Malcolm "Calum" MacLeod

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Malcolm MacLeod (McLeod)

Also Known As: "Calum"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stornoway, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: June 22, 1954 (87)
Isle Of Lewis, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Stornoway, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexander MacLeod and Ann MacLeod
Husband of Mary Ann MacLeod
Father of Malcolm MacLeod; Donald MacLeod; Christina Winifred Matheson; Kate 'Katie' Ann MacLeod; William MacLeod and 5 others
Brother of Ann MacLeod; Donald MacLeod; Henrietta Effie MacLeod; Christina MacLeod; Mary MacLeod and 8 others

Occupation: Crofter and Fisherman
Managed by: Michael Mercier
Last Updated:

About Malcolm "Calum" MacLeod

Malcolm MacLeod was a crofter, fisherman, and compulsory officer (truancy officer), as well as the maternal grandfather of 45th United States President Donald J. Trump.

A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural areas.

Sources

  • Bannerman, Alexander, Julie Helen Otto and Gary Boyd Roberts. "The ancestry of President Donald John Trump: an initial investigation." American Ancestors 18, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 50-1. American Ancestors (accessed June 26, 2019).
  • Quotation: "6. Malcolm MacLeod (Stornoway 27 December 1866–Tong 22 June 1954), fisherman and crofter; married Stornoway 23 April 1891 7. Mary Smith (Tong 11 July 1867– Tong 27 December 1963)"
  • Smith, Stephen. "In search of Donald Trump's Scottish roots." BBC News, published 9 March 2016. < https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35756032 > Accessed 12 July 2019.

Malcolm MacLeod was the son of Alexander MacLeod (1830–1903) and Ann Macleod (1833–1905). He is the maternal grandfather of Donald John Trump.

He married to Mary Smith on 23 Apr 1891 at Back Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh), Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire, Outer Hebrides), Scotland. They had these offspring:

  1. Malcolm M MacLeod Jr. (1891-1983)
  2. Donald MacLeod (b. 1893)
  3. Christina Winifred MacLeod (1895-1967)
  4. Katie Ann Macleod (b. 1898)
  5. William MacLeod (b. 1898)
  6. Annie MacLeod (1899-1914)
  7. Catherine Macleod (1901-2003)
  8. Mary Joan MacLeod (1905-1992)
  9. Alexander MacLeod (b. 1908)
  10. Mary Anne MacLeod -she is the mother of Donald John Trump
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Malcolm "Calum" MacLeod's Timeline

1866
December 27, 1866
Stornoway, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
1881
1881
Age 14
Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
1891
September 23, 1891
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
1893
August 9, 1893
1895
January 2, 1895
Scotland, United Kingdom
1897
July 20, 1897
July 20, 1897
Scotland, United Kingdom
1899
August 30, 1899
1901
November 12, 1901
Stornoway, Isle Of Lewis, UK