Peter McALPIN is currently sitting on Geni with 2 sets of parents
1) Peter Patrick McAlpin and Peter McAlpin
2) Peter McAlpin and Hannah McAlpin
This discussion is an attempt to work out which parents are the correct parents
http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I55173&ged=p...
has him born 1768 Killin, Scotland
the 11th child of 12 to Peter McALPIN and Katherine McLEAN
The source is noted as Spurway, John, ed. Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record. Series 1, 1788-1841, with series 2 supplement, 1842-1899. Sydney: A.B.G.R., 1992
Peter Patrick McAlpin is showing as born 1725 died 1777 - living in Killin, Scotland
Katherine McLean is showing as born 1727 died 1774 - living Killin
Mother of (12 children - only Peter listed on Geni)
- Margaret 9/12/1749 (twin of Donald)
- Donald 9/12/1749 (twin of Margaret)
- John 28/4/1752 (assume died young)
- Donald 12/1/1754
- John 14/1/1756
- Alpin 8/12/1758
- Katherine 14/4/1762 (assume died young)
- Katherine 20/6/1763 (twin of Duncan)
- Duncan 20/6/1763 (twin of Katherine)
- Elizabeth 22/12/1763 (query born 6 months after Katherine and Duncan)
- Peter 14/3/1768
- Christian 31/5/1772
Peter McAlpin - no details on Geni
Hannah McAlpin - no details on Geni
This merge
https://www.geni.com/merge/view?revision_id=70207102730
merged Peter McALPIN (son of Peter and Katherine) with Peter McALPIN (son of Peter and Hannah)
as they had the same wife Elizabeth (Hilton) McAlpin [Free Settler "General Graham" 1812]
Can anyone add any source documentation on either set of parents?
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Internet sites
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_McAlpin_(1768-1850)
has parents as Peter McALPIN and Katherine McLEAN
http://www.familytreecircles.com/mcalpin-born1670-scotland-33264.html
has parents as Peter McALPIN and Katherine McLEAN (daughter of John McLEAN and Margaret ROBERTSON) and lists his 11 siblings
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McAlpin-261
has parents as Peter McALPIN and Katherin McLEAN and lists 8 siblings
http://www.haskellfamilyhistory.com/eather/2878.html
has parents as Peter McALPIN and Katherine McLEAN
www.ancestry.com.au
There are 82 family trees on Ancestry.com and they all list his parents as Peter McALPIN and Katherine McLEAN
* Reference: [https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30226-3305661-/peter-mca... Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Mar 22 2017, 12:34:35 UTC''
Peter McALPIN was baptised on 14/3/1768 at Killin, Perth, Scotland
Father - Peter McALPIN
Mother - Katharine McLEAN