Alexander
"Og"
Chisholm
Born in Strathglass, Highland, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Donald Chisholm
[uncertain]
and Flora (Unknown) Chisholm
[uncertain]
Brother of
Margaret Chisholm, Donald Chisholm, Roderick Chisholm, Catherine Chisholm and Colin Chisholm
Husband of
Janet (Fraser) Chisholm
— married
1822 in Sydney County, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Father of
Roderick Chisholm, Duncan Chisholm, Colin Chisholm, Donald Chisholm, Margaret Chisholm, John Chisholm and Jane Chisholm
Died
at about age 63
in Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2011
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Biography
In 1803, there emigrated from Strathglass to America, Donald (Og) Chisholm, and Donald (Mor) Chisholm, with their families. A number of other families from the same place accompanied them. On June 3rd of that year, they set out from a point near Fort William, on the ship "Aurora" (Captain Alexander MacLean) for Pictou.
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, third son of Donald (Og), died in his sixty-third year, on April 26th, 1861, and in the next year, Colin, the fourth son, died in his sixty-second year.
Jean Fraser, b. Abt. 1781, Inverness, Scotland; d. 02 Nov 1871, Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish County.; m. (1) Donald Chisholm; b. Balnahaum, Scotland; d. Bef. 1830, Drowned from a vessel owned by a Capt. MacDonald, on it's way to Newfoundland.; m. (2) ALEXANDER "OG" CHISHOLM; b. Abt. 1798, Scotland; d. 26 Apr 1861, Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish County.
[Note: The reference which was originally here has disappeared.]
Antigonish Wills: Book B, 1843 – 1867
- Will: Oct. 02, 1860
- Probate: May 14, 1861
- Alexander Chisholm “Og”
- Antigonish Harbour
- Spouse: [blank]
- Children: Donald, John, Jane, Roderick, Colin, Duncan, Margaret
- Details: Son-in-law Archibald Chisholm North River
Gravestone
Inscription:
- ALEX OGE CHISHOLM
- Born
- In ?ian ?irin
- Strathglass
- Inverness-shire Scotland
- Died April 26, 1861
- AE 63 yrs.
- JESSIE FRASER
- Died Nov 2, 1871
- Aged 75 yrs.
- Only sister of the Late
- Bishop Fraser
- R.I.P.
Sources
- ↑ A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia by the Reverand D.J. Rankin, Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1929, p. 96-98
- ↑ Antigonish Wills: Book B, 1843 – 1867
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182665096/jessie-fraser : accessed 10 May 2022), memorial page for Jessie Fraser (unknown–2 Nov 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #182665096, citing St. Ninian’s Pioneer Cemetery, Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by LMK (contributor 47573469) .
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