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December 2024

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Catherine Marianne Alexander (1871) Hannah Washington Alexander (1949) Esquire Henry Alexander (1877) Maj. Bryan James Mildmay Ale... (1984) More...	2 Charles Henry Alexander (1898) Janet Alexander (1922) Elza Carey Boyte (1966) Andrew V. Monroe (1826) More...	3 Jessie Ellen Collins (1957) Francis Dade (1729) Brooke Alexander Miller (1982) Florence Stewart (1932) More...	4 Catherine Alexander (1724) Lucy Alexander (1757) Frances Alexander (1901) Alicia Louisa Dopping (1890) More...	5 Constance Mary Alexander (1956) Rosetta Alexander (1916) William Harold Alexander (1880) Renée Victoria Mary Rose-Llo... (1975) More...	6 Charlotte Sophia Alexander (1813) Nathaniel Alexander (1796) Helenora Margaret Angela Ale... (1837) Phillip H. Alexander (1867) More...	7 Frances Catherine Alexander (1827) Carl Edward Harmon (1919) Col. Gordon Graham Heiner (1896) Mary Louisa Libbey (1843) More...
8 Anna Alexander (1970) William Frederick Alexander (1939) Gerard Aloysius Alexander (1891) Cecilia Anderson Foote (1883) More...	9 Anne Alexander (1885) Dorothy Alexander (1816) Lt. Frederick James Alexande... (1882) Ada Emily Marian Webster (1934) More...	10 Blanche Catherine Sophia Ann... (1841) Governor General of Canada H... (1891) Henry Cooke Alexander, Jr. (1917) Mary Francis Alexander (1928) More...	11 William H. Alexander (1842) Edgar Vaux Weir (1836) Isabella Miller (1823) 3rd of Genbarr and Cour Maj.... (1921) More...	12 Catherine Barnes Alexander (1822) Ernest Jolly Foote (1962) Maj. John Alexander (1833) Rev. Charles McAlester Copla... (2009) More...	13 Frederick Alexander (1856) Rory Forbes Arbuthnot Peck (1956) Mary Jeanette Rawnsley (1891) Myra Lewis Madison (1803) More...	14 2nd Earl of Caledon Du Pré A... (1777) Ludovic Alexander (1634) Robert Alexander (1738) David Forrester, Laird of Lo... (1583) More...
15 Baroness Gray Patricia Marga... (1987) Anna Caroline Morton Ewing (1891) Charles Robert Blackmon (1996) Judith Lee (1681) More...	16 Clifford Waller Alexander (1946) Maria Brooke Kelly (1848) Mary Alexander (1925) Rev. Frederick Anthony Hammo... (1907) More...	17 Rear-Admiral Henry McClintoc... (1896) Richard Henry Alexander, III (1906) William Thornton (1680) Armistead Alexander / Sarah ... (1808)	18 Andrew Jonathan Alexander (1833) Horace Bracken Alexander (1892) Emmeline Bethea Greville (1906) Dr. Jenifer Grace Coltman (2003) More...	19 Capt. Alfred Gordon Alexande... (1844) Freda Winifred Kane (1889) Alice Aldyla Cordelia Larned (1901) Col. James Leslie Alexander (1913) More...	20 Michael Charles Alexander (2004) Richard Henry Alexander (1873) Lucille W. Hutchins (1888) Duncan MacAlester (1814)	21 Christian Izod Alexander (1865) George Alexander (1907) Robert M. Noel (1827) Francis Rivers Alexander (1814) More...
22 Elizabeth Ashton Alexander (1773) Clara Allen Babbage (1883) Mary Stuart (1760) Mary Elizabeth Hay Boyd (1864) More...	23 Carrie Holt Alexander (1901) William Thomas Alexander (1900) Martha Elizabeth Lowe (1824) Dora Alexander (1881) More...	24 Col. Hon. William Sigismund ... (1972) Isabel Annie Ross (1955) Dr. Douglas B. Alexander (1926) Elizabeth Alexander (1731) More...	25 Charles Dallas Alexander (1839) Christopher Benjamin Langloi... (1871) Edmund Alexander (1826) Lt. Ludwell Brooke Alexander (1880) More...	26 Kathleen Henrietta Alexander (1868) Sally Holt Alexander (1899) Nathaniel Stuart Alexander (1912) Geoffrey Terance Roland Hill (1955) More...	27 Frances E. Alexander (1905) Elizabeth Stuart Edwards (1911) Maj. Gen. William Alexander (1725) William Sparling Alexander (1953)	28 Anne Casson Alexander (1781) William Alexander (1665) Bettie Edmonia Alexander (1916) John Houston Alexander, Jr. (1976) More...
29 John Alexander (1854) Gerard Hooe (1785) Walter Trafton Hutchins (1989) Lt. Col. Reginald Alexander (1914) More...	30 Elizabeth Alexander (1736) Taylor F. Babbage (1901) Langhorne Dade (1832) Marianne Alexander (1800) More...	31 Armistead M. Alexander (1884) Frances Alexander (1851) Frances Alexander (1850) John Alexander (1884) More...
Events for this month that are not associated with a specific day: Andrew Alexander (1643) Elizabeth Alexander (1642) Charlotte Mary Alexander (1989) Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander (1924) Merelina Janet Alexander (1945) Renée Myrtle de Rome (2003) Esquire of Balrath John Army... (1872) Wilhelmina Mather Ritchie (1997) Sarah Jane Wignall (1977) James Edmund Alexander, Jr. (1908) Lawrence Gibbons Alexander (1869) Joseph Frank Guffey Miller (1975) Bethia Emma Alexander (1862) Henrietta Alexander (1886) James Edmund Alexander, Jr. (1908) Frances Buckner (1682) J. C. Willis (1845)

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.