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FORTUNE, Alexander

FORTUNE, Alexander

Male Abt 1800 - Yes, date unknown   Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name FORTUNE, Alexander
    Birth Abt 1800  Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Census 30 Mar 1851  Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Present at Upper Blainslie street on the night of the 1851 census were:-
      Alexander Fortune, 51, Head.
      Elizabeth Fortune, 49, Wife.
      Mary Fortune, 22, Daughter.
      Richard Fortune, 20, Son.
      Jane Fortune, 11, Daughter.
      Alexander Fortune, 8, Son.
      Isabella Fortune, 4, Daughter.

      1851 England, Wales & Scotland
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Bemersyde, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Present on the night of the 1861 census were:-
      Alexander Fortune, 61, Head.
      Elizabeth Fortune, 59, Wife.
      Isabella Fortune, 14, Daughter.
      Elizabeth Fortune, 4, Grand Daughter
      1861 England, Wales & Scotland
    _COLOR 11 
    _UID 950A439A5A9547AA83E74238147A35BBBEB1 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1408  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2021

    Family PARK, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1802, Stow, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 25 Feb 1825  Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. FORTUNE, Mary,   b. 1829, Merton, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. FORTUNE, Richard,   b. Abt 1831, Kelso, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1868, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     3. FORTUNE, Jane,   b. 1840, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. FORTUNE, Alexander,   b. 1843, Tranent, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. FORTUNE, Isabella,   b. 1847, Stow, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

  • Notes 

    • 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

      First Name:ALEXANDER
      Last Name:FORTUNE
      Collections from:United Kingdom
      Gender:M
      Country:SCOTLAND
      Category:Census, Land & Surveys
      Record collection:Census
      Record set:1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
      Title:
      County:Roxburghshire
      Year:1851
      Birth Year:1800
      Age:51
      Parish:MELROSE
      Street:UPPER BLAINSLIE
      Occupation:AG SERV
      Admin County:ROXBURGH
      Birth County:ROXBURGHSHIRE
      Relationship To Head of Household:HEAD
      Birth Place:SCOTLAND
      Birth Town:N
      City:
      Division Of County:
      Ecclesiastical District:
      Enumeration District:5
      Hamlet:
      House Name:UPPER BLAINSLIE
      House Number:
      House Suffix:
      Island Of:
      Municipal Ward:
      Parliamentary Borough:
      Registration District:MELROSE BLANSLIE
      Town:
      Condition:MARRIED

      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

      First Name:ALEXANDER
      Last Name:FORTUNE
      Collections from:United Kingdom
      Gender:M
      Country:SCOTLAND
      Category:Census, Land & Surveys
      Record collection:Census
      Record set:1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
      Title:
      County:Berwickshire
      Year:1861
      Birth Year:1800
      Age:61
      Parish:MERTOWN
      Street:
      Occupation:PLOUGHMAN
      Birth County:ROXBURGHSHIRE
      Relationship To Head of Household:HEAD
      Birth Place:SCOTLAND
      Birth Town:MELROSE
      City:
      Ecclesiastical District:
      Enumeration District:1
      Hamlet:BEMERSYDE
      House Name:HAMLET OF BAMERSYDE
      House Number:
      House Suffix:
      Institution Where Situated:
      Municipal Ward:
      Parliamentary Borough:
      Registration District:MERTON
      Town:
      Vessel Port:
      Vessel Position:
      Condition:MARRIED
      Disability:
      Inhabited:Y
      Institution Name:
      Vessel Description:
      Vessel How Employed:
      Vessel Name:
      Vessel Number:
      Vessel Tonnage:
      Archive Reference:RG09