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Thanks for the information, Alexander had several bairns :-
James B1816,Colin B1823,William B1824,Helen B1828, Elizabeth B1831, Elspeth B1834, John B1838, Robert B1853.
Colin married Margaret Blair 10/12/1846 in Rathven and lived in Buckie, He is my Gt,Gt.Grandfather.
But I am still unable to find details of Alexander's parents though I have found details of a George McRae who married Elspeth Smith in 1780 [ I canna find their marriage or birth certs]and had a son James and the witness on Alexander's son James birth cert is called James Smith so there could be a connection.Also I found reference to an Alexander whose mother was Mary McKenzie but can find no fathers details and still am unable to find any details of Alexanders death though I have Christian Gordons details.
The Colin you refer to as born in Keith may well be a relation so i will check it out, but he was not Alexanders ,I found a Colin age 70 in 1841 living at Culbuchly with son John,sister Ann age 65 born in Petty Inverness in 1774.+ son William age 11& daughter Christian age 15.But I am not sure of any relationship to Alexander.
I have copies of both of Alexander and Christian Gordons marriage certs ,one from Banff & one from Fordyce neither show any parents details.