Calendar

May 2024

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Col. James Leslie Alexander (1868) George Edward Roberts (1984) Lawrence Gibbons Alexander (1868) Nettie Lee Noel (1925) More...	2 Dr. Paul Creighton Alexander (1969) William Mark Alexander (1885) Elizabeth Read Alexander (2002) Anne Cornelis Constantinus D... (1804) More...	3 Ida Virginia Noel (1944) William Fontaine Alexander, ... (1968) Lucy E. Loeb (1912) Gen. Charles Tripler Alexand... (1833) More...	4 Brig. Gen. Andrew Jonathan A... (1887) Claud Alexander, H.E.I.C.S. (1809) John Houston Alexander (1937) Elizabeth Stuart Edwards (2000) More...
5 Constance Isolda Alexander (1891) Maj. William Henry Somervill... (1871) Rev. George Dallas Tucker (1850) Robert Shurtleff Wallace (1915) More...	6 Henry Alexander (1818) Lt. Col. Hon. Herbrand Charl... (1965) Anna Alexander (1855) Rev. Monsey Alexander (1756) More...	7 James Alexander (1822) Apolline Mclean Alexander (1860) Marian Stewart Alexander (1828) Ludwell Mayo Alexander (1989) More...	8 Lt. Col. James Alexander (1907) Reginald Crawford Alexander (1963) Robertine MacAlester (1896) Willem MacAlester (1883) More...	9 Anna Louisa Alexander (1837) Ann Clark Bullitt (1816) Jack Cole Alexander (1830) Edwin Foote (1805) More...	10 Peter Alexander (1677) Harriet Alexander-Shaw (1858) John Stuart (1728) Hannah Lee Washington (1811) More...	11 Janet Erskine, Countess of S... (1649) Anne Catherine Alexander (1876) Harriette Lucia Alexander (1936) Rev. Robert Alexander (1872) More...
12 Maj. William Alexander (1817) Renée Myrtle de Rome (1919) Lt. Archibald Charles Edward... (1889) Lawrence Dade Alexander (1843) More...	13 Catherine Sinclair (1673) Frank Beaufort Alexander (1869) William Alexander (1901) Lt. Col. Charles Archibald M... (1789) More...	14 William John Alexander-Shaw (1856) Leonora Alexander (1909) Lt. Walter Lorenzo Alexander (1915) Benjamin Moore (1938) More...	15 Catherine Freeman Yorke (1786) Julia Lane Butler (1849) Taylor Fielding Lewis (1767) William Lewis Alexander (1868) More...	16 Priscilla Windham (1626) Margaret White Trafton (1886) Emily Mary Grey Alexander (1884) Gen. Robert Alexander (1879) More...	17 Dorothea McClintock (1877) Hilda Gwendolyn Avery Wright (1950) William Thomas Alexander (1918) Cora Lucile Shirley (1955)	18 Sir William Alexander (1638) Ughna Alexander (1893) Arthur Wallace Alexander (1871) James Edward Alexander (1934) More...
19 Capt. Caledon James Alexande... (1845) William Lawrence Alexander (1885) Isabella Alexander (1834) Elizabeth Ashton Alexander (1821) More...	20 Christian Ann Alexander (1945) Denis James Alexander (1980) Fanny Alexander (1894) Frances E. Alexander (1999) More...	21 Ann Alexander (1809) Francis Rivers Alexander (1814) Catharina Maria Tierens (1790) Gen. Guido Norman Lieber (1837) More...	22 William Alexander (1960) Maj. Gen. Edward Alexander W... (1898) Sarah C. Keleher (1915) Cora Sybil Alexander (1872) More...	23 James Alexander (1786) Dr. Walter Oscar Alexander (1904) Neil C. Murray (1914) Jane Somerville MacAlester (1794)	24 Charles Alexander (1655) Alexander Alexander (1855) Florinda Boyle Bagley (1862) Alice Estelle Hutchins (1984) More...	25 Mary Jane O'Brien (1906) John Archibald Shaw-Stewart,... (1900) Col. Andrew Monroe (1714) Marion Lee Noel (1935) More...
26 Richard Dundas Alexander (1846) Mathew MacAlister (1804) Spurgeon Mailyn Lomax (1935) Oscar Alexander (1890)	27 James Alexander (1691) John Houston Alexander, Jr. (1907) Maria Brooke Kelly (1822) Bettie Edmonia Alexander (1846) More...	28 Ernest Dundas Alexander (1959) Charles O. Alexander (1919) Col. Richard Prescott-Decie (1838) Francis DeSales Alexander, J... (1924) More...	29 Henry Robert Alexander (1869) Elizabeth Wilson (2000) Caroline Skelton Murray (1826) John Alexander / Anne Portis (1760) More...	30 Brian Bevan Alexander (1901) Gerald Arthur Alexander (1889) Thomas Hugh Nelson (1807) Anna Maria Julia Dalison (1910) More...	31 Robert Alexander (1638) Susannah Robertson (1838) Col. Robert Alexander (1704) Dr. Robert L. Mays (1862) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Dorothy Alice Alexander (1988) Capt. Phillip Alexander (1833) Sarah C. Keleher (1845) Florence Alexander (1892) Lucy W. Alexander (1895) Delia Hunter Hign Alexander (1855) Rebecca Hay (1818) Ella (1873) Susan Alexander (1876) Ada Alexander (1884) John Cranstoun / Margaret Al... (1794)

According to the DNA test results of various members of Alexander and MacAlister families in the United Kingdom, Ireland, North America, and elsewhere, the two families diverged from a common ancestor within the past several hundred years. Both descend from Somerled, Lord of the Isles, an 11th century king who was also the progenitor of Clans Donald and MacDougall. If you are carrying the name Alexander, MacAlister, or some another variant of these surnames, you are welcome to join the Alexander and McAlister DNA Projects which are currently being hosted by Family Tree DNA.

Other branches of the Alexander family that split off from the main lineage in Menstrie settled in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. One was known as the Alexanders of Blackhouse and Boghall, while another was called the Alexanders of Ballochmyle. The coats of arms for both families closely resemble the arms for the Earls of Caledon in Northern Ireland and Alexanders of Menstrie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This suggests that all four families likely came from the same part of Scotland where they probably shared a common heritage. The interesting thing about the Alexanders of Paisley is that they were first documented in 1413, about a hundred years before Thomas Alexander was recorded in Menstrie.

Alexander of Menstrie - Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling. Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per pale, argent and sable, a chevron, and in base a crescent, all counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd, or, a lymphad sable sails furled and flags flying between three crosses crosslet fitchée gules for MacDonald. Crest: A bear sejant, erect, proper. Supporters: Dexter, an Indian with long hair, and a dart in his right hand all proper having a circle of gold on his head with a plume of seven feathers or and azure and around his waist a like circle of feathers; sinister, a mermaid with a comb and mirror all proper. Motto: per mare, per terras.