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Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald 1786–1856 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 November 1786

Birth Location: Skye, Scotland

Death Date: 31 May 1856

Death Location: Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Father: Normand Macdonald

Mother: Susannah Loup

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The story of Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald began in 1786 in Skye, Scotland. Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald passed away in 1856 in Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald began in 1786 in Skye, Scotland.
  • Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald passed away in 1856 in Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Lt. Macdonald's Ancestors

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Lt. Macdonald
1786–1856
Birth Place: Skye, Scotland
Parents
Normand Macdonald
1742–1823
Scalpay, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Susannah (Macalister of) Loup
1754–1820
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Macdonald 3rd of Bernisdale &) Scalpay
1666–1748
of Bernisdale, Isle of Skye, Inverness, Scotland
Margaret Nicholson
1665–
of Scorriebreck, Kilmuir, Inverness, Scotland
Ranald (MacAlister of) Skirmish
1715–1762
Skerinish, Snizort, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Anne (Kingsburgh) MacDonald
1724–1802
Kingsburgh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Norman Macdonald
Christian (McDonald)
1680–1718
John John)
1690–1786
Flora McNeill
1689–1793
Sir Kingsburgh
1689–1772
Florence Castleton
1707–1759
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Scalpay
1652–1713
Margaret Edison
1655–
Donald \Macdonald
1662–1720
Margaret Scorriebreck
1665–1720

Lt. Macdonald's Timeline

2 Records

1786
10 November 1786
Birth of Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald in Skye, Scotland
Skye, Scotland
1856
31 May 1856
Age 70
Death of Lt. Gen Alexander Macdonald in Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 November 1786
    Event Place: Skye, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1856
    Event Place: Aix-la-Chapelle, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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