Head Family
The Head family’s lineage can be traced back to the early 1800s on the island of Islay. During this period, their surname was recorded as “Eads.” As time passed, some members of the family adopted the surname “Head,” while others chose “Heads.” Some later generations changed the name to “Hood”.
The family’s roots can be traced to John Eads and Mary Ferguson. John, according to family lore, had a seafaring background, with rumors suggesting that he hailed from either England or Wales. This assertion aligns with the name’s English origins, as both “Ead” and “Head” have roots in English etymology.
Mary was born in Kilmeny, Islay, to her parents John Ferguson and Ann McDonald, grounding her heritage firmly on the island.
Unfortunately, John passed away before the year 1841, and Mary followed in 1869. Together, they brought eight children into the world, as detailed in the family group record. Remarkably, almost all of their offspring departed Islay during their youth, likely due to the pressures of the Highland Clearances. While the Clearances on Islay may not have been as tumultuous as in other regions, characterized by the absence of soldiers and house burnings, they still compelled people to seek new opportunities elsewhere to make a sustainable living.
The children embarked on their new lives initially in Paisley, with only one of them choosing to remain on the island. They later ventured to various locations, including Kilbarchan, Greenock, Glasgow, and even as far as Canada.
1st Generation
John Eads and Mary Ferguson
2nd Generation
Archibald Eads
George Eads
Neil Eads
John Eads b 1820 in Kilmeny d bef 1827 in Kilmeny
Mary Eads b 1823 in Kilmeny d bef 1830 in Kilmeny
Alexander Eads
John Eads
Mary or Ann Eads
3rd Generation
Archibald Eads and Flora McDonald’s children
Catherine Eads
Mary Ann Eads
John Eads b Abt 1847 in Ontario, Canada d 17 Aug 1868 in Sydenham, Ontario, Canada
Archibald Eads b abt 1850 in Ontario, Canada d 27 Jan 1882 in Annan, Ontario, Canada
Anabella Eads
Flora Eads b 5 Apr 1855 Ontario, Canada d 16 Dec 1943 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
George Eads and Christina McInnes’ children
Ann/Agnes Head
Mary Head
John Head
Christina Head
Donald Head
Neil Head b 1859 in Glasgow d 1900 in Glasgow
Christina/Catherine Head b 1861 in Glasgow d 1863 in Glasgow
Neil Eads and Janet Trotter’s children
John Head
George Head
Archibald Head b abt 1854 in Johnstone d 1879 in Paisley
Janet Head b 1858 in Kilbarchan d 1858 in Kilbarchan
Neil Eads and Agnes Ferguson’s children
Janet Head
Neil Head
William Ferguson Head
Mary Head b 1867 in Kilbarchan d 1875 in Kilbarchan
Agnes Ferguson Head b 1872 in Kilbarchan d unknown
Marion Ferguson Head b 1875 in Kilbarchan d 1875 in Kilbarchan
Alexander Eads and Catherine McIntyre’s children
Alexander Heads b abt 1853 in Kilchoman d 1877 at sea
Mary Heads
Anne Heads b 1858 in Kildalton d 1868 in Port Ellen
John Heads
Archibald Heads
George Heads b 1866 in Port Ellen d 1866 in Kildalton
Neil Heads b 1866 in Port Ellen d 1866 in Kildalton
George Heads
Neil Heads b 1871 in Kildalton d 1953 in Bowmore
John Eads and Flora Campbell’s children
John Eads b 1854 in Paisley d 1855 in Greenock
Angus Eads
John Eads
Christina Eads
Mary Eads
Mary/Ann Eads and John McDonald’s children
John McDonald
Neil McDonald b 1855 in Paisley d 1873 in Paisley
Agnes McDonald
Mary McDonald
Lachlan McDonald
Archibald McDonald
Flora McDonald b 1865 in Paisley d 1866 in Paisley
Jean McDonald b 1867 in Paisley d 1873 in Paisley
Maggie McDonald b 1869 in Paisley d 1877 in Paisley
Donald McDonald b 1872 in Paisley d 1875 in Paisley
4th Generation
Catherine Eads and Archibald Campbell’s children
Isabella Campbell
Archibald John Campbell
Mary Ann Eads and James McLean’s children
Anabella Eads and John McDonald’s children
William Archibald McDonald
Arthur Welsley McDonald
James Herbert McDonald
John McDonald
Flora McDonald b 1891 in Sydenham, Ontario, Canada d 1947 in Ontario, Canada
Ann Head and Roderick Johnson’s children
Euphemia Johnson
Mary Head and John Miller’s children
(1.2.2.1) Janet Baillie Miller
(1.2.2.2) George Heed Miller b 1882 d 1972
(1.2.2.3) Andrew Miller b circa 1883 d 1902
John Head and Catherine McMartin’s children
(1.2.3.1) George Charles Ead b 1889 d 1920
(1.2.3.2) Malcolm Ernest Ead b 1891
(1.2.3.3) Thomas Malcolm Ead b 1904
(1.2.3.4) John Ead b 1905
Christina Head and Alexander Arthur’s children
(1.2.4.1) Annie Arthur
Donald Head and Grace Anderson’s children
(1.2.5.1) Angus Head b 1883 m 1915 d 1917
(1.2.5.2) George Head
(1.2.5.3) John Head
(1.2.5.4) Mary Head
(1.2.5.5) Neil Head
John Head and Mary Sproule’s children
(1.3.1.1) Duglas Norris Head b 1874 d 1874
George Head and Margaret Sproule’s children
(1.3.2.1) John Head b 1878 m about 1910
Janet Head’s children
(1.3.5.1) Sarah Ferguson Head
(1.3.5.2) William Head b 1891
Janet Head and William Wooler’s children
(1.3.5.3) Margaret Wooler
(1.3.5.4) Agnes Wooler b 1896 d 1986
(1.3.5.5) William Wooler b 1898 d 1941
William Head and Margaret Corbett’s children
(1.3.7.1) Janet Ferguson Head b 1885 d 1973
(1.3.7.2) Neil Head b 1887 d 1968
(1.3.7.3) Agnes Ferguson Head b 1888 d 1906
(1.3.7.4) Sarah Ferguson Head b 1891 d 1897
(1.3.7.5) Margaret Head b about 1893
(1.3.7.6)
Marion Head b 1894 d 1985
(1.3.7.7) Mary Head b 1897
(1.3.7.8) William Head
Mary Heads children
(1.6.2.1) Duncan Heads b 1879 d 1881
(1.6.2.2) Neil Heads b 1882 d 1941
(1.6.2.3) Duncan Heads b 1885
(1.6.2.4) James Heads b 1885
(1.6.2.5) Annie Heads b 1892 m 1927 d 1965
John Heads and Mary Johnston’s children
(1.6.4.1) Margaret Heads b 1885
(1.6.4.2) Alexander Heads b 1887 d 1920
(1.6.4.3) John Heads
(1.6.4.4) Mary Heads b 1893 m 1919 d 1972
(1.6.4.5) Neil Heads b 1895 d 1965
Archibald Heads and Mary MacFadyen’s children
(1.6.5.1) Alexander Heads b 1891 d 1964
(1.6.5.2) Catherine Heads b 1892 d 1945
(1.6.5.3) Archibald Heads b 1902 d 1965
George Heads and Betsy McCuaig’s children
(1.6.8.1) Margaret Heads b 1892 d 1944
(1.6.8.2) Alexander Peter Heads b 1894 m 1918 d 1934
(1.6.8.3) Neil Heads b 1900 d 1900
(1.6.8.4) Catherine Heads b 1901 d 1921
(1.6.8.5) Mary Heads b 1903 d 1905
(1.6.8.6) Annie Heads b 1907 m 1927 d 1968
Angus Eads and Jane Coats’ children
(1.7.2.1) Janet Montgomery Eads
(1.7.2.2) Alexander Campbell Eads b 1880 m 1913 d 1945
(1.7.2.3) John Eads b 1881 d 1881
(1.7.2.4) Flora Campbell Eads
(1.7.2.5) Angus Eads b 1885 d 1911
(1.7.2.6) Jane Arthur Eads b 1887 d 1896
(1.7.2.7) Mary Eads b 1889 m 1914
(1.7.2.8) Christina Eads
(1.7.2.9) Sarah Eads b 1895 d 1911
(1.7.2.10) Dugald Eads
(1.7.2.11) Margaret Eads b 1902 d 1929
Christina Eads and Edward Adams’ children
(1.7.4.1) Robert Adams
(1.7.4.2) John Adams b 1887
(1.7.4.3)
David Adams b circa 1888 d 1918
