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John Alston 1908 – 1985 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 nov 1908

Birth Location: kirkintulloch

Death Date: 1985

Death Location: kirkintullock

Father: John Alston

Mother: Alison Watson

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John Alston was born in 1908 in kirkintulloch, the child of John Alston and Alison Hepburn Watson. John Alston passed away in 1985 in kirkintullock.

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Biography

  • John Alston was born in 1908 in kirkintulloch, the child of John Alston and Alison Hepburn Watson.
  • John Alston passed away in 1985 in kirkintullock.

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John Alston's Ancestors

Self
John Alston
1908 – 1985
Birth Place: kirkintulloch
Parents
John Alston
1876 – 1935
Ledgate, Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Alison (Hepburn) Watson
1876 – 1960
Townhead, Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Gavin Alston
1838 – 1902
,Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
Margaret Rankin
1848 – 1917
Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Robert (Walker) Watson
1842 – 1894
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Ann Marshall
1846 – 1922
Abernethy Perthshire Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Alston
1814 –
John Rankin
1806 – 1875
Margaret Macfarlane
1810 – 1877
Alexander Watson
1822 – 1879
Allison hepburn
1814 – 1855
David Marshall
1810 – 1879
Ann Spearman
1810 – 1862
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gavin Alston
1780 – 1851
John McFarlane
1782 – 1873
Ann Morrison
1780 – 1826
Daniel Watson
1791 – 1843
Allison Butler
1799 – 1848
William hepburn
1786 – 1854
Alison McQueen
1786 – 1826

John Alston's Timeline

2 Records

1908
20 nov 1908
Birth of John Alston in kirkintulloch
kirkintulloch
1985
1985
Age 77
Death of John Alston in kirkintullock
kirkintullock

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 nov 1908
    Event Place: kirkintulloch

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1985
    Event Place: kirkintullock

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