Alexander Benvie

1872 - 1940  (67 years)

• Name	Alexander Benvie
  Birth	20 Sep 1872	Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Gardener
  Death	3 May 1940	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. James Benvie,   b. 21 Sep 1871, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland d. 28 Mar 1931, Royal Infirmary, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 59 years) ▻ Helen Matthew Watson,  m. 29 Aug 1905   2. Alexander Benvie,   b. 20 Sep 1872, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 3 May 1940, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 67 years) ▻ Isabella Lumsden,  m. 21 Sep 1894   3. William Benvie,   b. 10 Nov 1874, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ▻ Jessie Robertson Hogg,  m. 8 Jan 1897   4. Margaret Jessie Benvie,   b. 3 Jun 1876, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ▻ Peter Anderson,  m. 1900   5. Elizabeth Helen Benvie,   b. 26 Apr 1878, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ▻ John Watson Cromb,  m. 24 Aug 1906   6. Jane Benvie,   b. 25 Mar 1880, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 11 Jun 1901, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 21 years)   7. Mary Stewart Gwyer Benvie,   b. 28 Apr 1884, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ▻ James S. Mitchell,  m. 14 Aug 1920   8. George Benvie,   b. 13 Mar 1886, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 26 May 1901, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 15 years)   9. Ann Benvie,   b. 23 Apr 1888, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1967, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age 78 years) ▻ unknown;   Robert Laing Cowper;   Thomas Hislop Paterson Rutherford,  m. 21 Feb 1916   10. Charles Vallance Benvie,   b. 1 Aug 1891, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 10 Jan 1955, 15 Abbey Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 63 years) ▻ Elizabeth Kennedy Dunbar,  m. 25 Jun 1924   11. Kate Edward Benvie,   b. 23 Sep 1894, Murie Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
  Notes	At the time of their marriage, Alexander Benvie was living at Swinton, and Isabella Lumsden was living at Middleton, Gorebrdige, Edinburgh. They were married "according to the forms of the Church of Scotland." They were married by Walter Waddell, Minister of the Parish of Borthwick, and the witnesses were James Benvie and Bessie Lumsden. At the time of the 1901 census, they were living at Cassillis Gardens, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland. Alexander sailed from Glasgow on the S.S. Caledonia on 23 April 1910 and arrived in New York on 2 May. He stated that his intended destination was St. Louis, Missouri. He gave his wife's address as 51 Kyle Street, Ayr, and his occupation as gardener.
  Person ID	I9538	Private
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	William Benvie,   b. 30 Oct 1851, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. Bef 1932 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Margaret Edward Duff,   b. 1850, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 20 Jan 1932, St. Madoes, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Aug 1871	Pitrodie, Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F2579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Lumsden,   b. cir 1864, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 12 Jul 1943, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1894	North Middleton, Gorebridge, Borthwick, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Children	1. Isabella Lumsden Benvie,   b. 12 Sep 1894, Swinton, Berwick, Scotland   2. Margaret Benvie,   b. 20 Sep 1897, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   3. Elizabeth Benvie,   b. 1899, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F6864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Sep 1872 - Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Marriage - 21 Sep 1894 - North Middleton, Gorebridge, Borthwick, Edinburgh, Scotland Death - 3 May 1940 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth