Born
7 Feb 1884 in
Ballycregagh, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors
[children unknown]
Died
1 May 1967
at age 83
in
Clough, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified 26 Mar 2024
| Created 20 Dec 2016
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Biography
George was born in 1884. Son of Thomas Alexander and Rose Crawford [1]
1901 Census - Living with parents in Ballycregagh, Clough
Age - 18 (actually 17), occupation - Farmer's Son.
[2]
1901 Census
1911 Census - Still living in Ballycregagh with his parents.
Age 26 (actually 27), occupation - Farmer.
[3]
1911 Census
Married Rachel McKelvey in 1917
[4]
[5]
Married Janetta McClintock
Buried in Clough Cemetery
Find A Grave: Memorial #84541758
Memorial
In Clough Graveyard: “Erected by George Alexander, Ballycraighagh In memory of his wife Rachel who died 29th August 1943 Also the above named George Alexander died 1st May 1967 Nearer my God to Thee”[6]
Sources
↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02705/1995903.pdf
↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Clough/Ballycraigagh/929002/
↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Clogh/Ballycregagh_or_Ballycraigey/119738/
↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYXQ-GZW : 4 December 2014), MARRIAGES entry for George Alexander; citing Ballymena, Oct - Dec 1917, vol. 1, p. 163, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,263.
↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1917/09757/5541290.pdf
↑ http://www.thebraid.com/ancestor_search.aspx?surname=Alexander&cemetary=
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of
his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA .
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with George:
~12.50%
J Alexander :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T110218 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #671555
~6.25%
David Crawford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T947694 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #IN17941
~1.56%
~12.50%
Lesley (Petticrew) Lavery :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch TM4133562 [compare ] , Ancestry member lesleylavery
~1.56%
Lynda (Bamber) Elliott :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch HM5134734 [compare ] , yourDNAportal LDLdf26abcf, Ancestry member lynda.elliott0
~1.56%
Julian Henderson :
MyHeritage DNA , GEDmatch QH1160522 [compare ] , yourDNAportal JUL116727ca
~0.78%
Viv (Wallace) Lintott :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T397712 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #670842
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