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January 2025

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Esquire Capt. James Fane Ale... (1846) Rear-Admiral Charles Otway A... (1888) Paul Fendall Alexander (1883) Thomas Ludwell Alexander (1890) More...	2 Margaret A (2002) Christopher Thomas Hutchins,... (2016) Capt. Conn Alexander (1883) Freda Alice Alexander (1905) More...	3 Chloe Elizabeth Alexander (1963) Gen. Edmund Brooke Alexander (1888) Edward Esten Cooke (1926) Clara Ware Marshall (1907) More...	4 John Alexander (1854) Sarah Elizabeth Mauzey (1907) Dr. John A. Straith (1872) Esquire John Stephen Travers... (1862) More...
5 Esquire Henry Stewart Alexan... (1834) Thomson H. Alexander (1862) John Alexander (1712) Esquire of Portglenone Natha... (1853) More...	6 Julia Susan Alexander (1908) Marion Hendley (1929) Lady Edith La Fargue (1925) William D. Alexander (1866) More...	7 Claud Alexander, H.E.I.C.S. (1752) Lady Foley Marie Rose Ghisla... (1922) Harold Albert Waters (1923) Johanna Petronella MacAleste... (1793) More...	8 Addie Lee Alexander (1973) Frances Buckner (1743) Ann Catherine Henkle (1923) Mary Elizabeth Richardson (1904) More...	9 Charlotte Frances Selina Ale... (1923) Louisa Isabella Bagley (1902) Junius Brutus Alexander (1893) Janet Beatrice Somerville Mc... (1922) More...	10 Gerard Mason Alexander (1849) Richard Rudd Alexander (1864) William Rudd Alexander (1860) Rae Alexander (1898) More...	11 Helenora Alexander (1808) Hon. Lewis Alexander (1876) Effie Shaw Emmons (1899) Rev. David Stuart (1748) More...
12 Armistead Alexander (1810) Frank Emmons Alexander (1968) Henry Washington Alexander (1886) Julia Van Swearingen Alexand... (1904) More...	13 Charlotte Grace Alexander (1754) Maj. Dudley Henry Blayney Al... (1863) Chief of Clan MacAlister Lt.... (1765) Mary Isabella Sparling (1857) More...	14 Esquire Henry Alexander (1861) Henrietta Judith Quinn (1839) Capt. Cedric Cuningham Sincl... (1960) Florence Roberta Foote (1963) More...	15 Catherine Alexander (1906) Julia Lane Alexander (2001) Louisa Alexander (1919) Clara Allen Babbage (1885) More...	16 James Alexander (1861) William Galt Beale (1880) James Lawrence Blair (1904) Sarah Jane Kennedy (1912) More...	17 Margaret E. Alexander (1943) Esquire of Kennox Lt. Col. C... (1903) Mary Elizabeth Alexander (1839) William Dempsey Alexander (1871) More...	18 Alexander Alexander (1833) Esquire of Portglenone Rober... (1843) Thomas Foster Chapman (1838) Dorsey Potter Alexander (2009) More...
19 Paul Fendall Alexander (1933) William Keown-Boyd (1877) Christopher Benjamin Langloi... (1963) Willem Johannes MacAlester (1795) More...	20 Bethea Ann Janet Alexander (1845) Charlotte Sophia Alexander (1897) Anne McCullogh (1817) George Alexander (1805) More...	21 Alice Alexander (1883) Capt. Thomas Bulitt Alexande... (1835) Chelle A. Houston (1879) Nathaniel Bridges (1820) More...	22 Charles Dallas Alexander (1917) Esquire Claud Alexander (1845) Claud Alexander, Esquire (1772) Thomas Ludwell Alexander (1870) More...	23 Alexander Charles Archibald ... (1900) Edward Meredyth Edgworth Ale... (1852) Mary Kendrick (1901) Arthur Alexander Morson (1803) More...	24 Elizabeth Alexander (1898) William M. Jenks (1895) Crystal Estelle Taylor (1931) Helenora Margaret Angela Ale... (1865) More...	25 Andrew Jackson Alexander (1821) Ray Alphonso Alexander (1906) Rose Alexander (1906) Charles Robert Blackmon (1918) More...
26 Arthur Carrol Alexander (1955) Columbus Osceola Alexander (1904) Col. Richard Michael Aylmer (1975) Esquire Claud Alexander (1789) More...	27 Anne Isabella Alexander (1848) William Edmund Larned (1888) Nina Kerr Rolfe (1897) Elizabeth Ida Sieber (1917) More...	28 Col. Charles Armistead Alexa... (1870) Henry Nathaniel Alexander (1923) Virginia Alexander (1894) John Josiah Emery, Jr. (1898) More...	29 Dr. Octavius Alexander (1880) Dr. Willson Cary Selden Alex... (1859) Alexandra Emery (1971) Lela Emery (1971) More...	30 George Hancock Alexander (1905) Anne Fowke (1689) Jane Alexander Slaughter (1799) Duncan MacAlester (1812)	31 Charles Percy Alexander (1872) Herbert Lee Alexander (1959) Gladys Constance Grimshaw (1944) Maj. Gen. Ralph Ernest Vyvya... (1971) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Delia Hunter Hign Alexander (1932) Dr. George Dent Alexander (1780) Lucy Bell (1808) Sarah Bruce Casson (1819) Paul Alexander Larned (1967) Marion Alexander (1595) Margaret Scrymgeour (1662) Enid Williamina Somerville M... (1996) Joan Dorothy Penny (1999) John R. Alexander (1900) Eliza Hester Dow (1836) Ola Calcote (1881) Amelia Frances Lieber Lieber (1874) Charles Emery Oxford (1870) Agnes Forrester (1590)

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.