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Alexander Bower 1737–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1737

Birth Location: Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland

Death Date: 1796

Death Location: Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland

Father: Alexander Jacobite

Mother: Margaret Clair

Spouse(s): Margaret Graham

Children(s): Margaret Bower, Graham Bower, Alexander Bower, Catherine Bower

Alexander Bower was born in 1737 in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland, the child of Alexander Bower Lt Col Jacobite And Margaret St Clair. Alexander Bower married Margaret Graham, and had children including Alexander Bower, Catherine Bower, Graham Bower, Margaret St Claire Bower. Alexander Bower passed away in 1796 in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Bower was born in 1737 in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland, the child of Alexander Bower Lt Col Jacobite And Margaret St Clair.
  • Alexander Bower married Margaret Graham, and had children including Alexander Bower, Catherine Bower, Graham Bower, Margaret St Claire Bower.
  • Alexander Bower passed away in 1796 in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland.

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Alexander Bower's Ancestors

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Alexander Bower
1737–1796
Birth Place: Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Bower Lt. Col. Jacobite
1719–1746
Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
Margaret (St) Clair
1717–1746
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
William Bower
1697–1723
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Thomas Sinclair
1676–1732
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Wanchope
1680–
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Bower
1618–1680
Elizabeth Gordon
1620–1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Bower
1590–1650

Alexander Bower's Descendants

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Alexander Bower (1737–1796) m. Margaret Graham (1739–1779)
  1. 1. Margaret (St. Claire) Bower 1771–1835 m. Patrick Carnegy 1757–1819
  2. 2. Graham Bower 1779–1844 m. Amelia Paterson 1780–1846
    1. 1. Rear (Admiral James Paterson) Bower 1806–1889 m. Barbara Hickson 1827–1922 m. Barbara Hickson 1827–1922
      1. 1. Emily (St Clair) Bower 1856–1940 m. Edith Ainstie 1875–
      2. 2. Lt (Col Dr John Alexander Sandy) Bower 1866–1950
      3. 3. Denis (Mahoney) Bower 1863–1898
      4. 4. Graham Bower 1848–1933
      5. 5. Sir (Graham John) Bower 1848–1933
      6. 6. John (Alexander) Bower 1866–1950 m. Ethel (Bristow) Noyes 1872–1955
        1. 1. Catherine, (Marjorie St. Clair Bower ' Midge) ' 1901–1968
        2. 2. Donald (Claude) Bower 1903–1963
        3. 3. John (St. Clair) Bower 1899–1958
      7. 7. Alexander (William Broughton) Bower 1850–1857
      8. 8. James (St Clair) Bower 1853–1880
      9. 9. Denis Bower 1863–1910
      10. 10. Dennis Bower –1910
      11. 11. James (St.Clair) Bower 1853–1880
      12. 12. Barbara (St Clair) Bower 1861–1957 m. James (Taylor Floyd) Farquhar 1858–1925
  3. 3. Alexander Bower 1760–
  4. 4. Catherine Bower 1764–1831

Alexander Bower's Timeline

2 Records

1737
1737
Birth of Alexander Bower in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
1796
1796
Age 59
Death of Alexander Bower in Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1737
    Event Place: Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

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