1818 - 1875 (57 years)
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Name |
John Alexander [1] |
Born |
9 Feb 1818 |
Ireland [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
Abt. 1840 - 1852 |
Camden, Oneida, New York [1] |
Occupation |
Abt. 1840 - 1852 |
Camden, Oneida, New York [1] |
Tanner |
- John came from Northern Ireland, possibly working with his brother William (a tanner at New Baltimore, NY, FAG #49496820) before getting a similar tannery job at Camden, NY in the 1840's [1]
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Occupation |
Abt. 1852 - 1860 |
Eagle Tannery, Cleveland, Oswego, New York [1, 2] |
Foreman |
- John became foreman at the Eagle Tannery in Cleveland, NY. He and Ellen had eight children but after she died in 1865, John and the children moved to New York Mills, a suburb of Utica, where those who were over the age of ten were working in a large cotton mill by the 1870 census. [1]
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Residence |
Abt. 1852 - 1865 |
Cleveland, Oswego, New York [1, 2] |
Residence |
After 1865 |
New York Mills, Oneida, New York [1] |
Died |
13 May 1875 |
New York Mills, Oneida, New York [1] |
- According to the 1875 NY State Census (p 13) John had just ended his life by gunshot, probably back in Cleveland where he was buried. [1]
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Buried |
Cleveland Village Cemetery, North Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York [1] |
- Plot: sec 3, plot 145 [1]
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Person ID |
I1968 |
CHS Genealogy |
Last Modified |
6 Feb 2018 |
Family |
Ellen McFerren, b. 28 Feb 1826, d. 2 Feb 1865 (Age 38 years) |
Married |
Y [1] |
Children |
| 1. Ann E. Alexander, b. 1849, New York , d. 1923 (Age 74 years) |
| 2. Joseph Alexander, b. 1 Jun 1851, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 15 Sep 1862, Cleveland, Oswego, New York (Age 11 years) |
| 3. Ellen Jane Alexander, b. 1855, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 14 Nov 1874, Cleveland, Oswego, New York (Age 19 years) |
| 4. Mary B. Alexander, b. Abt. 1858 - 1859, New York , d. 13 Sep 1938, Peterboro, Madison, New York (Age ~ 79 years) |
| 5. Sarah Alexander, b. Abt. 1858, New York  |
| 6. William Alexander, b. 15 Dec 1862, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 1949 (Age 86 years) |
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Last Modified |
4 Feb 2018 |
Family ID |
F546 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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