in Glasgow.

Got James's marriage on SP, his parents were James McLeod (Boilermaker) and mother Sarah ms Johnstone.

Does James's marriage cert give his father's occupation?

I cannot find a Colin and Margaret McLeod in the 1901 census

Potty, his father was a Boilermaker. According to marriage cert, James was born 1895.

Sandra, I am confused now - I thought James's b1900 parents were Colin and Margaret!

And who is the James b1880?

Ok, here is James, b1895 with his parents; all born Glasgow:

1901 Scotland Census
about James McLeod
Name: James McLeod
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanark
Registration Number: 644/14
Registration district: Kinning Park Burgh
Civil parish: Glasgow Maxwell
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 164 Crookston Street
Occupation: Boilmaker
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 102
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1901_320
Household Members: Name Age
James McLeod 30
Sarah McLeod 29
Sarah McLeod 8
James McLeod 6
Jane McLeod 3
Mary McLeod 1
Kenneth M Johnston 35

Sorry for confusing you Potty.
James McLeod married my dads (adopted mothers) sister but I have Margaret Letson (related to my dads birth mothers husband) married to a Colin McLeod (I can't remember where I got that from).
I confuse myself all the time.

Potty,
You're brilliant, thank you.

James and Sarah in 1891:

1891 Scotland Census
about James McLeod
Name: James McLeod
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 646/1
Registration district: Plantation
Civil parish: Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 45 Cornwall Street
Occupation: Boilermaker
ED: 28
Household schedule number: 13
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1891_301
Household Members: Name Age
James McLeod 18
Sarah McLeod 18

There is only one marriage coming up on Scotlandspeople for a James McLeod and Sarah Johnstone between 1885 and 1891. It is 1890 in Glasgow city. I don't have any credits to view it but it will give you James's father which I think will be needed to go back further on the census.

Potty,
Thank you so much.
Can I be cheeky and ask if you can please find Margaret Letson born c1876 Renfrewshire, (1891 and 1901) her parents were James Letson and Anna ms Johnstone, they married October 1863 in Greenock.

Thank you.

Colin and Margaret were married in Greenock in 1902 - only marriage on Scotlands people. The cert will give Colin's father and perhaps give a clue to his relationship (if any to James).

Will try to find Margaret in 1881 as you seem to have the 1891 and 1901

Potty,
I'm not getting any marriage coming up on SP for James and Sarah.
Potty, I would like the 1891 and 1901 Census please.

Margaret in 1881:

1881 Scotland Census
about Margaret Letson
Name: Margaret Letson
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Anna
Gender: Female
Where born: Greenock, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 564/2
Registration district: Greenock East
Civil parish: Greenock East
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 34 Crescent St
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 147
Line: 4
Roll: cssct1881_165
Household Members: Name Age
James Letson 38
Anna Letson 38
James Letson 11
Annie Letson 8
Elzabeth Letson 6
Margaret Letson 4
Martha Letson 2
John Letson 6 M
William Campbell 31

James is a boilermaker - same occupation as James McLeod!

James and Anna both born Ireland

I see that Margaret's mother's maiden name was Johnstone, as was the Sarah, married to James b1873. Could they be related?