- Birth*: Alexander James Laing Cattanach was born on 26 April 1893 at Quarry-bank, Balgavies, Aberlemno, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; image held: 1893 births in the parish of Aberlemno in the parish of Forfar; Alexander James Laing Catanach; 1893 April twenty-sixth 2h 40m pm Quarry-bank Balgavies Aberlemno; m; John Catanach ploughman, Matilda Catanach ms Wishart, 1888 February 24th Rescobie; John Catanach father; Aug 2007.
- He was the son of John Cattanach ploughman and Matilda Greig Wishart.
- (Deceased) Death*: Alexander James Laing Cattanach died in 1974 from MI.
- (Witness) Death: He witnessed the death of John Cattanach ploughman on 13 November 1941 at North Mains, Balgavies, Aberlemno, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; image held: 1941 deaths in the district of Aberlemno in the county of Forfar; John Cattanach farmer widower of Matilda Greig Wishart; 1941 November thirteenth 4h 0m am North Mains, Balgavies, Aberdlemno; m, 78 years; James Cattanach blacksmith (dec) Isabella Cattanach ms Mann (dec); strangulated inguinal hernia (left), years, as cert by Dr David Ingles MBChB Forfar; Alex Cattanach son present.
- (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Alexander James Laing Cattanach is commemorated on the headstone erected in 1974 at Aberlemno Parish Church, Aberlemno, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Alex Jas Laing Cattenach 1974 80.1
- [S42] Alison Mitchell ed. Monumental Inscriptions pre-1855 Angus Strathmore vol 1, Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, first ed (1979, reprint 1993 & 1996) 0 901061 20 4 Angus pre-1855 MI vol I Mitchell page 3; ref 39.
Alexander James Laing Cattanach
M, #3606, b. 26 April 1893, d. 1974
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
Parents:
Father*: John Cattanach ploughman b. 3 Jul 1863, d. 13 Nov 1941
Mother*: Matilda Greig Wishart b. c 1868, d. 1899
Mother*: Matilda Greig Wishart b. c 1868, d. 1899