Person:John Alston (51)

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John Patrick Alston
m. 11 Jun 1810
  1. Isabella Alston1812 - Abt 1839
  2. Anne Craigie Alston1813 - 1874
  3. John Patrick AlstonAbt 1816 - 1891
  4. James Brown AlstonAbt 1817 - Abt 1818
  5. George Alston1819 - 1884
  6. James Brown Alston1821 - 1898
  7. Robert Douglas AlstonAbt 1823 - 1879
  8. Rachel Alston1826 -
m. 23 Jun 1853
  1. George Douglas Alston1855 - 1883
  2. William Hamilton Alston1858 - 1938
  3. Mary Helen Alston1860 - 1932
  4. John Francis Alston1865 - 1931
Facts and Events
Name John Patrick Alston
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1816 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Christening? Abt 18 Mar 1816 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Marriage 23 Jun 1853 Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotlandto Mary Anne Hamilton
Death? 29 May 1891 Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

John Patrick ALSTON was b. 1816 (mundia). John marr Mary Anne HAMILTON (1828 Glasgow), dau of William H. and Mary Orton Lucas, in 1853 (Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry), reg 23jun1853, Govan, Lanarks. (familysearch). John Patrick Alston of Muirburn d. 29may1891, aged 75, at Muirburn, Lanarks. (the Times). Will (19 pages) of John Patrick Alston, Glasgow mercht, res at Muirburn, nr Strathaven, d. 29may1891 at Muirburn (scotlandspeople). In 1851 John P. Alston (1816, farmer of 167 ac, employg 7 labourers) and brother Robert Douglas (1823), both merchts trading to Ceylon, b. Glasgow, were at Muirburn, Glassford, Lanarks. (census). In 1861 John P. Alston (1816 Glasgow, foreign mercht), wife Mary Ann (1828 Glasgow) and children, were at Muirburn Hse, Glassford (census). In 1863 Mrs. J.P. Alston of Muirburn had a stillborn dau at Craighead (Caledonian Mercury) and in 1865 at son at Muirburn (Glasgow Herald).

John Patrick Alston was head of firm Campbell, Rivers and Co.(Curiosities of Glasgow Citizenship). Mary and John had children, Willie and Mary; Mary Alston marr Mr. Lomax and had a dau, Norah Jebb nee Lomax (Royal College). Mary and John, children (b. Glasgow): George Douglas (8feb1855), dau (1856, clanmacfarlane), William Hamilton (12sep1858), Mary Helen (16jul1860) (mundia).

Joannes Alston (No. 12765, matriculated 1831) filius natu maximus Georgii mercatoris Glasguensis. Otherwise John Patrick Alston, b. 1816. Of Muirburn. Glasgow mercht. D. 29may1891 Muirburn. Son of 4743; son in law of 6537; cousin of 11571; cousin and brother in law of 11597 (Glasgow Matriculation Albums).

In 1881 Margaret E. Alston (1832 Lanarkshire, wid), children, b. 1862 at Lanarkshire and 1865-76 at Surrey, were at Tooting, Surrey; her brother in law John P. Alston (1816 Scotland, merchantt) and sister in law Mary A. Alston (1828 Scotland) were with them (census).