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Alexander Balfour 1777–1834 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Feb 1777

Birth Location: Markinch, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 4 November 1834

Death Location: Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Jean Wilson

Spouse(s): Margaret Russell

Children(s): Eliza Symington, Alexander Balfour, John Balfour, Helen Balfour, Jean Balfour, William Balfour

Alexander Balfour was born in 1777 in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Balfour And Jean Margaret Wilson. Alexander Balfour married Margaret Russell, and had children including Alexander Balfour, Eliza Symington, Helen Landale Balfour, Jean Balfour, John Balfour, William Russell Balfour. Alexander Balfour passed away in 1834 in Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alexander Balfour was born in 1777 in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Balfour And Jean Margaret Wilson.
  • Alexander Balfour married Margaret Russell, and had children including Alexander Balfour, Eliza Symington, Helen Landale Balfour, Jean Balfour, John Balfour, William Russell Balfour.
  • Alexander Balfour passed away in 1834 in Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Balfour
1731–1819
Birth Location: Markinch, Fife, Scotland
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Jean Wilson
1740–1801
Birth Location: Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Russell
1789–1855
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
MR

Children(s)

Eliza Symington
1817–1906
Birth Location: Fepesbue, kirkculdy
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Alexander Balfour
1828–
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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John Balfour
1822–
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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Helen Balfour
1823–
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
HB
Jean Balfour
1820–
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
JB
William Balfour
1825–1919
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
WB

Alexander Balfour's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Balfour
1777–1834
Birth Place: Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Balfour
1731–1819
Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Jean (Margaret) Wilson
1740–1801
Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Balfour
1691–1735
Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Helen Bowman
1693–1735
Markinch, Fife, Scotland
William Wilson
1713–1774
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Alison Landals
1707–1790
St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Kincaid
1653–1710
Margaret Lady
1653–1677
James Balfour
1652–1702
Helen Smith
1659–1732
John Landels
1685–1745
Jean Smyth
1681–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Knight
1625–1694
James Hill
1621–1659
Bessie Whyte
1626–1659
James Balfour
1619–1667
Bridget Chalmers
1619–1666
Robert Smith
1638–1702
ELIZABETH HOPE
1634–1712
Thomas Landales
1655–1720
Heline Pryde
1656–1720
Robert [Scotland]
1660–1720
Marie Smyth
–1720

Alexander Balfour's Descendants

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Alexander Balfour (2 Feb 1777–4 November 1834) m. Margaret Russell (12 Dec 1789–19 Jul 1855)
  1. 1. Eliza Symington 1817–1906 m. John (Macalaster) Symington 1813–1897
    1. 1. Mary Symington 1849–1884 m. George Coats 1846–1901
      1. 1. Ernest (Symington Coats, Director of Coats, cotton) threads 1873–1938 m. Ethel (Norah Haswell) Pountney 1877–1948
        1. 1. John (Balfour Symington Coats, theosophist, writer, 6th President of the Theosophical) Society 1906–1979 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Horlick 1914–1997
        2. 2. Ann (Haswell) Coats 1914–1997 m. Dennis (Hemmant Rolleston) Martin 1906–1987
        3. 3. Archibald (James) Coats 1916–1989
        4. 4. Ian (Pountney) Coats 1901–1980 m. Hilda (May Latta) M.B.E. 1899–1997
        5. 5. George (McKenzie) Coats 1899–1953 m. Freda (Doris) Mason 1899–1967
        6. 6. Commander (Ernest Colin) Coats 1902–1971 m. Gudrun (Viola Hulda Margareta) Johansson 1903–1995
        7. 7. Peter (Daniel) Coats –1910
      2. 2. Eliza (Balfour) Coats 1871–1956 m. James Parker 1864–1921
        1. 1. Mary (Symington) Parker 1897–1989
        2. 2. George (Coats) Parker 1902–1996 m. Helena (Bettys A S) Buckmaster 1911–1981
        3. 3. Eliza (Balfour) Parker 1903–1993
      3. 3. Peter (Herbert) Coats 1869–1943 m. Catherine (Evelyn) Veitch 1871–1951
        1. 1. Irene Coats 1910–1997 m. Neill (Anders Fuller) Ohlsson 1907–1995
        2. 2. George (Stanley) Coats 1899–1977 m. Jessie Ayto 1902–
        3. 3. Peter Coats 1905– m. Jessie (Murdoch) McKECHNIE 1908–
        4. 4. Katherine (Haswell) Coats 1897–1974 m. Cecil (Christian) Clark 1897–1939
        5. 5. Mary (Symington) Coats 1901–1901
        6. 6. Seton (Veitch) Coats 1903–1994 m. Agnes ((Neah) Henderson) Donald 1908–1996
        7. 7. Evelyn (Mary) Coats 1907–1983 m. Richard (Sellars) Ridgway 1907–1969
      4. 4. Mary (McKenzie) Coats 1883–1933 m. Percy (S) Illingworth 1869–1915
        1. 1. Henry (George Coats) Illingworth 1908–1993 m. Sheila (Elspeth) Bailey 1912–2007 m. Violet (Dawn) Gold 1910–1964
        2. 2. Miles (Holden) Illingworth 1913–1988 m. Jane FALCKE 1914– m. Eileen (Phyllis) Illingworth 1914–2006
        3. 3. Percy (Guy) Illingworth 1910–1995 m. Margaret (Howard) Dixson 1912–1984
    2. 2. George (Elder) Symington 1861–1936
    3. 3. Robert (Brown) Symington 1852–1918
    4. 4. John (Macalaster) Symington 1858–1892
    5. 5. Alexander (Balfour) Symington 1856–1942
    6. 6. Eliza (Jane) Symington 1849–1931
    7. 7. Helen (Landale) Symington 1854–1925
    8. 8. Margaret (Russell Macalster) Symington 1848–1874
  2. 2. Alexander Balfour 1828–
  3. 3. John Balfour 1822–
  4. 4. Helen (Landale) Balfour 1823–
  5. 5. Jean Balfour 1820–
  6. 6. William (Russell) Balfour 1825–1919

Alexander Balfour's Timeline

4 Records

1777
2 Feb 1777
Birth of Alexander Balfour in Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Markinch, Fife, Scotland
1777
4 Feb 1777
Alexander Balfour was baptized in Markinch,Fife,Scotland
Markinch,Fife,Scotland
1834
4 November 1834
Age 57
Death of Alexander Balfour in Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1851
1851
Age 74
Alexander Balfour resided here in Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Dundee, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1777
    Event Place: Markinch, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census
    [2] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1777
    Event Place: Markinch,Fife,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Dundee, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 November 1834
    Event Place: Lecen Mills, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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