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From: "Genechaser" <>
Subject: Obit
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 22:30:34 -0400

I came across a rather unusual obituary this morning in the Ottawa Citizen. It was the date that really caught my eye and it is for this reason that I decided to share it with the list. It really doesn't apply to Canadian research as such, but many of us are into British research as well. You never know, one of you might have come across this surname in your family tree. The person who penned this obit is more than likely into genealogy.

The obituary is accompanied by a picture of a young gentleman dressed to the nines with his walking stick tucked underneath his arm.

ALEXANDER, Frederick John, OAA, FRAIC
September 25, 1849 - May 9, 1930

In loving memory of a dear grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather. It has been 75 years since we last saw you. Frederick John Alexander was born September 25, 1849 in Pewsey, Wiltshire, England and died on May 9, 1930 in Ottawa. Loved by his wife, Lucretia Adora Justice (née Austin), his 12 children, his 10 grandchildren, his 15 great-grandchildren and many great-great-grandchildren. Mr. Alexander, as an architect with the Dept. of Public Works under Thomas Seaton Scott, designed the interior shelving of the Library of Parliament, the gates and fence of the Parliamentary Grounds, the DPW Workshop which later became the old Supreme Court and Court of the Exchequer Building, and many other jobs for the DPW. He moved to Pietermaritzburg, Natal (South Africa) in 1877 and designed several buildings there before moving back to Ottawa in 1886. In private practise he designed the Union Bank Building, Orme Hall, the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Assoc. Gymnasium, !
several fire halls, commercial buildings, houses (Glensmere), villas and cottages in the Ottawa area and elsewhere. The full extent of his deeds will someday be remembered in writing.

Dorothy

Ottawa

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