(1.7.4.4) Edward Adams b 1890 m 1921 d 1964
(1.7.4.5) Angus Adams b 1892
(1.7.4.6) Joseph Adams b 1896
Mary Eads and Peter Love’s children
(1.7.5.1) Margaret Black Love b 1888 d 1971
(1.7.5.2) Flora Campbell Love b 1889 m 1913 d 1964
(1.7.5.3) Janet Adam Love b 1891 d 1905
(1.7.5.4) Mary Love b 1894 d 1946
(1.7.5.5) Adamina Love b 1897 d 1968
(1.7.5.6) James-Mima Dick Love b 1900 m 1919 d 1974
5th Generation
Isabella Campbell and William John Hawkins’ children
(1.1.1.1.1) William Archibald Hawkins
(1.1.1.1.2) Alfred Colin Hawkins
(1.1.1.1.3) Catherine Anabelle Hawkins b 1900 m 1919 d 2000
(1.1.1.1.4) Annie Alice Hawkins
(1.1.1.1.5) Margaret Louisa Hawkins
(1.1.1.1.6) Flora Alma Hawkins b 1907 d 1984
(1.1.1.1.7) Female Hawkins b 1908 d 1908
Archibald John Campbell and Margaret Pitts children
(1.1.1.2.1) John Alexander Campbell b 1906
(1.1.1.2.2) Catherine Isobel Campbell b 1908 d 1974
(1.1.1.2.3) Flora Marjorie Campbell b 1911
Janet Baille Miller and Archibald Stevenson’s children
(1.2.2.1.1) Archibald Stevenson b 1903 d 1974
(1.2.2.1.2) Andrew Miller Stevenson b 1905 m 1st 1932 m 2nd 1970 d 1972
(1.2.2.1.3) John Miller Stevenson b 1907 m 1932 d 1979
(1.2.2.1.4) Helen Laurie Barclay Stevenson b 1909 m 1st 1934 m 2nd 1976 d 1993
(1.2.2.1.5) George Heed Miller Stevenson b 1911 d 1973
Annie Arthur’s children
(1.2.4.1.1) Dorcas Arthur
George Head and Jane Houston’s children
(1.2.5.2.1) George Head
(1.2.5.2.2) Grace Head b 1905 d 1907
(1.2.5.2.3) Christopher Head b 1906 d 1907
(1.2.5.2.4) Neil Head
(1.2.5.2.5) Angus Head
(1.2.5.2.6) Jane Head
(1.2.5.2.7) John Head b 1920 d 1921
(1.2.5.2.8) Donald Head
John Head and Jeanie McMillan Devlin’s children
(1.2.5.3.1) Angus Head
(1.2.5.3.2) Alexander Head
(1.2.5.3.3) Grace Anderson Head
(1.2.5.3.4) John Head b 1912 d 1913
(1.2.5.3.5) Donald Campbell Head b 1914 d 1929
(1.2.5.3.6) Thomas Head
(1.2.5.3.7) Elizabeth Murray Head
Mary Head and William McMillan’s children
(1.2.5.4.1) Grace Anderson McMillan b 1909
(1.2.5.4.2) Mary McMillan b 1912
(1.2.5.4.3) Fanny McJarrow McMillan b 1914
(1.2.5.4.4) Donald Hood McMillan b 1927 d 1997
(1.2.5.4.5) William McMillan
Neil Head and Margaret McArthur’s children
(1.2.5.5.1) Donald Hood b 1916 m 1935 d 1992
(1.2.5.5.2) Grace Anderson Hood b 1919 d 1921
(1.2.5.5.3) James Hood
John Head and Lachline Bell’s children
(1.3.2.1.1) Margaret Head b 1911 m 1940 d 1967
(1.3.2.1.2) John Archibald (Jack) Head b 1913
Sarah Ferguson Head and James A Jamieson’s children
(1.3.5.1.1) Margaret Jamieson b 1914 d 1988
(1.3.5.1.2) James R Jamieson b 1917 d 1948
(1.3.5.1.3) Sarah Jamieson b 1920
(1.3.5.1.4) Robert Head Jamieson b 1921 d 1998
(1.3.5.1.5) Kenneth Jamieson b 1924 d 2014
(1.3.5.1.6) George Jamieson b 1928 d 2011
Margaret Wooler and Wilbur S Johnson’s children
(1.3.5.3.1) Janet E Johnson b 1915 d 1994
(1.3.5.3.2) Wilbur W Johnson b 1917 d 1987
William Head and Ethel Krough’s children
(1.3.7.8.1) William Ferguson Head b 1924 d 1988
(1.3.7.8.2) Neil Head b 1928 d 1986
(1.3.7.8.3) Alive Head b 1931
John Heads and Betsy McKay’s children
(1.6.4.3.1) Jessie Logan Heads b 1919 m 1948 d 2003
(1.6.4.3.2) Mary Heads b 1921 d 1946
(1.6.4.3.3) John Heads b 1924 m 1955 d 2016
(1.6.4.3.4) Marion Heads b 1927 m 1958 d 1988
(1.6.4.3.5) Duncan Heads b 1932 m 1956 d 2007
Janet Montgomery Eads and David Moore’s children
(1.7.2.1.1) Angus Eads Moore b 1910 m 1936 d 1994
