When John Campbell Leishman was born on 16 September 1807, in Shieldhill, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Leishman, was 24 and his mother, Jean Campbell, was 20. He married Jean Allan on 3 June 1828, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1852 and lived in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1852, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as throstle tenter in Scotland. He died on 21 November 1888, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Scottish (Stirlingshire): occupational name for a maker of leashes, from Middle English and Older Scots lese, leise, lech(e), lesh(e) ‘a leash for holding a coursing hound or watchdog’, also ‘a thong for securing a hawk’, + man. The name would be synonymous with Lesmaker, Leshmaker, attested in early 15th-century Durham.
Perhaps also a Scottish variant of Leachman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJohn Leishman, or as he was familiarly called Father Leishman, departed this life at Wellsville, Cache County, Uthat, on Wednesday, November 21, 1888, at 9:40 a.m., after 6 day's illness. Father Le …
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