Born in Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Cummings
and Catherine (Matherson) Cumming
Sister of
Margaret Cumming, William Cummings, Margaret (Cummings) MacLeod, Roderick Cummings, James Cummings and Alexander Cummings
Wife of
Murdoch MacLeod
— married
1835 in ,, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah MacLeod, Margaret MacLeod, Malcolm MacLeod, Roderick MacLeod, Mary Sarah (MacLeod) Cummings, Annie MacLeod, Christina MacLeod, Catherine (MacLeod) Rae, Mary MacLeod and Christina Annie MacLeod
Died about
at about age 89
in River Denys, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2020
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Biography
Catherine Cummings came from the Isle of Roosa, Scotland in 1833 with her four brothers Alexander, Rory, William and James. They landed at night in the middle of Sydney harbour. In the morning the first thing they saw was a public hanging. In search of homesteads, the came to River Denys. She married Murdoch MacLeod and settled on a lot in River Denys about 3/4 of a mile east of the Alexander John MacLeod farm and a mile back from the Valley Mills road.[1]
Occupation: Farmer (1891)
Sources
- Source: S1 1871 Canadian Census: Nova Scotia, Inverness, River Dennis. Given age is 55.
- Source: S2 1881 Canadian Census: Nova Scotia, Inverness, River Dennis. Given age is 66.
- Source: S3 1891 Canadian Census: Nova Scotia, Inverness, River Dennis. Given age is 80.
- Source: S4 1901 Canadian Census: Nova Scotia, Inverness, River Dennis. Given age is 94. She is living with her daughter Christina.
- Source: S5 Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics: Year: 1885; Book: 1831; Page: 271. Daughter Christina's marriage certificate to Joseph Stanton.
- Source: S6 Our Mountain and Glens: The History of River Denys, Big Brook, and Lime Hill (North Side), Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Rita Heuser Farrell Publication, 1993; pg. 167, 172 & 173.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~3.12%
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