Alexander Duff

1775 - 1838  (63 years)

• Name	Alexander Duff
  Birth	1775	Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland
  Baptism	12 Mar 1775	Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Tenant farmer
  Death	9 Jan 1838
  Burial	Pioneer Cemetery, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada In 2006 Pioneer Cemetery became the first municipally designated heritage site in New Glasgow. This site is located off Stewart Street and near the South end entrance to the Pioneer Trail. The cemetery, also known as Founders Cemetery and the MacGregor Cemetery, contains graves dating back to the late 1700s. It is the resting place for some of the founders and earliest settlers of New Glasgow including Reverend James MacGregor, the first Presbyterian Minister to the region. Entrepreneurs James Carmichael and George Argo who established the first trading post are also buried here. The cemetery is also the final resting place of some of the early settlers who arrived directly from Scotland in 1773 aboard the Ship Hector.
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Alexander Duff,   b. 1775, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland d. 9 Jan 1838  (Age 63 years) ▻ Isobel McIntosh,  m. 14 Dec 1795   2. Jannet Duff,   b. 1778, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland   3. Patrick Duff,   b. 1780
  Notes	The Alexander Duff family emigrated to Nova Scotia in July 1817. They built a log house on a hill overlooking Stellarton Road and the East River in 1819. They later built another home near the Duff Cemetery, where they lived until they died.
  Person ID	I6112	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Duff,   b. cir 1750
  Mother	Ann McDonald,   b. 1742
  Marriage	14 Jun 1772	Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F2569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isobel McIntosh,   c. 25 Feb 1776, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland d. 21 Sep 1839 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1795	Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. John Duff,   b. cir 1798   d. 26 Nov 1876 (Age 78 years)   2. Robert Duff,   b. 18 Mar 1800, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1 Mar 1889 (Age 88 years)   3. Alexander Duff,   b. 1802, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland   4. Patrick Duff,   b. 1804, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland d. 25 Dec 1840, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 36 years)   5. Jannet Duff,   b. 1806, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland d. 12 Aug 1863 (Age 57 years)   6. Christian Duff,   b. 1809, Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland   7. Grace Duff,   b. cir 1812   d. 31 Aug 1889 (Age 77 years)   8. Anne Duff,   b. 5 Apr 1814, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. 14 May 1904, Little Harbor, Pictou County, Nova Scotia (Age 90 years)   9. Elizabeth Duff,   b. cir 1816   d. 6 Jan 1875 (Age 59 years)   10. William Duff,   b. cir 1818   d. 6 Jan 1865 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F2568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1775 - Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Baptism - 12 Mar 1775 - Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Marriage - 14 Dec 1795 - Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Burial - - Pioneer Cemetery, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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