The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Helenora Alexander [Maxwell]
Generation No. 1
  1. Helenora Alexander [Maxwell] She was born c 1755
  She married Claud Alexander on 1788 at Ayrshire, Scotland. He was born 1752 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. They had the following children:
  iClaud who was born 26th Jan 1789 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 23rd Feb 1789 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  iiWilliam Maxwell who was born 20th Jul 1790 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 3rd Aug 1790 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  iiiMargaret Stewart who was born 20th Oct 1791 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 7th Nov 1791 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  ivAnna Joanna who was born 26th Mar 1793 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 11th Apr 1793 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  vCatharine Maxwell who was born 1794 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 16th Sep 1794 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
2 viBoyd who was born 27th Mar 1796 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 14th Apr 1796 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  viiHelenora who was born 12th Feb 1798 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 26th Feb 1798 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  viiiHelenora who was born 17th Aug 1802 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 2nd Sep 1802 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  ixMary who was born 20th Oct 1806 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 6th Nov 1806 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Boyd Alexander was the son of Claud Alexander and Helenora Alexander [Maxwell]. He was born 27th Mar 1796 at Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; christened 14th Apr 1796 at Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
  He married Sophia Elizabeth Hobhouse on 17th Jan 1828 at St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Middlesex, witnesses: Benjamin Hobhouse, Henry W. Hobhouse and Helenora Alexander. She was born c 1850. They had the following children:
  iClaud who was born 15th Jan 1831 at Marylebone, London; christened 18th Mar 1831 Marylebone, London
3 iiLieut-Col. Boyd Francis who was born 17th Apr 1834 at Marylebone, London; christened 23rd Jun 1834 Marylebone, London; died 19th Aug 1917
  iiiWilliam Maxwell who was born 3rd Feb 1836 at Marylebone, London; christened 31st Mar 1836 Marylebone, London
  ivHelenora Margaret Angela who was born 6th Dec 1837 at Marylebone, London; christened 18th Apr 1838 Marylebone, London
  vMichael Stewart who was born 8th Oct 1839 at Marylebone, London; christened 19th Nov 1839 Marylebone, London
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Lieut-Col. Boyd Francis Alexander was the son of Boyd Alexander and Sophia Elizabeth Alexander [Hobhouse]. He was born 17th Apr 1834 at Marylebone, London; christened 23rd Jun 1834 at Marylebone, London; died 19th Aug 1917 at Wilsley
  He married Mary Wilson on 27th Dec 1865 at Hove, Sussex, registered at Steyning District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q4 Vol 2b Page 477. She was born 1843 at Calcutta, India; died 30th Jul 1905 at Wilsley, Cranbrook, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1905 Q3 Vol 2a Page 463, aged 62 years. They had the following children:
  iMarion who was born 1867 at Quebec, Canada
  iiHelenor who was born 1869 at Ottawa, Canada; died July to Sep 1898, aged 28 years
  iiiBoyd who was born 16th Jan 1873 at Swifts Place, Cranbrook, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q1 Vol 2a Page 660, twin; died 2nd Apr 1910 Africa, cause of death: killed in a dispute with local tribesmen near Nyeri; buried after 2nd Apr 1910 Africa, buried with full military honours beside his brother Claud
  ivCaptain Robert who was born 16th Jan 1873 at Swifts Place, Cranbrook, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q1 Vol 2a Page 660, twin
4 vHerbert who was born 1875 at Kensington, London; christened 22nd Jan 1875 Hove, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1946, aged 71 years
  viDavid who was born July to Sep 1876 at Swifts Place, Cranbrook, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1876 Q3 Vol 2a Page 680; died Apr to June 1895, aged 18 years
  viiCaptain Claud who was born Oct to Dec 1878 at Swifts Place, Cranbrook, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1878 Q4 Vol 2a Page 696; died 13th Nov 1904 Africa, cause of death: enteric fever; buried after 13th Nov 1904 Africa
   
Generation No. 4
  4. Herbert Alexander, artist was the son of Lieut-Col. Boyd Francis Alexander and Mary Alexander [Wilson]. He was born 1875 at Kensington, London; christened 22nd Jan 1875 at Hove, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1946, registered at Maidstone District, Kent, ref: 1946 Q1 Vol 2a Page 1576, aged 71 years
  He married Edith Julia Gunther on Apr to June 1911, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1911 Q2 Vol 2a Page 1780. She was born 1887 at London, daughter of Charles Eugene Gunther. They had the following children:
  iCamilla who was born Jan to Mar 1913, registered at St. Georges, Hanover Square District, London, ref: 1913 Q1 Vol 1a Page 731; died 2006
   

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