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Alexander MacDonald 1772 – 1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1772

Birth Location: Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 December 1842

Death Location: Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Ronald MacDonald

Mother: Henrietta Macleod

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In 1772, Alexander MacDonald entered the world in Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Ronald MacDonald and Henrietta Macleod. Alexander MacDonald passed away in 1842 in Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1772, Alexander MacDonald entered the world in Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Ronald MacDonald and Henrietta Macleod.
  • Alexander MacDonald passed away in 1842 in Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Alexander MacDonald's Ancestors

Self
Alexander MacDonald
1772 – 1842
Birth Place: Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Ronald MacDonald
1758 – 1825
Isle of eigg, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Henrietta Macleod
1765 –
Grat Bernera
Grandparents
Agnes (Anne) MacInnes
1739 – 1799
Bernera, Inverness, Scotland
Norman McLeod
1740 – 1803
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Malcolm MacInnis
1697 – 1768
Flora McKinnon
1715 – 1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John MacInnes
1655 – 1735
Jannet Drummond
1671 – 1738

Alexander MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1772
1772
Birth of Alexander MacDonald in Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1842
4 December 1842
Age 70
Death of Alexander MacDonald in Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1772
    Event Place: Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 December 1842
    Event Place: Mara, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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