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May 2025

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Col. James Leslie Alexander (1868) Lawrence Gibbons Alexander (1868) Nettie Lee Noel (1925) George Edward Roberts (1984) More...	2 Dr. Paul Creighton Alexander (1969) William Mark Alexander (1885) Elizabeth Read Alexander (2002) Anne Cornelis Constantinus D... (1804) More...	3 Gen. Charles Tripler Alexand... (1833) Edward Purnell Johnson (1905) Lucy E. Loeb (1912) William Fontaine Alexander, ... (1968) 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 Catherine Adams Alexander (1873) Susan Hart Wallace (1915) Lucy Georgina Alexander (1938) Constance Isolda Alexander (1891) More...	6 Anna Alexander (1855) Esquire Henry Alexander (1818) Lt. Col. Hon. Herbrand Charl... (1965) Rev. Monsey Alexander (1756) More...	7 Almira Virginia Alexander (1840) Charles Thornton Alexander, ... (1840) Ludwell Mayo Alexander (1989) Apolline Mclean Alexander (1860) More...	8 Lt. Col. James Alexander (1907) Reginald Crawford Alexander (1963) Robertine MacAlester (1896) Willem MacAlester (1883) More...	9 Anna Louisa Alexander (1837) Jack Cole Alexander (1830) Ann Clark Bullitt (1816) Edwin Foote (1805) More...	10 Edward Stewart Alexander (1879) Henry Alexander (1856) Eliza Leonora Pringle (1840) Susan Pearson Brown (1838) More...
11 Anna Alexander (1828) Mabel Eleanor Bosanquet (1875) Richard Marshall Scott (1807) Anne Catherine Alexander (1876) More...	12 Armistead Mason Alexander (1850) Charles Armistead Alexander (1843) Henry Ashton Alexander (1805) Lawrence Dade Alexander (1843) More...	13 Edward Clarendon Alexander (1844) Henrietta Alexander (1873) Frank Beaufort Alexander (1869) William Alexander (1901) More...	14 Donald Lee Alexander (1972) Earl Bryan Alexander (2011) St. John Alexander (1932) Benjamin Moore (1938) More...	15 Columbus S. Alexander (1901) William Lewis Alexander (1868) Julia Lane Butler (1849) Taylor Fielding Lewis (1767) More...	16 Armistead Mason Alexander (1889) Armistead Mason Alexander (1839) Edward Clarendon Alexander (1864) Phillip Gerard Alexander (1790) More...	17 William Thomas Alexander (1918) Cora Lucile Shirley (1955) Dorothea McClintock (1877) Hilda Gwendolyn Avery Wright (1950)
18 Arthur Aloysius Alexander (1876) Genevra Norris (1876) Eileen Edith Caledon Alexand... (1888) Mary Alexander (1846) More...	19 Capt. Caledon James Alexande... (1845) William Lawrence Alexander (1885) Capt. Thomas Casson Alexande... (1817) Cecilia Beverly Alexander (1917) More...	20 Capt. Phillip Alexander (1776) Lucy Fitzhugh Alexander (1865) Susanna Pearson Alexander (1780) Phoebe Ellen Edwards (1857) More...	21 Ann Alexander (1809) Francis Rivers Alexander (1814) Gen. Guido Norman Lieber (1837) Catharina Maria Tierens (1790) More...	22 Cora Sybil Alexander (1872) Richard Alton Alexander Alex... (1875) William Fontaine Alexander, ... (1908) Capt. John William Chew Bran... (1902) More...	23 Dr. Walter Oscar Alexander (1904) Neil C. Murray (1914) James Alexander (1786) Jane Somerville MacAlester (1794)	24 Alexander Alexander (1855) Florinda Boyle Bagley (1862) Charles Alexander (1655) Alice Estelle Hutchins (1984) More...
25 Martha Elizabeth Lowe (1865) Col. Andrew Monroe (1714) Marion Lee Noel (1935) John Archibald Shaw-Stewart,... (1900) More...	26 Oscar Alexander (1890) Spurgeon Mailyn Lomax (1935) Esquire Richard Dundas Alexa... (1846) Mathew MacAlister (1804)	27 Bettie Edmonia Alexander (1846) Earl Bryan Alexander (1924) John Houston Alexander, Jr. (1907) Maria Brooke Kelly (1822) More...	28 Charles O. Alexander (1919) Ernest Dundas Alexander (1959) Francis DeSales Alexander, J... (1924) Mary Francis Alexander (1872) 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 Col. Robert Alexander (1704) Dr. Robert L. Mays (1862) Robert Alexander (1638) Susannah Robertson (1838) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Ada Alexander (1884) Delia Hunter Hign Alexander (1855) Florence Alexander (1892) Lucy W. Alexander (1895) Susan Alexander (1876) Ella (1873) Rebecca Hay (1818) Sarah C. Keleher (1845) Capt. Phillip Alexander (1833) Dorothy Alice Alexander (1988) 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.