(1.7.2.1.2) David Moore b 1912 m 1940 d 1978
(1.7.2.1.3) William McGranachan Moore b 1914 d 1977
Flora Campbell Eads and James Boyd
(1.7.2.4.1) Jean Coats Boyd b 1913 m 1937 d 2003
(1.7.2.4.2) James Boyd b 1917 m 1940 d 2007
(1.7.2.4.3) Kennedy Boyd b 1925 d 1925
Christina Eads and Hector Duff’s children
(1.7.2.8.1) Living Duff
(1.7.2.8.2) Christina Duff b 1926 m 1955 d 2012
(1.7.2.8.3) Flora Duff b 1928 m 1944 d 2014
Dugald Eads and Elizabeth McGranachan’s children
(1.7.2.10.1) Alexander Campbell Eads b 1921 d 2004
(1.7.2.10.2) Living Eads
Robert Adams and Jessie Braid’s children
(1.7.4.1.1) Edward Braid Adams b 1908 m 1929 d 1967
(1.7.4.1.2) Mary Kettles Adams b 1910 m 1935 d 1972
(1.7.4.1.3) Allison Braid Adams b 1916 m 1934 d 1996
(1.7.4.1.4) Living Adams
Edward Adams and Annie Graham Kirkwood’s children
(1.7.4.4.1) Annie Kirkwood Adams b 1924 d 1986
6th Generation
William Archibald Hawkins and Lena Mae King’s children
(1.1.1.1.1.1) William Neil Hawkins b 1918 d 2012
(1.1.1.1.1.2) Kenneth Lavern Hawkins b 1923 d 1971
(1.1.1.1.1.3) Arthur Campbell Hawkins b 1927 d 2002
Alfred Colin Hawkins and Rose Anderson’s children
(1.1.1.1.2.1) Charles Bruce Hawkins b 1933 d 1957
Annie Alice Hawkins and James Elmer Brown’s children
(1.1.1.1.4.1) Helen Alice Doreen Brown b 1929 d 1994
Margaret Louisa Hawkins and Walter Scott Johnson’s children
(1.1.1.1.5.1) Amelia Isabelle Johnson b 1924 d 2000
(1.1.1.1.5.2) Catherine A Johnson b 1926 d 2005
(1.1.1.1.5.3) Albert Arthur Leslie Johnson b 1928 d 2010
(1.1.1.1.5.4) Lorne H Johnson b 1930 d 2009
Flora Alma Hawkins and William C Rennie’s children
(1.1.1.1.6.1) Jack M Rennie b 1933
Catherine Isobel Campbell and Alexander Roy Elgin McMillan’s children
(1.1.1.2.2.1) Margaret Isobel Campbell b 1928 m 1974 d 2006
Dorcas Arthur and Joseph McLin’s children
(1.2.4.1.1.1) Mary A McLin b 1914 m 1933 d 1991
(1.2.4.1.1.2) Donald Joseph McLin b 1918 d 1989
(1.2.4.1.1.3) Arthur Neale McLin b 1920 d 2004
(1.2.4.1.1.4) Phyllis Ella McLin b 1826 m 1952
(1.2.4.1.1.5) June Rhoda McLin b 1929
George Head and Edith Agnes Andrews Hunter’s children
(1.2.5.2.1.1) George Head b 1925 m 1948 d 2002
(1.2.5.2.1.2) William Head b 1925 d 1925
(1.2.5.2.1.3) Margaret Head b 1927 m 1947 d 2005
(1.2.5.2.1.4) Living Head
(1.2.5.2.1.5) Living Head
(1.2.5.2.1.6) Living Head
Neil Head and Cecilia Russell’s children
(1.2.5.2.4.1) Elizabeth Head b 1933 m 1955 d 1995
(1.2.5.2.4.2) Jane Head b 1936 d 1936
(1.2.5.2.4.3) Cecilia Head b 1937 d 1937
Angus Head and Jane Doran’s children
(1.2.5.2.5.1) Elizabeth Head b 1933 d 1945
(1.2.5.2.5.2) Living Head
(1.2.5.2.5.3) Living Head
(1.2.5.2.5.4) Donald Head b 1944 d 1944
(1.2.5.2.5.5) Living Head
Donald Head and Isabella Fenton’s children
(1.2.5.2.8.1) Donald Head b 1949 d 1950
(1.2.5.2.8.2) Living Head
(1.2.5.2.8.3) Living Head
Donald McMillan and Janet Wilson’s children
(1.2.5.4.4.1) Donald Hood McMillan b 1949 d 1949
Margaret Head and Paul Alexandre Dufresne’s children
(1.3.2.1.1.1) Alexander Patterson Dufresne b 1948 d 2005
7th Generation
Amelia Isabelle Johnson and William Harold Melville Webster’s children
(1.1.1.1.5.1.1) Lorne W Webster b 1943 d 1943
Donald Joseph McLin and Annie Fedorchuk’s children
(1.2.4.1.1.2.1) Jeffrey Arthur McLin b 1958 d 2010
(1.2.4.1.1.2.2) Living McLin
Arthur Neale McLin and Helen’s children
(1.2.4.1.1.3.1) Arthur Neale McLin b 1945 d 2006
(1.2.4.1.1.3.2) Living McLin