Alexander
McCombie
Copland
Born about in Otaio, South Canterbury. New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Copland
and Annie Morton (Loudon) Copland
Brother of
James Robertson Copland, Jessie Margaret (Copland) Lemon, Jane Isabel (Copland) Fraser, John Loudon Copland, Annie Templeton (Copland) West, William Leslie Copland, Helen Sheppard (Copland) Doyle, Arthur Thomson Copland, Margaret Gardner Copland, Andrew Turnbull Copland, Robert Davie Copland, Douglas Berry Copland KBE, Elizabeth May (Copland) Martin and Marjorie Bell (Copland) Davison
Husband of
Louisa Catherine (Cross) Copland
— married
1909 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Annie Iris Mary Copland and Alexander Amundsen Copland
Died
at about age 53
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2020
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Biography
Farmed at "Brookfield" Esk Valley, having taken over the farm when his father retired to Timaru.
Married Louisa Catherine Cross & they had 5 children.
His eldest son Alexander (Sandy) become Farm manager for the 5 UK farms of Lord Beaverbrook, & wrote "The Press Baron & the Kiwi" detailing his experiences in that role.
PRESS, VOLUME LXXIII, ISSUE 22094, 17 MAY 1937, PAGE 1 COPLAND—On May 15, 1937 at Christchurch, Alexander McCombie dearly loved husband of Louisa Catherine Copland, “Brookfield.” St Andrews, Timaru; aged 52 years.[1]
Sources
- NZ Births - 1884/7604
- NZ Marriages - 1909/6402
- NZ Deaths - 1937/23238
- Obituary, Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22098, 21 May 1937, Page 12, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19370521.2.97
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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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~12.50%
50.00%
Lou Lockhart 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T596682 [compare], FTDNA kit #503536
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Norm Duncan :
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