George
Henry Gibson
Leckie
Born in Pollokshields, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of John Sands Leckie
and Janet Thomson Gibson
Brother of
Annie Macfie Leckie, Alexander Leckie, Janet Sands Leckie, Jean Gibson Leckie, John Sands Leckie, Elizabeth Gibson Leckie, Agnes Burman Leckie, James Leckie, Henry Gibson Leckie and Margaret Thomson Leckie
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 39
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2020
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Biography
Private George Leckie was killed in action in France during World War I.
George was born in 1879. He was the son of John Leckie and Janet Gibson. He passed away in 1918.
Sources
- birth:
- Scotland Statutory birth 1879 644/14 397 Kinning Park
- "Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9C-XKWG : 21 August 2019), George Henry Gibson Leckie, 4 May 1879; citing Baptism, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; FHL microfilm 004146886.
- death: See military service
- military service: Private 332246 Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion:
- The Naval and Military Press Ltd, UK Soldiers died in the Great War, British and Irish Military Databases
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry LECKIE George HGB
- Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 9 and 10
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~0.78%
Maree Williams
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #SM11227
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~0.78%
Jay Wickham :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T957892 [compare], FTDNA kit #563095
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Categories: Killed in Action, United Kingdom, World War I