Donald Alexander (abt. 1813)

Born about Sep 1813 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland

This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

Donald Alexander is a member of Clan MacDonald.

Biography

Donald Alexander, son of Donald Alexander and Euphemia Thomson, was born about 1813 in Mireland, in the parish of Wick, Caithness, and was baptised in Wick on 23 October 1813.^[1]

In 1841 Donald was living on the family farm in Quoybrae, in the parish of Watten, Caithness, with his mother and brothers Alexander and George. Three servants, Betty Murray, Alexander Mowat and Helen Bonnell, were also recorded on the census return.^[2]

Donald was a farmer of 80 acres in Quoybrae, in the parish of Watten, in 1861. Also staying at the Alexander farm on the night of the 1861 census were Henry McAdie, Donald Campbell, William Cormack and Catherine Bremner. Donald's brother Alex and his wife's sister Christian were also staying on the farm that day.

Sources

1. ↑ Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929, Archive Ref OPR 43/3, Baptism date 23 Oct 1813, Year Range 1781-1819. Accessed via Find My Past.
2. ↑ 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Watten; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 820; Year: 1841. Accessed via Ancestry.com.

See also:

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBML-YL2 : 2 January 2015), Donald Alexander, 20 Sep 1853; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,557.
• 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Watten; ED: 4; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_6, accessed via Ancestry.com, 20 January 2018.