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Angus Macalister MacDonald 1518 – 1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

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

Death Date: 1574

Death Location: Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander MacDonald

Mother: Margaret MacDonald

Spouse(s): Janet Maclean

Children(s): Donald MacDonald, John MacAlister

The story of Angus Macalister MacDonald began in 1518 in Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Angus Macalister MacDonald married Janet Maclean, and had children including Donald Mcalister MacDonald, John MacAlister. Angus Macalister MacDonald passed away in 1574 in Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Angus Macalister MacDonald began in 1518 in Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Angus Macalister MacDonald married Janet Maclean, and had children including Donald Mcalister MacDonald, John MacAlister.
  • Angus Macalister MacDonald passed away in 1574 in Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander MacDonald
1496 – 1560
Birth Location: Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret MacDonald
1500 –
Birth Location: Lochalsh, Western Islands, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Maclean
1522 –
Birth Location: Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Donald MacDonald
1542 – 1645
Birth Location: Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John MacAlister
1543 –
Birth Location: Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Angus MacDonald's Ancestors

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Angus MacDonald
1518 – 1574
Birth Place: Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander MacDonald
1496 – 1560
Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret MacDonald
1500 –
Lochalsh, Western Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
Alasdair (Nan Glean Keppoch) Macdonald
1449 – 1498
Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Macdonald Sleat
1440 –
Aird of Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Alexander Macdonald
1491 –
Lochalsh, Western Islands, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Angus Macdonell
1415 – 1470
MacPhee
1430 – 1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alastair MacDonald
1375 – 1440
Mary Stewart
1411 –
Angus McPhee
1830 – 1899
Christy Thomson
1766 –

Angus MacDonald's Descendants

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Angus (Macalister) MacDonald (1518 – 1574) m. Janet Maclean (1522 – )
  1. 1. Donald (Mcalister) MacDonald (1542 – 2 FEB 1645) m. Margaret MacDonald (1540 – )
    1. 1. Alastair (Dearg) MacAlister (1559 – )
    2. 2. Donald (Gorm) MacAlister (1561 – )
    3. 3. John (Mor) MacAlister (1562 – )
    4. 4. John (Og) MacAlister (1564 – )
    5. 5. Alastair (Mor) MacAlister (1566 – )
    6. 6. Katherine MacAlister (1569 – )
    7. 7. Janet MacAlister (1571 – )
  2. 2. John MacAlister (1543 – )

Angus MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Angus Macalister MacDonald in Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1574
1574
Age 56
Death of Angus Macalister MacDonald in Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
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