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Greenlees family
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The object of this project is to gather together resources and information about the Greenlees family (see name variants below). The aim is to have a gathering ground for those interested in researching the name and to connect Geni profiles and researchers to one another.
The Greenlees family is wide spread with families located in many countries. The name originates in Scotland but has strong Irish connections. Any information is welcome!
Name Variants
The surname probably originates from the place names in Lanarkshire and possibly comes from the Scottish word meaning Green meadow (ley meaning meadow).
Greenlee; Greenleaf; Greenlees; Greenleas; Greenlies; Grinlies
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Resources
- Genealogy of the Greenlee Families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England.
Families
Scotland
Ireland
United States
Canada
Australia
- Gavin Greenlees 1836-1888 m Sarah Daly
South Africa
- Gavin Greenlees (1804-1876) m Susannah Scott
New Zealand
Small, disconnected families on Geni
These are small twigs built from records on either Scotland's People or Family Search. As yet they have not been linked to the main Greenlees tree but hopefully in time will slip in somewhere!
- Archibald Greenlees b about 1715, married Marion Love
- David Greenlees of Baltrees Locwinnoch and his wife Margaret Ewing
- Gavin Greenlees m 26 Aug 1803 Southend, Argyll Martha Wilson
- Hugh Greenlees m. 27 Mar 1817 Ann Harvey at Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland - emigrated to USA
Couples on Geni
(in marriage date order)
Males
- John Greenlees (c. 1645- ) m c. 1670 Isabel Finlay
- Thomas Greenlees b bef. 1692 m 20 Feb 1712 Campbeltown Margaret McMillan Subsequent records record her as Margaret Millan
- John Greenlees (c. 1711 - ) m. 3 Jul 1731, Campbeltown Margaret Morison (1716- )
- Hugh Greenlees (1717 - ) m Nov 1747, Campbeltown Mary Paterson (c1725 - )
- William Greenlees (1724 - ) m 28 Mar 1747 Campbeltown Elizabeth Morison (1727 - )
- Robert Greenlees (1761- 1838) m c. 1783 Ellen Ralston (1762-1833)
- Archibald Greenlees m Mar 1755 Campbeltown Elizabeth Anderson (c. 1730 - )
- Archibald Greenlees m 1 June 1798 Campbeltown. Hellen Templeton
- Gavin Greenlees m 26 Aug 1803 Southend, Argyll Martha Wilson
- David Greenlees m 17 Jan 1807 Abbey Paisley, Renfrewshire Margaret Donaldson
- Robert Grinlies m 29 Dec 1763 Campbeltown Janet Alexander
- John Greenlees (1801-1872) m 18 Jan 1825 Ireland Agnes Semple (1797-1872)
- Andrew Greenlees (1796- 1858) m before c1834 USA Rebecca Dominy (1809 - 1895)
- Thomas Greenlees (1815/16 - 3 April 1886) m 21 April 1846 at Beith, Ayrshire Mary Gilmour (c.1820/3 - 3 Jan 1889)
Females
Greenlees People of Renown
- Greenlees - Whisky Distillers
Greenlees family online
These families do not appear to be on Geni
- - James Greenlee (1707 - 1757 Pennsylvania) m to Mary Elizabeth McDowell born in Ireland 1711 - 1809. He came from the north of Ireland with Ephraim McDowell and family, about 1727-29. They landed in Delaware and went from there to Pennsylvania.
Random links of interest
- Irish Genealogy on the NET have 1851 records for a number of Greenlees families - a number of Andrew Greenlees + families
- Rootsweb Greenlee Family Genealogy Forum
- Rootsweb Greenlees Family Genealogy Forum
- The Kintyre Forum
- Greenlees There is an ongoing exercise to verify and source the information given. Some errors have been found and many links are not verified. The same information is to be found on many on-line trees but with no primary sources added. A work in Progress!