Alexander Leiper b. 1819
LEIPER MASSON

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Descendants of Alexander Leiper

Generation No. 1

1. ALEXANDER2 LEIPER  (ALEXANDER1) was born January 19, 1819 in Muchalls, Kincardine, Scotland.1, and died April 13, 1910 in Stonehaven, Scotland2.  He married ISABELLA CRAIG November 02, 1844 in Banchory-Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland.3, daughter of JOHN CRAIG and ISABELLA STEPHEN. She was born 1816, and died September 06, 1882 in Stonehaven, Scotland4.

Children of ALEXANDER LEIPER and ISABELLA CRAIG are:
 

    •  i. BARBARA3 LEIPER, b. Abt. January 18485; d. November 18495.
       ii. JOHN LEIPER, b. October 14, 1845, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.; d. April 08, 1868, Stranathara,      Kincardine, Scotland6.
       iii. JAMES LEIPER, b. December 19, 1846, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.7,8; d. August 19, 1933,              Stonehaven, Scotland9; m. HELEN MASSON, October 28, 1871, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.10;        b. June 09, 1848, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.11,12; d. April 02, 1936.
       iv. ALEXANDER LEIPER, b. January 09, 1851, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.13; m. MARY                      CHRISTIE, November 25, 1876, In St. Ternan's Church, Muchalls14; b. April 10, 1857, Skateraw,               Kincardine, Scotland.15,16,17.
       v. ANN LEIPER, b. September 11, 1853, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.18; d. November 03, 1929; m.       ROBERT LEES;  b. Abt. 1864; d. February 23, 1929.
       vi. WILLIAM GREY LEIPER, b. December 06, 1854, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland; d. November 17,        1887; m. JANE MAIN, October 11, 1879, Stonehaven, Scotland; b. December 10, 1855, Fetteresso,           Kincardine, Scotland.18,19.
       vii. GEORGE LEIPER, b. March 31, 1857, Muchalls, Kincardine, Scotland.20.

    Endnotes

    1.  Parochial Records of Kincardine.
    2. Gravestone Inscription, Cowie Churchyard.
    3. Old Parochial Register for the Parish of Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland.
    4. Register of Deaths for the Parish of Dunnottar, Kincardine, Scotland.
    5. Tombstone, Portlethen Graveyard.
    6. John Paul Hill, “ The Episcopal Chapel at Muchalls” (A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, 1956), Page 79.
    7. Old Parochial Register for the Parish of Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland.
    8. Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854,
    9. Tombstone, Cowie Churchyard.
    10.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 228.
    11.  Register of Marriages,District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland.
    12.  St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials and Marriages, CD, Page 79.
    13.  Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854.
    14.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 230.
    15.  Old Parochial Register for the Parish of Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland.
    16.  Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854,
    17.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 89.
    18.  Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854.
    19.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 87.
    20.  Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854.
     

Portlethen Graveyard

Erected by
ALEXANDER LEIPER,
fisherman, Stonehaven
in loving memory of his wife
ISABELLA CRAIG,
 who died 6th September 1882,
aged 66 years.
Also the said
ALEXANDER LEIPER
born Jany 1819 died April 1910,
and of his family,
BARBARA, died 14th Novr 1849,
aged 22 months. And
JOHN, died 8th April 1868,
aged 22 years.

This photo of the Alexander Leiper tombstone and the inscription were graciously provided by Colin Milne.  You can see more on his own wonderful web site.  Be sure to check it out.      http://www.abdn66.freeserve.co.uk/