Alexander
Calderwood
Sr.
Born in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of William Calderwood
and Janet (Brooks) Calderwood
Brother of
Walter Calderwood, Agnes (Calderwood) Matthew, John Calderwood, William Calderwood and Robert Rankin Calderwood
Husband of
Margaret (Salmon) Calderwood
— married
about 28 Dec 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Alexander Calderwood Jr., William Robert Calderwood, Mary Weir (Calderwood) Hunter, Robert Salmon Calderwood, John Calderwood, Walter Calderwood, James Calderwood, Margaret Calderwood and Elizabeth (Calderwood) Merrill
Died
at age 47
in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2017
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Biography
Alexander was born on 5 Oct 1836 and baptised on 27 Nov 1836 in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the son of William Calderwood and Janet (Brooks) Calderwood.[1][2]
He married Margaret Salmon.
Alexander died in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States on 1 Dec 1883.[3]
Research Notes
Alexander's baptism record reads: "Alexander, son lawful of William Calderwood, Paper Maker in Dalmuir and Janet Brooks his wife Born 5th October Baptized 27th Nov 1836 by Rev M Barclay"
According to information submitted to Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2, Alexander married Margaret on 28 Dec 1862 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had ten children. (Alexander's date of birth given on this document is incorrect).
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYZ6-VBC : 11 February 2020), Alexander Calderwood, 1836.
- ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a1553a8f4040b9d6e66cff5 : viewed 24 Jul 2021), William CALDERWOOD, Grahamston, Renfrewshire, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /572, Folio 453, Page 6, Schedule 21, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73375/alexander-calderwood: accessed 16 September 2022), memorial page for Alexander Calderwood (22 Dec 1836–1 Dec 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73375, citing Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Diana Enos Hammock (contributor 46863126).
See Also:
- Ancestry.com. Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2002. Ancestry UK. Original data: Florence C. Youngberg, ed. Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers. Vol. 1-2. USA: Agreka Books, 1999.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNS2-FDZ : 14 July 2016), Alex Calderwood, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 15B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1338; FHL microfilm 1,255,338.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Alexander:
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~0.78%
Lottie (Gilpin) Guhle
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jacqueline Baxter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A167758 [compare], Ancestry member JMbaxter
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