Hugh Alexander

[DanielSC20]

Also forgot to include this in my post
Do you have anymore information of Hugh, or, the Alexanders in general that may be of interest?

Thank you!

[Ross996]

My line is from Hugh Alexander's son William.(1850-1925). Hugh has always been a challenge, There's no record of his birth, that I can find and his death cert names Jane Campbell and no father. My sister was in contact with and elderly lady in Ireland several years ago, and she said that Hugh's father was Irish. However we lost contact with her.
Hugh was jailed in Wigton for stealing 10 stone of meal and apart from the description i mentioned before, he was described as dirty and his clothes ragged. I could not find anything about his son William b1843
I checked the burial records in Ayr and found that he was buried in Tarbolton churchyard along with his wife Jane McWilliam and granddaughter Margaret. William my GG grandfather is buried in the next plot.
That's about all I know about Hugh and like yourself I found lots of trees online which are not correct. So the advice about doing your own research and verifying, where possible, is good advice.
If there is anything else I can help with our Alexander family feel free to contact me
Regards
Ross

[grendlsmother]

I have posted this information before - a long time ago - in reply to a previous query from Ross.  You have asked for any info on Alexanders.

I have an Andew Alexander who is named as the father of an illegitimate child on the child's birth certificate.   The birth took place at Trabboch, Stair  3 Feb. 1897, the mother (my great aunt) was from Coylton.   He did acknowledge the child and signed the certificate, giving his address as 45 Newmarket Street, Ayr.  The couple did not subsequently marry.    The child was named Jeannie and given Alexander as a middle name.  Hope this adds to your info!

[Forfarian]

Hugh has been evading me for years and I will probably never get a definite answer to his parentage.

Have you read GR2's reply #3 in this thread?

[Ross996]

Forfarian
Aye I've had that information for a while now. I believe that the Jane Campbell who had an illegitimate Child with Hugh Alexander is my relative. Unfortunately there are no records, that I can find, that back  this up. Which is why i said that we might not get a definitive answer. I am not  convinced  either way that the Jane Campbell who was with John McMannas is the same person, but she could be. Again lack of records
Ross

[Forfarian]

You have a death record giving Hugh's parents as Hugh Alexander and Jane/Jean Campbell. GR2 has supplied a birth record with parents Hugh Alexander and Jane/Jean Campbell in the right parish at the right sort of time. Why do you think that this is insufficient evidence?