Person:Robert Alston (6)

Robert Douglas ALSTON was b. 1823 at Lanarks. and d. 1879 at Surrey (mundia). Robert Douglas Alston (1824) d. 1st qtr 1879 at Wandsworth, Surrey (bmd). Margt E. HAMILTON marr R.D. Alston 24apr1861, Glasgow (familysearch). Margaret Elizabeth Hamilton was b. 1832, dau of John George Hamilton and Helen Hamilton. The Times announced the estate of Robert Douglas Alston (d. 17jan1879), Hill House, Tooting Common, Surrey, mercht trading with James Brown Alston and John Hamilton Hamilton in the firm Alston Hamlton and Co., Glasgow, in partnership with firm Campbell, Rivers and Co., Madras, India (the Times). In 1871 Robert Douglas Alston (1823 Lanarks., E. India mercht), wife Margate E. (1832 Lanarks.) and children (b. Surrey), were at Tooting, Surrey (census). 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).