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David Alston 1831–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1831

Birth Location: Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: Apr 1898

Death Location: Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Father: Archibald Alston

Mother: Isabella Boyes

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David Alston was born in 1831 in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Archibald Alston And Isabella Or Elizabeth Boyes. David Alston passed away in 1898 in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • David Alston was born in 1831 in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Archibald Alston And Isabella Or Elizabeth Boyes.
  • David Alston passed away in 1898 in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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David Alston's Ancestors

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David Alston
1831–1898
Birth Place: Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald Alston
1776–1852
Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire
Isabella (or Elizabeth) Boyes
1801–1884
Whiteknowe, Hutton & Corrie, Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire
Grandparents
William Alston
1737–
Dunsyre Lanarkshire
Margerat Pairman
1737–1776
Libberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
William Boyes
1757–1842
Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Mary Fletcher
1762–1849
Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Alstoun
1702–
Margaret Sinclare
1702–
John Pairman
1698–
Agnes Thomson
1707–
William Boyes
1730–1842
Margaret Chalmers
1730–1822
Robert Fletcher
1740–
Isabel Thomson
1733–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Alston
1675–1740
Elizabeth Paterson
1678–1719
John Pairman
1675–
Janet Marshall
1677–
William Chalmers
1708–

David Alston's Timeline

2 Records

1831
1831
Birth of David Alston in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1898
Apr 1898
Age 67
Death of David Alston in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1831
    Event Place: Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1898
    Event Place: Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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