Alexander Silver and Isobel Falconer
Silver family members: At left is Isobel Falconer who married Alexander Silver with her three sons Alex (standing), James (left, who went to Australia) and John (who also left Scotland and may have ended up in New Zealand). The image was taken in 1882. Below her is eldest daughter Hellen with her husband Alex Duncan and most likely their first-born child Isabella. The next couple is son Alex Silver with his wife Helen Jane Watt and, at right, daughter Isobel Menzies Silver who married John Duncan (brother of her sister Hellen’s husband Alex).
Alexander Silver (1809-1882) was the son of John Silver and Helen Gordon. He married Isobel Falconer and they had six children. One died as a baby.
1. Hellen SILVER, b. 24 Sep 1852, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK , d. 11 Mar 1915, Red Lion Inn, Chelwood Gate, Uckfield, Sussex, England, UK (Age 62 years) | |
2. Janet SILVER, b. 20 Dec 1854, Burnside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK , d. 13 Jan 1855, Burnside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK (Age 0 years) | |
3. John SILVER, b. 6 Apr 1856, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK , d. UNKNOWN | |
4. Alexander SILVER, b. 30 May 1858, Burnside, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland , d. 19 Aug 1907, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 49 years) | |
5. Isabella Menzies SILVER, b. 20 May 1860, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK , d. 11 May 1934, Royal Mental Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 73 years) | |
6. James SILVER, b. 30 Apr 1863, Burnside, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK , d. 18 Apr 1949, General Hospital,Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (Age 85 years) |