Memorable Manitobans: Russell McKenzie MacLeod (1879-1946)

Businessman.

Born at Woodstock, Ontario on 6 March 1879, he served with the 79th Cameron Highlanders during the First World War. Following the war, he was employed as Secretary-Treasurer of the Western Packing Company. On 6 July 1903, he married Marion Annabelle Louise Todd (1883-1974) at Selkirk. They had at least two children: Dorothy Evelyn Macleod (1906-?) and Ross McKenzie Macleod (1908-?). He was a founding member of the Winnipeg Automobile Club. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 5 November 1946.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Russell McKenzie McLeod, Marion Annabelle Louise Todd], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registrations [Dorothy Evelyn MacLeod, Ross McKenzie MacLeod], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Canadian Expeditionary Force, Attestation Papers, Library and Archives Canada.

Death registrations [Russell McKenzie MacLeod, Marion Louise MacLeod], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 June 2024

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