John Leckie

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John McNiven Leckie is not in my direct ancestry. He is related the following way: Great-great-grandfather of David John Leckie, husband of my sister Jennifer Katherine Williams Leckie

John Leckie (1842-1896) apparently lived his 54 years in Scotland, most likely in the Lowlands area north of Glasgow; his last child was born in Sterlingshire. He has a sister Janet who lived on a farm in Inverkip (Renfrewshire, W of Larnakshire and SW of Stirlingshire), who raised John's children after both his wives died. The first wife, name not now known, died in childbirth, either at the birth of Henry Leckie who lived to age 12, or at the birth of a subsequent child that did not survive. The second wife, Jane McNiven of Abbey-Landward, bore four children then died at age 33. The death dates are unknown for either wife. Our Leckie line descends from the fourth child of John Leckie and Jane McNiven, son John McNiven Leckie.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1842	Scotland
1st Marriage			To unknown
2nd Marriage			To Jane McNiven b. Dist. of Abbey-Landward, Scotland; d. age 33
Death	1896

Ancestry chart segment

         Generation 2                  Generation 3              Generation 4  
                                                              +-- John Leckie
                                                              |   (1842-1896)
                                     +--John McNiven Leckie --+
                                     |  (1873-1963)           |
         Archibald Crawford Leckie --+                        +-- Jane McNiven
                                     |                            (????-????)
                                     +-- Margaret Melvin Crawford
                                         (1877-1966)
     

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Children

(one child with first wife, unknown )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Henry Leckie	M		Scotland		d. at age 12.

Children

(four children with 2nd wife, Jane McNiven )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Margaret Leckie	F		Scotland	unknown Barinson	no children
Jane Leckie	F		Scotland		d. 7 Dec. 1951
Jessie Leckie	not given		Scotland	unknown Adams
John McNiven Leckie	M	9 Sept. 1873	Kippen, Scotland	m. 2 Nov. 1887 to Margaret Melvin Crawford

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Scotland, possibly Lamarkshire

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1901 Census of Scotland. Ancestry.com index gives John W.N. Leckie, b. 1874 in Lanarkshire. Also in this census are Margaret M. Leckie, b. 1878, spouse John W.N.; John McN Leckie, b. 1899; and Mary M. Leckie, b. 1900. All live in Lanarkshire. Note: These names and dates match well with family records with the exception of the W. abbreviation. (It is possible that the mark transcribed as "W.N." in Ancestry.com's index could have been intended as "McN"; we've not viewed the original census image). From the ancestry.com index it is not clear if these names are grouped as a family unit. There are numerous other Leckies with these first names in the 1901 census indexes, but these seem the best match possibilities. Note that these are linked to Lanarkshire. Kippen, birthplace of son John McNiven Leckie, is in Sterling shire, directly north of Lanarkshire, Kippen being about 20 miles north of Glasgow. Also, Glasgow, in Lanarkshire, was the home of Margaret Crawford's parents, Margaret being the wife of John McNiven Leckie.
2	Interview of John Francis Leckie, 28 Nov 2013; interview by Elizabeth Wilson Williams and David John Leckie. John McNiven Leckie's parents were from Scotland.
3	Denholme Research Packet, Made available by John F. Leckie, Nov. 2013. Packet addressed from daughter Denholme, in British Columbia to "Mr & Mrs. A. Leckie, in Westchester,IL", postmark July (1999?). This packet includes a history of the Leckie & Clark families, researched & assembled by daughter Boyd Denholm & son-in-law Denholm, apparently done in consultation with Joan's "Aunt Belle"(Isabel Crawford Leckie) referred to in a letter, & other Leckie & Clark relatives & documents unspecified. John Leckie b. 1842, d. 1896 Scotland, married 1st to (unknown); "wife died in childbirth". Child: Henry Leckie, birthdate not given, died at age 12, date not given. John Leckie married 2nd to Jane McNiven, b.Dist. of Abbey-Landward, Scotland, date not given; d. at age 33. Children reared by John Leckie's sister Janet Leckie on her farm at Inverkip, Scotland. Children: Margaret Leckie (no dates), m. ___ Barinson, no children; Jane Leckie, d. 7 Dec. 1951; Jessie Leckie (no dates, gender not indicated), m. ____Adams, 8 children; John McNiven Leckie. For additional data see Denholme Research Packet.