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Alexander Laird Matheson 1778–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 January 1778

Birth Location: Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 February 1860

Death Location: Embro, Ontario, Canada

Father: Hugh Sinclair

Mother: Catherine Munro

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Alexander Laird Matheson was born in 1778 in Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Hugh Matheson Sinclair And Catherine Munro. Alexander Laird Matheson passed away in 1860 in Embro, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • Alexander Laird Matheson was born in 1778 in Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Hugh Matheson Sinclair And Catherine Munro.
  • Alexander Laird Matheson passed away in 1860 in Embro, Ontario, Canada.

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Alexander Matheson's Ancestors

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Alexander Matheson
1778–1860
Birth Place: Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Hugh Matheson Sinclair
1742–1810
Rumsdale, Kildonan Parish, Sutherland County, Scotland
Catherine Munro
1749–1810
Lairg Parish, Sutherland County, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Matheson
1718–1830
Achavandra, Croft, west, of, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland
Lady (Janet Gordon Sutherland (of) Strathnaver)
1720–1795
Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland
Margaret Cowan\Munro
1731–1823
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Alexander Matheson's Timeline

2 Records

1778
17 January 1778
Birth of Alexander Laird Matheson in Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1860
14 February 1860
Age 82
Death of Alexander Laird Matheson in Embro, Ontario, Canada
Embro, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 January 1778
    Event Place: Pitfure, Lairg, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 February 1860
    Event Place: Embro, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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