ALEXANDER

[mandyfahey]

Hi Lucy
That would be wonderful if you could have a look out for any info for me.

I have been looking at some websites and google searches for passenger lists and have not come across James name on any.

Thank you very much for your help. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards
Mandy

[mandyfahey]

Hi Mk2 _Zephyr

Thank you for your confirmation of the year date.
regards
Mandy

[Lucy2]

Hi again Mandy

I'm just throwing the following into the ring, as a "longshot".   

I noticed on the marriage certificate, that the father of Jennie (Jane), was "William CHRISTIE".   So I wonder if the chappie below, might be a possible son of James and Jennie (and whether his name might show up in Scottish records) ?

William Christie ALEXANDER

*   No birth found for him on NZ online records.

Marriage   [Source:  NZSG Marriages CD]

William Christie ALEXANDER - Ethel May Hantom - Year 1923


Death     [Source: Online records]

William Christie ALEXANDER - d. 1978 - birthdate 2 June 1902 .

(Note:   Place of marriage and death - not known).


Lu

[mandyfahey]

Hi Lucy
You have come up trumps on that one. He is definately a son of James and Jennie.
I have just located his birth on Scotlandspeople web site.
He was born 4th June 1902. New Row, Rigside, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.


Thank you
Mandy

[mandyfahey]

Hi Lucy again
I have just searched scotlandspeople again and found that there was another son James Rennie Alexander born 1st feb 1902.

Mandy

[Lucy2]

Hi Mandy

William Christie ALEXANDER.        BINGO !   

Will check to see where his death was registered, that may help to "find" his parents ?       (Maybe they lived in an area nearby) ?

Lu

[Lucy2]

I have just searched scotlandspeople again and found that there was another son James Rennie Alexander born 1st feb 1902.

Hi Mandy

Mmmm ... James Rennie ALEXANDER ?

Is the year of birth 1902    ... correct ?      (That was also the birthyear you found for William Christie ??     (He was born June 1902 ?)

Lu

[Lucy2]

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I did find the following on NZ BDM (online) records.

(And a little bit sad).   

Deaths    1923

ALEXANDER - James Rennie -   1923 / 5337 ... aged 23 years.

So this "James Rennie" was born circa 1900.

[The date (year) you gave for James Rennie ALEXANDER born Scotland  ... might that perhaps be a baptism date ?)

Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi Mandy

Well, sad to say, but this young lad who died in New Zealand, does appear to be the son of James and Jennie.    

His death was registered at Denniston.    Have not yet located his place of burial.

Lu