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Title: Alexander Family
Post by: DUNMAC on Thursday 24 January 08 23:12 GMT (UK)

Any help with the following!

               Robert Alexander & Mary Chapman's son William Alexander 1842 married Eliza Murphy 1842 on 12/07/1867, Grahamston, Falkirk; Children =
George 1869,
James 1873,
Eliza 1877,
Jessie 1880,
All on 1881 Census Falkirk, can any one add anything? only know William 1842 was a Tailor and then an Insurance Agent.

                                                  Cheers,
                                                         DUNMAC.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: wozzle on Friday 25 January 08 06:42 GMT (UK)

is this him
1851
robert alexander age 36. b. glasgow. occ. hand loom weaver. head.
mary age 30. b. glasgow. occ. winder. wife.
william age 9. b. glasgow. son.
living at 36,silefield street,glasgow,st.john,lanarkshire.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: wozzle on Friday 25 January 08 06:56 GMT (UK)

cannot pin him down in 1861
here he is in 1871.
george murphy age 31. b. falkirk. occ. tailor and clothier. head.
mary murphy age 50. b. larbert,stirlingshire. wife.
alexander murphy age 15. b. falkirk. son.
mary murphy age 13. b. falkirk. daughter
gibson murphy age 11. b. falkirk. son.
jennie murphy age 84. b. hinmatha?,lanarkshire. occ. tailor. father?
william alexander age 28. b. glasgow. occ. tailor. son in law.
george alexander age 2. b. glasgow. grandson.
william alexander age 8mnths. b. glasgow. grandson.
living at 46,grahams road,falkirk burgh,stirlingshire.

i only have access to ancestry so cannot see the actual image
but obviously george murphys age has been mistranscribed
also the name of the father is wrong or it is the mother and not the father.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: wozzle on Friday 25 January 08 07:11 GMT (UK)

here is the family in 1891 minus william senior.

eliza alexander age 47. b. falkirk. occ. housewife. head.
james age 18. b. ditto. occ. insurance agent. son.
eliza age 14. b. ditto. occ. book-keeper. daughter.
sarah age 12. b. ditto. daughter.
jessie age 10. b. ditto. daughter.
wm. gordon age 32. b. dundee. occ. student of theology. boarder.
living at 1,robertson place,edinburgh south leith,midlothian.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: DUNMAC on Friday 25 January 08 18:13 GMT (UK)

Thanks Wozzle, great stuff you have correct family.
George Murphy 1819, Camelon,Falkirk & Mary Smith 1821, Falkirk are Eliza Murphy's parents, other Murphy's are siblings of Eliza. William Alexander was a widower at marriage to Eliza and came from Glasgow.
                                                             Cheers,
                                                                      Dunmac.
P.S. Gibson Murphy a name the passed into other families, ie. Baird,  was a girl, and there was a cousin Jeanie, born 1896. Alexander 1855, Eliza's brother married a Mary Scott 1856 and Sister Mary 1857 marries a John Watters 1849, brother James 1846 marries a Marion Barret 1847 and sister Margaret 1844 marries a Alexander Baird 1844; so there are a few cousins around. Will try and trace further children you have added.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: DUNMAC on Wednesday 13 February 08 22:51 GMT (UK)

Hi Wozzle,
                 Been checking out more of the Census's, and several have James the father down as Jennie but that Hinmatha is a puzzle, ? wrongly transcribed Hamilton ? Ancestry Census transcriptions seem to be full of errors in spelling, I know some of the documents are badly written but a lot of their transcription errors are easily rectified by checking previous or later documents.
                                                           Thanks again.
                                                                       Dunmac.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: Christopher on Saturday 24 May 08 06:57 BST (UK)

Hello DUNMAC,

I see Ireland on your list of places ... have you any Irish Alexander connections ???

Christopher

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: DUNMAC on Sunday 25 May 08 23:54 BST (UK)

Sorry Christopher,
                             None in the Alexander family as far as I know, but Cupples family from Antrim, are connected in Falkirk, as well as the Murphy's.
                                                                 Regards,
                                                                        Dunmac.

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: kmc on Saturday 12 June 10 17:31 BST (UK)

Hi,
Just read that you are connecred to Cupples of Co Antrim. I am researching ancestors by same name - William Cupples of Tullynamullan, Kells who married Sarah Gillian. Is this the same family?
Thanks

Title: Re: Alexander Family
Post by: DUNMAC on Saturday 12 June 10 23:47 BST (UK)

Hi,
      Only know that family started Northern Ireland, have no knowledge of Irish history of Family. All that I know is on public tree on Ancestry.
            Regards,
                             Duncan.