Alexander Fleming (1826 - 1910)

Born 20 Dec 1826 in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Margaret (Anderson) Fleming — married 18 Mar 1861 in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1910 at age 83 in East Taieri, Otago, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland.

Alexander Fleming lived in Otokia, Otago, New Zealand.

Alexander was born in 1826.

On 18 March 1861 at Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, he married Margaret Anderson. ^[1]

He passed away 18 February 1910 in his 85th year at his residence in Otokia. ^{[2] [3]}

Obituary in the Clutha Leader, Feb 22 1910. With his wife and young son, Alexander Fleming left London for New Zealand in December 1863 aboard the Lady Milton (passengers included a Shetland teenager named Robert Stout, a future prime minister and chief justice of New Zealand). The boat arrived at the Bluff in April 1864, by which time the Flemings boasted a second son. The family settled in Otokia. 'in the long space of 45 years he saw a wonderful change on the face of the (Taieri) plain. From being an almost isolated settler on the riverbank he saw the swamps gradually reclaimed until today from hill to hill there are cultivated fields and numerous homesteads....His share of the changed scene was no light one, but few know and still fewer can realise the long years of work that was little short of slavery that was his portion.

Research Notes

Daughter Barbara's death notice described her as the "fourth daughter" of the couple, so there may be another daughter we have overlooked.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR8-7YD : 11 February 2020), Alexr. Fleming, 1861.
2. ↑ "Deaths - Fleming", Otago Witness, Issue 2919, 23 February 1910, Page 51
3. ↑ FLEMING Alexander - Otokia - Farmer, probate file via Archives NZ Collections:
   • Sons: Milton Wilson Fleming, John Smyth Fleming.
   • Daughters: Margaret Ann Fleming, Barbara Alexander Blackie Fleming, Jessie Stewart Fleming.

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