Alexander
Stewart
Born in Coal Rd, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Alexander Stewart
and Sarah (Mallan) Stewart
Brother of
John Stewart [half], Jessie (Stewart) Bell [half], John Stewart [half], Hugh Stewart, Alexander Stewart and Elizabeth Wilson (Stewart) Osborne
Husband of
Alice Millar (Park) Stewart
— married
24 Jun 1921 in 29 Merkland St, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander Stewart, Charles Stewart, Willie Stewart, Hugh Stewart, Christina Millar Park (Stewart) Watson and Elsa (Stewart) Neil
Died
at age 80
in Ballachmyle Hospital, Mauchline, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Nov 2012
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Biography
Alexander was born in Auchinleck, Scotland in 1895, the son of Alexander Stewart, a coalminer and his wife Sarah, nee Mallin.
Alexander grew up at Coal Rd, Auchinleck and was a coal miner at time of marriage (1921). He continued to work as a coal miner until retiring from High House Colliery in 1960.
He had been on the committee for Achinleck Talbot Football Club when they won the Scottish Junior Cup (date unknown). He was a lifetime member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, collecting subscriptions and serving as an executive member. He was also on the Board of Management for the local Co-operative Society from 1951 until at least 1971.
In 1971 he was living with Elsie at 25 Heathfield Rd, Auchinleck. He and Elsie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at the Railway Hotel in Auchinleck in 1971 - daughter Chris Watson and family returned from Australia to attend.
In retirement he enjoyed gardening.
At the time of his death he had been living at 6 William McComb Court, Auchinleck in Ayrshire.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Stewart-6377 created through the import of Watson_2012-11-28.ged on Nov 28, 2012 by John Watson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.
- SCT Birth register extract - Scotlands People - Statutory Registers - Births - STEWART ALEXANDER; M; 1895; 577/1 5; Auchinleck
- Marriage - SCT Marriage register extract - ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk - Statutory registers - Marriages - PARK ELSIE MILLER; STEWART ALEXANDER; 1921; 644/22 226; Partick
- (Local?) Newspaper clipping for Golden Wedding - some time in 1971
- SCT Death register extract Scotlands People - Statutory Registers - STEWART ALEXANDER; 80; MALLAN; 1975; 679/ 30; Auchinleck
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~0.78%
Sharon (Nisbet) Richards
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