Person:Alexander Spalding (1)

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Alexander Spalding
b.3 Jun 1832 St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
d.1 Dec 1883 Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Oct 1824
  1. Robert Spalding1825 - 1899
  2. Jane Spalding1826 -
  3. Elizabeth Spalding1828 - 1907
  4. Thomas Spalding1828 -
  5. Christian Spalding1830 -
  6. Alexander Spalding1832 - 1883
  7. Margaret Spalding1834 -
  8. James Spalding1836 - 1917
  9. John Spalding1838 -
  10. Isabella Mary Janet Spalding1841 - 1925
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Alexander Spalding1832 - 1883
  • W.  Jane Clark1839 - 1900
  1. Christena Spalding1872 - 1942
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Facts and Events
Name Alexander Spalding
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Jun 1832 St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
Christening[1] 6 Jun 1832 St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
Marriage to Jane Clark
Death? 1 Dec 1883 Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Burial? Warwick (township), Lambton, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Spalding emigrated from Scotland to Canada with his family while a teenager. The family settled in Warwick township, Lambton County, Ontario with other families and relations from the same parish of St. Martins in Scotland. Later he acquired his own farm in neighbouring Brooke Township.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Church of Scotland. Parish Church of St. Martins. Old parochial registers for St. Martins, 1686-1856. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979).

    Alexander Spalding and Jean Wallace his spouse at Lintmill of Friarton had a son born 3 of June 1832 called Alexander Spalding

  2.   Tombstone Inscription.

    Alex. Spalding/ died Dec. 1, 1883/ aged 51 ys. 5ms. & 27 dys/ Jane/ bel'd wife of Alex. Spalding/ died Nov. 29 1900/ aged 61 ys. 7ms & 26 dys.

  3.   Ontario Death Registrations.

    Alexander Spalding/ 1st Dec 1883/ male/ 51 years, 5 months & 21 days/ Farmer/ born Scotland/ back broken by falling out of wagon Died instantaneously/ Dr. Harvey/ informed by slip, Mr. Robert Spalding, son of deceased/ Presbyterian

  4.   Scotland. Census Office. Census returns for St. Martins (parish 393), 1841-1891
    1841.

    Age 8, in household of Alexander Spalding

  5.   Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    Age 27, in father's household in Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario. Also shows up in Brooke township, a yeoman, single, religion Western Methodist

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