Alexander Smith Cardno

1899 - 1976  (76 years)

• Name	Alexander Smith Cardno  [1]
  Birth	13 Dec 1899	Edinburgh   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	7 Oct 1927	Southampton, Hampshire   [4]
  	Departure for South Africa
  Occupation	Chemist
  Death	Aug 1976	South Africa   [3]
  Person ID	I251	All
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Catto Cardno,   b. 4 Jul 1867, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire d. 6 May 1945, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne Milne,   b. 24 Jul 1870, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 13 Feb 1945, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1892	Aberdeen, Scotland
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Muir
  Marriage	18 Apr 1931	Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa   [5]
  Children	> 1. Barbara Cardno
  Family ID	F1035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Dec 1899 - Edinburgh Death - Aug 1976 - South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Robert Pittendrigh, (letters). [S30] Cardno Manuscripts, (unpublished notebooks, c.1920-30), p. 57. [S31] Robert Pittendrigh, (letters), Email, Aug 2007. [S102] Board of Trade Passenger Lists., Southampton, Hampshire. Edinburgh Castle. 07 October 1927. CARDNO. A. S. BT27-129088. Ancestry collection 'UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960.' https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 August 2026. [S117] Marriages (CR) South Africa., Middelburg, Cape Province. 18 April 1931. CARDNO, Alexander Smith and MUIR, Elizabeth. No. 47. FamilySearch collection 'South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974.' https://familysearch.org: accessed 30 August 2026.