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- Capt. n the Militia from 1887 to 1895.
Children of Geo.& Isabella:
. 1. Robert Percival (Percy) Alexander b. 24 Nov 1862 d. 6 Jan 1940 in Japan, bur. Japan m. (1) 27 Jun 1893 to Christine Vroom b. 1867 - d. 19 Jan 1899 in Hirosaki, Japan. Christine died in a house fire from which Robert and their son George narrowly escaped. m. (2) 23 Dec 1902 to Fanny (Mittie) Grey Wilson in Chattanooga, Tenn. Attended Mt. Allison U in NB and spent two years at Harvard. Went to Japan in 1893 as a Methodist missionary to teach. He retired and stayed in Japan. The Alexanders, Percy, Mittie and Bessie, often came home on furloughs brining many Japanese items with them, and left Japan in 1940 , just before the outbreak of war--presumably just after Percy's death. Percy taught at Aoyama Gakuin from 1909 until his death in 1940.(? --since he "retired" --maybe just as a missionary. Bur. in Japan.
. . 1. George, son of Robert and Christine,
. . children of Robert and Fanny :
. . 2. Robert Percival Jr. Alexander ( twin) b. 25 Nov 1904.
. . 3. Francis[sic} Elizabeth Alexander (twin) b. 25 Nov 1904
. . 4. Mary Atlee Alexander b. 1907
. . 5. Isabel Wilson Alexander b 1910. m. ? Gerhard.
. 2. Sarah Ann (Annie) Alexander b. 26 Apr 1864.-6 Mar 1919, bur. Stanhope, m. 30 Jun 1909 as his second wife to Charles Hughes. No children.
. 3. William Webb Alexander 7 Jan 1866- 1954, m. 29 Jan 1902 to Edith Emmeline Ryckman
. . William taught in Stanhope School 1883-85. Was a medical doctor in Montreal.
. . 1. Edward Alexander b. 26 Sep 1903.
. 4. George Herbert Alexander 28 Apr 1868, d. 1954 in Detroit, bur. Stanhope. m. (1) 31 Oct 1900 in Pictou, NS to Catherine Charlotte Morrison who died in childbirth, both bur. Pictou. m. (2) 7 Aug 1912 at Sheridan, Mich. to Emma Strong of India d. 31 Dec 1943 , bur. Stanhope.George Herbert (Herbert) attended a Canadian Military institution, graduated from Moody Bible Institute, and spent some years in Japan and India as a missionary, and also as a British Army Chaplain. He returned to North Am. because of some tropical ailment and was a Presbyterian minister in Michigan, died in Detroit in a pedestrian- auto accident. Bur. in Stanhope.
. . 1. Herbert Collins Alexander b. 27 Dec 1916, m. Mary Beth ?
8 children.
. 5. Virginia Elizabeth (Bessie) Alexander 7 May 1870, d. Edmonton, AB. Bessie attended Mr. Allison U, and went to Japan to look after 5 years old George, her brother 's son, and became a teaching missionary in Sapporo, Japan (from 1899 - 1937).
. 6. Clara Percival b. 15 Dec 1871 Stanhope,PEI m. William Mellett in Stanhope by Rev. Jacob Layton
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1838 - 1914 (75 years)
