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Alexander Bower II 1737–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 June 1737

Birth Location: Kincaldrum

Death Date: 1796

Death Location: Kinnettles

Father: Alexander Col

Mother: Margaret Clair

Spouse(s): Margaret Graham, Margaret Graham

Children(s): Alexander III, Graham Bower, Ellen Bower, Margaret Bower, John Bower, Mary Bower

Alexander Bower II was born in 1737 in Kincaldrum, the child of Alexander Bower Lt Col And Margaret St Clair. Alexander Bower II married Margaret Graham, and had children including Alexander Bower Iii, Ellen Fletcher Bower, Graham Bower, John Bower, Margaret St Clair Bower, Mary Augusta Murray Bower. Alexander Bower II passed away in 1796 in Kinnettles.

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Biography

  • Alexander Bower II was born in 1737 in Kincaldrum, the child of Alexander Bower Lt Col And Margaret St Clair.
  • Alexander Bower II married Margaret Graham, and had children including Alexander Bower Iii, Ellen Fletcher Bower, Graham Bower, John Bower, Margaret St Clair Bower, Mary Augusta Murray Bower.
  • Alexander Bower II passed away in 1796 in Kinnettles.

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Spouses(s)

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Alexander II's Ancestors

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Alexander II
1737–1796
Birth Place: Kincaldrum
Parents
Alexander Bower Lt Col
1719–1746
Kincaldrum House, Kinnettles, Scotland
Margaret (St) Clair
1717–1746
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James Bower
1698–1758
Kincaldrum House, Angus, Scotland
Elizabeth Gordon
1700–1755
Scotland
Thomas (St.) Clair
1676–
Elizabeth Wanchope
1680–
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander II
1678–1738
Margaret Knowles
1680–1735
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Bower
1655–1709
Christian Stirling
1656–1706

Alexander II's Descendants

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Alexander (Bower) II (13 June 1737–1796) m. Margaret Graham (1739–1779) m. Margaret Graham (1737–20 Jan 1798)
  1. 1. Alexander (Bower) III 1770–1844 m. Helen Fairweather 1768–1820
    1. 1. John (Andrew) Bower 1796–1856 m. Nancy Cross 1804–
      1. 1. David (Andrew) Bower 1822–1904 m. Jeanette Chase 1827–1915 m. Jeanette Chase 1826–1915
        1. 1. Stansbury Bower 1850–1922
        2. 2. James (Power) Bower 1846–1916
        3. 3. Mary (Virginia) Bower 1855–1932
        4. 4. John (Power) Bower 1858–1934 m. Rowena Liddle 1865–1941
  2. 2. Graham Bower 1779–1844 m. Emily (Amelia) Paterson 1779–1846
    1. 1. James (Paterson) Bower 1808–1889 m. Barbara Hickson 1828–1922
    2. 2. Margaret Bower 1805–1853
    3. 3. Alexander Bower 1804–1880
    4. 4. John Bower 1809–1901
  3. 3. Ellen (Fletcher) Bower 1777–1847
  4. 4. Margaret (St Clair) Bower 1771–1835
  5. 5. John Bower 1762–1800
  6. 6. Mary (Augusta Murray) Bower 1782–1863

Alexander II's Timeline

2 Records

1737
13 June 1737
Birth of Alexander Bower II in Kincaldrum
Kincaldrum
1796
1796
Age 59
Death of Alexander Bower II in Kinnettles
Kinnettles

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 June 1737
    Event Place: Kincaldrum
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] 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
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Kinnettles
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] 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
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Scotland, Red Books of Scotland, Compiled by Gordon McGregor; The Red Book of Scotland; Volume: Red Book of Scotland Volume 2 Bot-Car

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