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John Alexander McPherson 1860–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jun 1860

Birth Location: Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death Date: 1918

Death Location: Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia

Father: John McPherson

Mother: Betsey Geyer

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ashmeade

Children(s): Jack McPherson, Leonard McPherson, Gertrude McPherson, Claude McPherson, Muriel McPherson

John Alexander McPherson was born in 1860 in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Henry Mcpherson And Betsey Elizabeth Maria Geyer. John Alexander McPherson married Elizabeth Vine Ashmeade, and had children including Claude Frederick Lancelot Mcpherson, Gertrude Madeline Mcpherson, Jack Spencer Mcpherson, Leonard Gordon Mcpherson, Muriel Winifried Mcpherson. John Alexander McPherson passed away in 1918 in Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • John Alexander McPherson was born in 1860 in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Henry Mcpherson And Betsey Elizabeth Maria Geyer.
  • John Alexander McPherson married Elizabeth Vine Ashmeade, and had children including Claude Frederick Lancelot Mcpherson, Gertrude Madeline Mcpherson, Jack Spencer Mcpherson, Leonard Gordon Mcpherson, Muriel Winifried Mcpherson.
  • John Alexander McPherson passed away in 1918 in Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John McPherson's Ancestors

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John McPherson
1860–1918
Birth Place: Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Parents
John Henry McPherson
1821–1866
Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Betsey (Elizabeth Maria) Geyer
1824–1908
Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
John McPherson
1793–1870
Kingarth, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
Mary McFie
1795–1870
Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John McPherson
1752–1841
Marion Junkin
1760–1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John McPherson's Descendants

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John (Alexander) McPherson (13 Jun 1860–1918) m. Elizabeth (Vine) Ashmeade (16 Jun 1863–27 Aug 1952)
  1. 1. Jack (Spencer) McPherson 1892–1975 m. Beatrice (Myrtle) Meggs 1898–1984
    1. 1. Colin (Roy) McPherson 1920–2008
    2. 2. Gordon (John) McPherson 1915–1995 m. Muriel (Hamilton) Coglan 1917–1990
    3. 3. Janet (Marjorie Gwenda) McPherson 1929–2015 m. Olav (Kornelius) Pedersen 1923–2007
  2. 2. Leonard (Gordon) McPherson 1888–1967 m. Daisy (Maude) Stanford 1890–1974
  3. 3. Gertrude (Madeline) McPherson 1883–1966 m. Herbert (Henry) Hunter 1885–1970
  4. 4. Claude (Frederick Lancelot) McPherson 1882–1968 m. Ediva (Leonora) Boord 1882–1940
    1. 1. John (Frederick) McPherson 1912–1936
    2. 2. Robert (Boord) McPherson 1917–1991 m. Mary (Charters) McPherson 1917–2011
    3. 3. Donald (Gordon) McPherson 1914–2005 m. Mary (Elizabeth Barham) Job 1916–2002
    4. 4. Nora (Lillian Ray) McPherson 1910–1968 m. Matthew (Alfred) McLennan 1908–1991
  5. 5. Muriel (Winifried) McPherson 1886–1973

John McPherson's Timeline

4 Records

1860
13 Jun 1860
Birth of John Alexander McPherson in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1860
26 Aug 1860
John Alexander McPherson was baptized in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1918
31 May 1918
Age 58
Death of John Alexander McPherson in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
1918
1918
Age 58
Burial of John Alexander McPherson in Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia
Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jun 1860
    Event Place: Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, South Australian Births, Index of Registrations 1842 to 1906
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1860
    Event Place: Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Births and Baptisms

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1918
    Event Place: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, South Australia Indexes to Death 1916-1925
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Cape Province, South Africa, Estates Death Notice Index, 1834-1956

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1918
    Event Place: Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

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