ALEXANDER

[mandyfahey]

Hi
I am looking to find my Alexander ancestors.
here goes

James Alexander (b 1873) from Ballymoney, Co Antrim, Ireland married Jane Hill Christie 1900 in Glasgow Scotland. Jame parents were James McCaldridge Alexander and Jane Rainey, he also had a step mother Jane Mulholland. James had emigrated to New Zealand but we do not have any dates for this move or if he and Jane had any more children. They had one son Robert who died within a year of birth and buried in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland and had a son James, of whom I have no other information.

James siblings were Henry, William John, Sarah Jane, George, Elizabeth, Robert, Charles and Rachel. The family moved to Scotland from Ireland in the period of 1892- 1900.

The family's surname prior to moving to Scotland was McCaldridge, why the change in name we do not know. Another little puzzle to solve.

I have a copy of a proof of posting note from a parcel sent to James from his brother William John (who is my Great Grandfather).
The address on the proof is

Mr and Mrs Jas Alexander

Burnetts Fae....
Denniston
Westport
New Zealand

Be grateful if anyone can shed any light on this.

Kind regards
M

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[Lucy2]

Hello

What a great little piece of "history" you have, with that postal document.   

"Burnetts" refers to Burnett's Face, Denniston ... some info. is contained in the folllowing link.

http://www.denniston.co.nz/general.htm

I hope we might be able to find some information for you re: James and his family - although there are "James ALEXANDER's" aplenty, it does help that we know precisely where he lived.    I did notice that you gave his wife's name as "Jane Hill CHRISTIE"  ... and the marriage cert. has her name as "Jennie" ?    (But of course there are many diminutives used for the name 'Jane').

Lu

[Lucy2]

----   Hi again

Are you able to tell what the "year" is, on that postal document ?     (It looks to be "14 Mar"  ??   ... just can't determine though, what the year might be ?)

Also, when was the child Robert born (or do you have his date of death) ?

Lu

[mandyfahey]

Hi Lucy2

Thank you for your reply.
I am not sure of the date but I think it may 1929 as there is a 29 under the 14 Mar.
Jane is Jeannie and Jennie on other info that we have found, so yes there are many variations.

James son Robert died in 1917 Motherwell, lanarkshire, Scotland. He is buried in Dalziel cemetry Motherwell Scotland. I have also a copy of the deeds to the lair bought by James. The grave now holds James brother William John, Sarah Clarke (Williams wife) and Stanley (William and Sarahs son).
I will add a newspaper clipping that was found by a cousin in Scotland. All these little pieces of info together should help to fill in a couple of gaps.
Thank you for your help.

[Thamesite2017]

There is a James and Jeannie at Sydneham cem Christchurch but dates are out 10 years, but include for elimination if nothing else.
Source   NZSG Cemetery Fiche Surname   ALEXANDER
Given Names   Jeannie Year of Death   1931
Record Type   M/I Age   abt 45
Location   Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Q10.09

Source   NZSG Cemetery Fiche Surname   ALEXANDER
Given Names   James Year of Death   1956
Record Type   M/I Age   93
Location   Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Q10.09

Many of the west coast cems are not online, but could be emailed
this west coast cemetery map will take you to the locations/contacts
http://fhr.kiwicelts.com/Cemeteries/NZ_Cem_WestCoast.html

Bye
Althea
   
   
   
   

[Lucy2]

There is a James and Jeannie at Sydneham cem Christchurch but dates are out 10 years, but include for elimination if nothing else.
Source   NZSG Cemetery Fiche Surname   ALEXANDER
Given Names   Jeannie Year of Death   1931
Record Type   M/I Age   abt 45
Location   Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Q10.09

Source   NZSG Cemetery Fiche Surname   ALEXANDER
Given Names   James Year of Death   1956
Record Type   M/I Age   93
Location   Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Q10.09
   

Mmmm ... the above James, (d. 1956), was a postal official born at Kaiapoi   ... so can rule him out.    (Didn't find the "Jeannie Alexander" on ChCh Cemeteries database though ?  ).

[Mk2_Zephyr]

yeah 1929 on date stamp ...

[mandyfahey]

Thank you all for your help.

I will follow up the links and if you find anything that may be of help I'd be grateful.

M

[Lucy2]

Hi

I have some look-ups to do for myself for West Coast (NZ) cemeteries, in the next week or so.  While I'm at it,  I'll check to see if there are any monumental inscriptions for your people.
(Even though we now have historical New Zealand BDM records online (just new, this week), there appears to be records that are missing - and sometimes it's easier to check out cemetery records first.)

Wasn't able to find the ALEXANDER's on a passenger list to either NZ or Australia ... but you'd have to guess that they probably left Scotland, after the death of their son ?

Lu