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Alexander Cattanach Elder 1735–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1735

Birth Location: Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1776

Death Location: Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: James Catanach

Mother: Anne Grant

Spouse(s): Dorothy +

Children(s): John Cattanach

Alexander Cattanach Elder was born in 1735 in Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of James Catanach And Anne Grant. Alexander Cattanach Elder married Dorothy Isabel Mcpherson, and had children including John Cattanach. Alexander Cattanach Elder passed away in 1776 in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Cattanach Elder was born in 1735 in Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of James Catanach And Anne Grant.
  • Alexander Cattanach Elder married Dorothy Isabel Mcpherson, and had children including John Cattanach.
  • Alexander Cattanach Elder passed away in 1776 in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Catanach
1715–
Birth Location: Kingussie and Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Anne Grant
1715–1764
Birth Location: Kingussie and Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy +
1740–1776
Birth Location: Kingussie and Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
D+

Children(s)

John Cattanach
1768–1862
Birth Location: Strone, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland
JC

Alexander Elder's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Elder
1735–1776
Birth Place: Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Catanach
1715–
Kingussie and Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anne Grant
1715–1764
Kingussie and Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald Grant
1700–
Janet McIntosh
1700–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Elder's Descendants

1.
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Alexander (Cattanach) Elder (20 Aug 1735–1776) m. Dorothy (Isabel McPherson) + (1740–1776)
  1. 1. John Cattanach 1768–1862 m. Catherine MacDonald 1775–1839
    1. 1. Alexander Cattanach 1807–1890 m. Ann McGregor 1808–1891
      1. 1. Donald Cattanach 1838–1923 m. Hannah (Mary) Henderson 1845–1916
        1. 1. Donald (Gregory) Cattanach 1871–1948 m. Emma ((emily)) Gill 1871–1962

Alexander Elder's Timeline

2 Records

1735
20 Aug 1735
Birth of Alexander Cattanach Elder in Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1776
1776
Age 41
Death of Alexander Cattanach Elder in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1735
    Event Place: Strone Kingussie Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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