This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.alexander/4140.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Brian, My name is edlyn and I am a descendant of matthias alexander sent out to tassie with his brother joseph. Mathias as far as I xan find out married a minor" by the name of mary butwell after his pardon and started up an american wagonette company similar to cobb & co between table capr and wynyard. They had 2 sons, george and john, george was born 1854 died 14.4.1915 aged 61. He married a annie hanson aged 17 at her fathers home in waratah on 27.4. 1880. George and annie had seven children, Samuel my grandfather,murdoch, albert,rex, lucy,gladys and ethel. My grandfather married a Denice Blanche Isobel st.claire ( known as nicholson) as her mother married twice. My father Rex was born 8.3.1912 and died 21.6.2000. At wynyard up on a lookout there is a plaque laid to the rememberence of an alexander who is the founder of the "alexanders Tecnique" a relaxation and massage therapy. He wrote several books on the subject, he is somehow related also. I think perhaps an uncle of some sort. would love to here from you if you could shed any more light on the subject regards EDLYN ALEXANDER