Alexander Macdonald

Biographical Summary

"VI. Alexander. He was a Major in the Lancaster Regiment of Glengarry, and served in the 1837 rebellion. He married Helen, daughter of Captain Richard Wilkinson, of the Glengarry Fencibles, and had by her —

• John, who died young.
• Eleanor, who died young.
• Helen, who died young.
• Anna Maria, who died unmarried, Aug. 7, 1877.
• Anne.

Alexander died in 1850, and was succeeded in the representation of the family by his cousin, the eldest son of his uncle, Hugh."

SOURCE: The clan Donald; by the Rev. A. Macdonald, minister of Killearnan, and the Rev. A. Macdonald, minister of Kiltarlity; Vol. III; 1896; page 353