Captain Alexander Dirom

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER DIROM

Captain Alexander Dirom is the son of General Alexander Dirom of Luce and Mount Annan and his wife Magdalen Pasley. He was born at Annan on 14 January 1800. [Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XT1K-69V

Death

Captain Alexander Dirom died at Madeira on 21 January 1837 [The Genealogy of the Dirom Family: Kittybrewster.com] http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/dirom.htm

Marriage

Captain Alexander Dirom married Miss Joanna Elizabeth Peter of Crossbasket [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (William Blackwood, Edinburgh and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1827), Vol. XXI., January-June 1827, page 119]. The marriage was booked in the bride's home parish, at Baldernock in Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 28 October 1826 (Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, index, FamilySearch) and in the groom's home parish, at Annan in Dunfriesshire, Scotland, on 30 October 1826 (Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910, index, FamilySearch) They were married on 2 November 1826, at Craigmaddie in the Stirlingshire parish of Baldernock, the bride's home (The Genealogy of the Dirom Family: Kittybrewster.com)

Marriage Intimation

October 1826: At Craigmaddie, Captain Alex. Dirom, 8th or the King's Regiment, to Joanna Eliza, only child of Lieut-General Peter [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (William Blackwood, Edinburgh and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1827), Vol. XXI., January-June 1827, page 119].

Children

Captain Alexander Dirom and his wife Joanna Elizabeth Peter had seven children who were born during the ten year period 1827-37 [The Genealogy of the Dirom Family: Kittybrewster.com] http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/dirom.htm Their names follow:

1. Madeline Barbara Elizabeth Dirom
2. Barbara Leonora Dirom
3. Thomas Alexander Pasley Dirom of Luce and Mount Annan
4. Christina Anne Dirom
5. Isabella Macdowall Dirom
6. Leonora Anne Dirom
7. Alexander Dirom