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02 January 2023

David March © 2014

William Scott MacLeod was born on 30 August 1888 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island to Phillip MacLeod (1837-1900) and Anne MacDonald (1845-1895). William had seven siblings, John J (1866-1930), Daniel (1867-1927), Catherine (Cassie) (b 1868), George Edward (1870-1910), Mary Isabelle (Belle) (1875-1944), Sarah Anne (1882-1945) and Millicent Wright (Millie) (1885-1992).

William was living in Calgary, Alberta in 1906 and probably at 211 Duchess Street, Saskatoon in 1914. On 22 December that year when he signed up for WWI, he was working for William H Cleveland, limber merchants and gave his married sister, Sarah as his next of kin.

William married Ethelwynn Eunice Reid in Calgary on 28 June 1922. Ethelwynn was born on 23 February 1884 in Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario to John H Reid (1828-1901) and Anne Elken (1845-1899). Ethelwynn had ten siblings, Isabella (1864-1898), James Harvey (1866-1944), John Calvin (1868-1939), Elizabeth (1870-1877), Mary (1872-1872), Alice (1874-1951), William Harper (1876-1966), Evelyn Elizabeth (1879-1909), Edith Mary (1879-1960) and George Edward (1884-1884).

William and Ethelwynn moved to Vancouver, British Columbia the year after their marriage. William worked as an accountant. Ethelwynn died on 7 February 1956 in Vancouver. William died on 6 November 1958 also in Vancouver.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave MacLeod Tree.

For a long time we were unable to confirm that William Scott MacLeod was in fact the signatory on the quilt. We are very grateful to Karen Hanna who noted the similarity between the quilt signature and that on William’s attestation papers and also found death certificates for William and Ethelwynn.

W S MacLEOD

Signature on Attestation Papers - Courtesy of Ancestry.com