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Morning All.

I would like a last try to find more information on certain relatives from the beginning of my family tree. I have the birth register (see below) of Alexander Macdonald (shoemaker) born 25/02/1796 in Kiltarlity. He was later married to Christy (Christian) Sutherland who was also born in 1796, and they were parents to Alexander (Stationmaster), Margaret, Christy, Donald and Anne.

The witnesses on Alex's (stationmaster 24/10/1840) birth register
https://www.genesreunited.co.za/keepsafe/asset/details/68106462 are Thomas & William Fraser from Dochgarroch's Hill nearby Kiltarlity, so I assume that Alex & and Margaret's (04/06/1840) mother was a Fraser before marriage.

I would love to find out more about Alex Shoemaker's father (Alex'r) shown in his birth certificate, and possibly more about Christy Sutherland whom I have little detail of, except that she had a brother called Donald who was a witness on Margaret's birth register. I have included below some census information given to me in past threads, the link to which is here: https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1370883

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First name(s) Alexander
Last name McDonald
Gender Male
Birth year 1796
Birth place -
Baptism year 1796
Baptism date 25 Feb 1796
Baptism place KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Fathers first name(s) Alexr.
Fathers last name McDonald
Mothers first name(s) -
Mothers last name -
Place Kiltarlity
County Invernessshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
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Family Searth:-
Alexander Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms
Name Alexander Mcdonald
Gender Male
Christening Date 25 Feb 1796
Christening Place KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 23 Feb 1796
Fathers Name Alexr. Mcdonald

Thank you for any assistance you can give me. Please shout if you want access to any of my saved BMD records.

could this be his father alex mother margarat alexander named his daughter Margaret and son Donald

Alexander Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name:
Alexander Mcdonald
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
20 Sep 1778
Christening Place:
KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
13 Sep 1778
Father's Name:
Dond. Mcdonald
Mother's Name:
Margaret Mclean

siblings to alexander

John Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name:
John Mcdonald
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
07 Sep 1778
Christening Place:
KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
06 Sep 1778
Father's Name:
Donald Mcdonald

Margaret Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name:
Margaret Mcdonald
Gender:
Female
Christening Date:
17 Jun 1771
Christening Place:
KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Father's Name:
Donald Mcdonald
Archibald Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name:
Archibald Mcdonald
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
03 Feb 1774
Christening Place:
KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Father's Name:
Donald Mcdonald

Thomas Mcdonald
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name:
Thomas Mcdonald
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
22 Apr 1776
Christening Place:
KILTARLITY,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Father's Name:
Donald Mcdonald

Thanks for that information Malyon, I will investigate those leads. I have scoured Find my Past for BMD details of both Alex and his family prior to 1796 and also Christy Sutherland, but information starts getting a bit sketchy. I have worked out from 1841 and 1851 census that Christy's dad was a Donald Sutherland born around 1771 which is helpful.

familysearch is a good site its free I found that information on there

Is this Alex and Christina/ Christian?

NAME DOD DOB SPOUSE FATHER MOTHER CEMY NO.
McDonald Alexander 1876 81 Sutherland Christina * * Tomnacross 33 Shoemaker


Sutherland Christina 1856 53 McDonald Alexander * * Tomnacross 33

Thanks for this info Alviegal. The dates don't quite match up, and yet everything else (location, spouse, shoemaker etc) match almost too well to be a coincidence, so I don't know....

I think my Alexander Shoemaker was born February 1796 : (top entry) https://www.genesreunited.co.za/keepsafe/asset/details/68106462 near Kiltarlity. And in turn his son Alexander was born in Kiltarlity too and shows his mother as Christy Sutherland: https://www.genesreunited.co.za/keepsafe/asset/details/68005935 (middle of the page).

Could you advise which platform you used to find this information?

Hi Janet, info is from https://sites.google.com/site/highlandmemorialinscriptions/home