John McNiven Leckie

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

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	9 Sept 1873	Kippen, Scotland	Registered at Paisley, Scotland, Meikieniggs Farm, Dist. of Abbey, Landward.
Baptism	7 Dec 1873		by Rev. Stewart.
Marriage	"2 Nov 1887"(typo?); expect 1897)	Greeneck, Scotland	To Margaret Melvin Crawford
Military	July 1915 went overseas, WWI	with 43rd Canadian Cameron Highlanders, "Ladies from Hell"	returned 23 Apr 1919
Death	12 Feb 1963	Richmond, Indiana, U.S.	aged 89
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

          Generation 2                  Generation 3              Generation 3
                                                              +-- John Leckie
                                                              |   (1842-1896)
                                     +--John McNiven Leckie --+
                                     |  (1873-1963)           |
     +-- Archibald Crawford Leckie --+                        +-- Jane McNiven
     |   (1913-2001)                 |                            (????-????)
     |                               +-- Margaret Melvin Crawford
     |                                   (1877-1966)
     +-- Margaret Mary Clark
         (1916-1999)

Sources:

Children

(ten children with Margaret Melvin Crawford)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Leckie	M	15 Jan 1899	Greenock, Scotland		Served in WWI 1916-1919,with Canadian 100 Grenadiers; d. Jan 1919 WWI from mustard gas wounds; buried Flanders, Belgium
Mary Melvin Leckie	F	1 July, 1900	Glasgow Scotland		d. 13 Apr 1991, Melbourne, FL, age 90
Jane Leckie	F	14 Jan 1902	Glasgow Scotland	m. 1933 in Chicago IL to Lee A. Butt (b. 1901, d. Sept 1975, Richmond, IN)	d. March 1959, Richmond IN, age 56
Margaret Leckie	F	29 July 1903	Glasgow Scotland; emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 1906.	m. 4 Oct 1924 in Chicago Il to Albert E. Boyd (b. 22 Jan 1901 Belfast, Ireland;); Rev. Chas. Oakley officiating.	d. 10 Sept 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba (see source notes)
Isabel Crawford Leckie	F	27 Sept 1906	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada	m.30 June 1928 (possibly Chicago Il, see source notes), to John Edward Barr (b.20 Aug 1905 Dublin, Ire)	d. 28 Sept 1986 Scottsdale AZ, age 81 (see source notes)
Janet Melles Leckie	F	21 Apr 1908	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada	m. 22 Sept 1928 Chicago IL to William Colton Thurber (b. 29 Dec 1902 Chicago).	d. 11 July 1992 Melbourne FL, age 89 (see source notes)
Agnes Leckie	F	Feb 1910	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada		d. Jan 1911, Winnipeg.
Melvin Leckie	M	1 Mar 1912	St. James, Manitoba Canada	m. Therese Kranz (b. & d. Chicago IL?)	WWI, Geo. Patton's 3rd Army, Sergeant,(3/8)?6664919. Wounded 25 Nov 1944; d. 30 Nov 1944;buried Belgium; Purple Heart posthumously
Archibald Crawford Leckie	M	11 Oct 1913	St. James, Manitoba Canada	m.12 Aug 1939 Chicago Il to Margaret Mary Clark (b. 23 July 1916 Chicago IL)
Douglas Leckie	M	1 Sept 1915	St. James, Manitoba Canada	m. 29 Jan 1949 Chicago IL to Aileen Ohm Kininmonth (b. 26 Dec 1914 Chicago IL)	Served in Gen. Hodges 1st Army, Corporal,338018256. d. 5 June1988 Phoenix AZ, buried military cem., Carefree AZ

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Scotland, possibly Lamarkshire	1901-1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	by 1914-1923
Chicago, Cook, IL	1923- after 1930	on Rarlov Street
Boston, Wayne, IN	by 1940

Canadian WWI Book of Remembrance

John McNiven Leckie fought in WWI and survived the war. Two of his sons, John Jr. and Melvin, died in the war. These documents refer to the service of his son, John Leckie Jr.

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 index it is not clear if these names are grouped as a family unit. And, there are numerous other Leckies with these first names in the 1901 census indexes.
2	1916 Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan Census. Ancestry.com index finds John (b. 1874) , Margaret (1878), John (1899), Mary (1900), Jean (1902), Margaret (1903), Isabella (1906), Janet (1908), Melvin (1912), Archibald (1914), and Douglas (1915) Leckie in Winnipeg Center, Manitoba.
3	1921 Canadian Census. Ancestry.com index lists: John (b. 1874), Margaret (1878), Mary (1901), Jane (1902), Margaret (1904), Isabella )1907), Janet (1908), Melville (1912), Archabella (1914) and Douglas (1916) Leckie, all living in Winnipeg Center, Manitoba, Canada.
4	1930 United States Federal Census, Enum. Dist. 1001-1250, Chicago, Cook Cty., IL, page 24. Lines 82-88: John Leckie, head, age 56, married at 24, b. Scotland, imigrated 1923, papers filed, bricklayer, buildings; Margaret M., wife, 52, married at 19, b. Scotland, imig. 1924, alien; Mary, dau., 29, single, b. Scotland, imig 1925, alien, iron lady, garter mfg.; Jane, dau., 29, single, b. Scotland, imig 1925, alien,operator, telephone; Melvin, son, 18, single, in school, b. Scotland, imig 1924, papers filed; Archibald, son, 16, in school, b. Canada, imig 1924 papers filed; Duglas, son, 14, in school, b. Canada, imig 1924, papers filed. Family rents home at 1546 Rarlov St. All parents born Scotland.
5	1940 United States Federal Census, Enum. Dist. 89-3, Boston, Wayne Cty, IN, page 2. Census dated 9 April 1940. Lines 52-53: John M. Leckie, head, age 66, b. Scotland, alien, lived Chicago in 1935.; Margaret M., wife, 62, b. Scotland, alien, lived Chicago in 1935.
6	Interview of John Francis Leckie, 28 Nov 2013; interview by Elizabeth Wilson Williams and David John Leckie. Archibald Crawford Leckie was born in 1912 or 1913, in Winnipeg, Canada. Archibald's father was John Leckie. John Leckie's (or Archibald's ?) parents came to Canada with their first child. John Leckie survived fighting in World War I. He worked as a bricklayer. His children included four sons: Archibald Crawford Leckie b. 1913; John Leckie Jr. who died fighting in WWI, & is buried in Normandy; a son 2 years younger than Archie; Melvin (2 years older than Archie) who also died & is buried in Normandy, WWI. John Leckie's parents were from Scotland. His wife Margaret Crawford's parents were from outside Glasgow, Scotland, near Stirling Castle. They owned apartment buildings in Edinburgh.
7	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?) Father of Archibald Leckie b. 1913, was John McNiven Leckie b. 9 Sept 1878 at Kippen, Scotland, d. 12 Feb 1963 Richmond Indiana, married to Margaret Melvin Crawford b. 5 Dec 1877 Greenock Scotland, d. 23 Oct 1966 Richmond Indiana. Parents of John McNiven Leckie: John Leckie 1842-1896 (54 yrs) and Jane McNiven (33 yrs). Parents of Margaret Melvin Crawford: Alexander Crawford and Mary. For additional data see Denholme Research Packet