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November 2024

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 Alexander Alexander (1832) William Fontaine Alexander, ... (1941) Elizabeth Ann Craig (1834) Claude E. Hewitt (1981) More...	2 Frances Alexander (1817) Charlotte Catherine Louisa G... (1875) Emilia Olivia Nicholson (1867) Christian Izod Nickson (1776) More...
3 Anne Isabella Alexander (1924) Elmer Lee Alexander (1954) Junius Beverly Alexander (1866) Talbot Winchester Jenkins (1895) More...	4 Elizabeth Henry Alexander (1860) Richard Henry Alexander, III (1980) Sterling D. Alexander (1924) William Fontaine Alexander (1879) More...	5 Douglas B. Alexander, Jr. (1906) Henrietta Alexander (1877) Lt. Francis Alexander (1914) Ernest Fitzhugh Alexander (1856) More...	6 Cicely Fontaine Alexander (1901) Orline Alexander (1870) Emilie Houston Anderson (1905) Henry Bullard Erwin (1874) More...	7 Bushrod Washington Alexander (1884) Lucy B. Alexander (1861) Frances Brown (1823) Mary M. Gillard (1972) More...	8 Charles Robert Alexander (1847) Dr. Paul Creighton Alexander (1908) Henry Bruen Alexander (1860) William Robert Alexander (1918) More...	9 Thomas A. Alexander (1823) Mary Powys Bosanquet (1967) Eleanor Brent Lee (1807) Claudius Noel Markham (1952) More...
10 Bethea Ann Janet Alexander (1844) Robert Godrey Alexander (1894) Caroline Bagaley (1881) Edward Esten Cooke (1880) More...	11 6th Earl of Caledon Denis Ja... (1920) Lord of Monaghan Andrew Thom... (1770) Jack Cole Alexander (1868) Thomas Hugh Nelson (1861) More...	12 Eugenia McLean Alexander (1905) James Nathaniel Bosanquet Al... (1964) Helenora Maxwell (1832) Esquire William Alexander / ... (1792) More...	13 Christian Izod Alexander (1962) Mary Bracken (1867) Irene Lettice Garnons-Willia... (1988) Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-... (1945) More...	14 Catherine Alexander (1896) Caty Alexander (1757) Richard Augustine Alexander (1894) Ann Patterson (1862) More...	15 Dorsey Potter Alexander (1914) George Hancock Alexander (1857) Esquire John Alexander (1735) Elizabeth Stuart (1758) More...	16 Esquire Capt. Caledon Du Pré... (1817) Col. Hon. William Sigismund ... (1895) William Pringle Alexander (1841) Basil Henry Williams (1879) More...
17 Louisa Alexander (1848) Sarah Alexander (1758) Martin Alexander (1956) 2nd of Glenbarr and Cour Kei... (1886) More...	18 Arthur Cecil Kavanagh Alexan... (1884) Bate Washington Alexander (1862) Sarah Winifred Davenport (1850) Lucy Fitzhugh Alexander (1964) More...	19 Alberta Eleanor Alexander (1891) Esther Bruce Alexander (1901) William Galt Beale (1814) Dr. Marion Josephine Alexand... (1934) More...	20 Capt. William Dallas Alexand... (1944) Leonard Patterson Alexander (1919) Michael Charles Alexander (1920) 4th Earl of Stirling Henry A... (1683)	21 Alice Alexander (1882) Amelia Lela Alexander (1867) Brig. Gen. Andrew Jonathan A... (1833) Jane Anne Alexander (1891) More...	22 Lt. Col. Henry George Samuel... (1931) Mary Katherine Berry (1992) Ann Taylor Foote (1885) Rev. George Dallas Tucker (1918) More...	23 Charles Butler Alexander (1876) Charlotte Frances Selina Ale... (1849) Emma Alexander (1818) Dorcas (1708) More...
24 Capt. Francis John Alexander (1883) Thomas Pearson Alexander (1755) Linda M. Moore (1928) Sidney Alexander (1832) More...	25 Eliza Charlotte Alexander (1882) Mary Catherine Alexander (1963) Florence Blanche Bancroft (1931) Irene Christine Tamplin (1958) More...	26 Mary Alexander (1756) Richard Barnes Alexander (1888) Robert M. Noel (1885) William Cranstoun Alexander (1934) More...	27 John Joseph Emery (2004) Augusta Danforth Geer (1970) Rebecca Hay (1913) William Larned (2001) More...	28 Evelyn Mary Alexander (1913) Lt. Col. Hon. Herbrand Charl... (1888) Richard Vernon Alexander (1906) James Alexander, 1st Earl of... (1774)	29 Edward F. Alexander (1935) John Lewis Alexander (1803) Richard Barnes Alexander (1821) Margaret MacAlister (1805) More...	30 Charles Carroll Alexander (1853) Col. George Douglass Alexand... (1822) James Edmund Alexander (1878) Jane Alexander (1771) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Companion of the Bath Capt. ... (1875) John Alexander (1595) Peter Alexander (1729) John Brown (1816) Susanna Monroe (1752) James F. Alexander (1891) Anna D. Babbage (1898) Horace Lucian Gray, Jr. (1888) Eugenie Louise Leonard (1866) Elizabeth Ann Neale (1852) Virginia I. Noel (1857) Sarah Jane Kennedy (1843)

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.