This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.alexander/6141/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Announcement from the Aberdeen Daily Journal, Tuesday, August 1, 1911: MR LESLIE ALEXANDER, LATE OF INVERURIE Mr Leslie Alexander, well known in Inverurie and district, died at 141 Mid Stocket Road, Aberdeen, on Saturday. Two years ago Mr Alexander gave up business in Inverurie on account of failing health, and he has since resided in Aberdeen. Mr Alexander, who was in his 75th year, belonged to Chapel of Garioch, where his father was a blacksmith and farmer. An older brother was the late Dr William Alexander. Deceased was for some time in business as an ironmonger in Aberdeen, and in 1874 he went to Inverurie, where he continued the same business and built up an important connection in tools and ironmongery. For some years Mr Alexander sat on the Town Council of Inverurie, and he became first baillie, an office which he vacated upon his appointment as registrar. When in Aberdeen he was a member of the Choral Union, and acted as precentor in the Commerce Street Free Church, or Mariners' Church, as it was then known, under Dr Longmuir. He was subsequently precentor in Belmont ! Street United Presbyterian Church. He was conductor of the Inverurie Musical Association for a number of years. He was a member of Inverurie United Free Church and an elder for many years. In politics he was a Liberal. He was a Justice of the Peace for the county. Mr Alexander is survived by his wife and three sons, the oldest of whom is a ship captain, the second is in business in London, and the third is an electrical engineer.