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March 2025

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						1 Ernest Hopkins Alexander (1855) James Williams Bartlett, Sr. (1952) Col. William Thornton (1744) Lucinda Washington Alexander (1795) More...
2 Col. Lawrence Gibbons Alexan... (1971) Elizabeth Craig Alexander (1972) Mary Bowles Armistead (1846) Derek Malcolm Alexander (1934) More...	3 Col. William Alexander (1744) Luther James Alexander (1877) Vernon B. Alexander (1878) Clara Eugenia Gunning (1870) More...	4 Amy Harriett Alexander (1922) Lady Mabella Alexander (1854) Bror Fredrick Baron von Blix... (1946) Phillip Thornton Alexander (1783) More...	5 Charles Carroll Alexander (1864) Walter Stoddard Alexander (1847) Herman Rudolph Berry (1995) Esquire James Dalison Alexan... (1846) More...	6 Frances Harriet Alexander (1829) Henry Robert Alexander (1811) Henry Cooke Alexander, Jr. (1996) Richard Alton Alexander Alex... (1946) More...	7 Charlotte Marion Alexander (1870) Elizabeth Innes Alexander (1814) Ernest Fitzhugh Alexander, J... (1892) Francis Dade Alexander (1855) More...	8 James Alexander (1818) Millicent Valla Meredyth (1898) Richard Barnes Alexander (1831)
9 Gerard Alexander (1928) Mary Anna Frances Alexander (1878) Rev. Edward Russell Lippitt (1870) Selina Mary Amelia Alexander (1952) More...	10 Lillian Alexander (1894) Virginia L. Alexander (1866) Virginius Foote (1833) Ann Elizabeth Loving (1845) More...	11 Col. Thomas Ludwell Alexande... (1881) Frances Catherine Alexander (1870) Dr. Kenneth Bush Alexander (1874) Frances Alexander (1770) More...	12 Catherine Adams Alexander (1811) Charles Alexander (1698) Elizabeth Gerard Alexander (1861) Frances B. Harrison (1779) More...	13 Col. Harvey Alexander (1936) Sarah Ashton (1749) Charles Luther Blackmon (2011) Elizabeth Cole Irvin (1837) More...	14 Elizabeth J. Alexander (1908) Lt. Col. Charles Godfrey Som... (1931) Harriet Alexander (1810) Col. Gerard Richard Alexande... (1837)	15 James William Alexander (1915) Jennie M. McAfee (1939) Violet Williamina Somerville... (1961) Margaret Hall Caile (1759) More...
16 Cecil John Francis Alexander (1855) Marion Alexander (1683) Millicent Geisert (1889) Charlotte Anne Alexander (1927) More...	17 Anne Marie Thomasina Blackbu... (1839) Lawrence Dade Alexander (1923) Lewis Alexander (1827) John Edmund Fasick (1959) More...	18 Catherine Alexander (1753) Hunter Holmes Alexander (1934) Darrell Eugene Hargrove (1927) Esquire of Kennox Lt. Col. C... (1830) More...	19 Andrew Jonathan Alexander (1796) Eileen Dolores Alexander (1897) James Alexander (1843) William Fontaine Alexander, ... (1873) More...	20 Evelyn Ruth Dorinda Mary Ale... (2010) Esquire Robert Alexander (1718) Esquire William Robert Edwar... (1927) Mary Barbara Copland (1906) More...	21 Edward Bruce Alexander (1955) Maj. Gen. Edward Currie Alex... (1964) Evelyn Catherine Alexander (1887) Augustine Neil Lawrence (1879) More...	22 Arthur Aloysius Alexander (1946) Sarah Alexander (1833) William Foote (1833) Lucy Taliaferro (1819) More...
23 Charlotte Frances Alexander (1892) Kenneth Alexander (1900) Rev. Evelyn Ferguson Alexand... (1850) Louisa Elizabeth Fontaine Al... (1804) More...	24 Agatha Frances Mary Alexande... (1875) Anne Alexander (1759) Esquire Arthur John Childe-F... (1853) Beverly Alexander (1998) More...	25 Eugenia McLean Alexander (1839) Benjamin Moore (1886) Henry Charles Alexander (1858) William Ferguson Alexander (1823) More...	26 Anna Joanna Alexander (1793) Claud Neilson, Esquire (1758) Mary Alexander (1721) Lloyd Addison Lanier, II (2002) More...	27 Bethia Alexander (1757) Boyd Alexander, Esq. (1796) Virgil Alexander Babbage (1891) Angus Charles MacAlister (1937) More...	28 Baroness Anne Cranston Alexa... (1937) Cecil John Francis Alexander (1910) Clinton Alexander (1870) Francis DeSales Alexander (1945) More...	29 Charles Alexander (1663) Col. Richard Henry Alexander (1889) Anna Maria Washington (1850) Mary Alexander (1850) More...
30 Clare Florinda Alexander (1925) Lt. Col. Robert Dundas Alexa... (1948) Maximilian Hammond Dalison (1902) Lady of the Bedchamber Jane ... (1888) More...	31 Elizabeth Alexander (1590) Sarah Alexander (1700) John Spens (1622) Vera Grace Alexander (1894) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Alice C. Alexander (1893) Georgia Alexander (1872) Mary M. Alexander (1869) Ora L. Alexander (1894) Andrew Jackson Hutchinson (1874) Aurelia Gelenia Smith (1879) Jane Alexander (1897) Henry Edward William de Robe... (1859) Elizabeth Ashton Alexander (1815) Martha L. Steele (1864) Jacqueline Harriet Alexander (1955) William Stuart Haldane Alexa... (1955) Mary Margaret Logan (1941) Helen Oswald Mackinnon (1972) Clifford Cyril Scott (1968) Isabella Katherine Stoney (1976) Sarah Livingston (1805)

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.