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Margaret Alston 1716–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef. Mar 1716/17

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanark

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: John Alston

Mother: Elizabeth Paterson

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Margaret Alston was born in 1716 in Douglas, Lanark, the child of John Alston And Elizabeth Bethia Paterson. Margaret Alston passed away in 1789 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Alston was born in 1716 in Douglas, Lanark, the child of John Alston And Elizabeth Bethia Paterson.
  • Margaret Alston passed away in 1789 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Alston
1675–1740
Birth Location: Lanark, Lanark, Scotland
JA
Elizabeth Paterson
1678–1719
Birth Location: Skipmire, Trailflat, Tinwald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
EP

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Children(s)

Margaret Alston's Ancestors

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Margaret Alston
1716–1789
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanark
Parents
John Alston
1675–1740
Lanark, Lanark, Scotland
Elizabeth ("Bethia") Paterson
1678–1719
Skipmire, Trailflat, Tinwald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Alston's Timeline

2 Records

1716
Bef. Mar 1716/17
Birth of Margaret Alston in Douglas, Lanark
Douglas, Lanark
1789
1789
Age 73
Death of Margaret Alston in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bef. Mar 1716/17
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanark

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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