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Descendants
of
James Leiper b.1846 & Helen Masson b. 1848

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES³ LEIPER (ALEXANDER², ALEXANDER¹) was born December 19, 1846 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.^1,2, and died August 19, 1933 in Stonehaven, Scotland³.  He married HELEN MASSON October 28, 1871 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.⁴, daughter of ALEXANDER MASSON and HELEN WOOD.  She was born June 09, 1848 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.^5,6, and died April 02, 1936.

Children of JAMES LEIPER and HELEN MASSON are:

• i. ALEXANDER (SANDY)⁴ LEIPER⁷, b. September 17, 1872, 26 Stranathro, Cookney⁸; d. April 25, 1939, Aberdeen, Scotland⁹; m. MARGARET MAIN, September 24, 1898⁹; b. March 16, 1875, ^9,10,; d. February 05, 1939, Aberdeen, Scotland¹¹.
   ii. HELEN (NELLIE) LEIPER, b. May 29, 1874, Muchalls, Scotland^12,13; d. February 03, 1961, Fossil, Oregon¹⁴; m. DAVID DON, January 12, 1900, St. James Episcopal Church, Stonehaven, Scotland¹⁵; b. October 02, 1874, Brechin, Forfar Co., Scotland^16,17; d. August 11, 1949, Portland, Oregon¹⁸.
   iii. ISABELLA LEIPER, b. December 23, 1876, Muchalls, Kincardine, Scotland¹⁹; d. August 22, 1950, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland²⁰; m. JOHN (JACK) MASSON, April 25, 1919, Stonehaven, Scotland²¹; b. Abt. 1885²²; d. January 18, 1960, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland²².
   iv. JAMES LEIPER, b. Abt. 1881, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland.; d. April 07, 1953, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland; m. HELEN SYMMERS SCOTT; b. 1882, Scotland; d. 1977, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
   v. GEORGE WOOD LEIPER, b. January 26, 1887, Stonehaven, Scotland²³; d. March 05, 1955, Portland, Oregon²⁴; m. (1) UNKNOWN; b. Scotland; d. Stonehaven, Scotland; m. (2) MINNIE FLEMING, September 10, 1919, Portland, Oregon²⁵; b. June 08, 1893, Pocatello, Idaho²⁶; d. June 19, 1973, Portland, Oregon²⁶.
  
   
• Endnotes

1. Old Parochial Register for the Parish of Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland.
2. Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854,
3. Tombstone, Cowie Churchyard.
4. St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 228.
5. Register of Marriages,District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland.
6. St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials and Marriages, CD, Page 79.
7. Extracted Birth and/or Christening Records,
8. St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 124.
9.   St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 124,
10.  1881 British Census, April 3, FHL Film 0203469    GRO Ref    Volume 255    EnumDist 2    Page 6.
11.  E-mail from Margaret Leiper, 2002.
12.  Ellis Island Form, lines 7-11 of  the ship manifest of the "California".
13.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 129,
14.  "Fossil Journal," Fossil, Oregon.
15.  Register of Marriages,District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland.
16.  Ellis Island Form, lines 7-11of the ship manifest of the "California".
17.  1881 British Census, April 3, FHL Film 0203471    GRO Ref    Volume 267    EnumDist 3    Page 9.
18.  "Fossil Journal," Fossil, Oregon.
19.  St. Ternan's Episopal Church of Muchalls Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD,  Page 137
20.  Tombstone, Fetteresso Graveyard (New), Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland.
21.  Wedding Invitation.
22.  Tombstone, Fetteresso Graveyard (New), Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland.
23.  Bureau of Health, Portland, Oregon Certified Death Record.
24.  Death Certificate.
25.  Register of Marriages,District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland.
26.  Fleming Family Records.

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/