Alexander Silver Paterson ESSON

1886 - 1977  (90 years)

• Name	Alexander Silver Paterson ESSON
  Residence	1950-67	1507 Huron St, San Mateo, California, USA
  	U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 San Mateo, California.
  Residence	1971-76	234 Elm St, Apt 211, San Mateo, California, USA
  Birth	1 Jul 1886	Woodside Cottage, Fardenreoch, Colmonell, Ayr, Scotland, UK
  	1886 births in the district of Colmonel, in the county of Ayr. No 16 Alexander Silver Paterson Esson, 1886 July First 11.40am at Woodside Cottage, Fardenreoch, male, Parents: Alexander Esson, schoolmaster and Alice Stoddard Esson M.S. Wilson who married 1881 July 7th at Newington, Edinburgh. Witness Alexander Esson, father, present
  Gender	Male
  Census	1891	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
  	With maternal grandfather, mother and sister
  Census	1901	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
  	With maternal grandfather, mother and sister
  Census	1921	Edmonton, Canada
  Immigration	30 Jan 1927	Arrived in San Francisco, California, USA on SS Ruth Alexander
  Census	1940	Burlingame, San Mateo, California, USA
  _FGRAVE	87859550
  _MILT	1942
  	Draft registration, San Mateo, California, USA
  	Source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V48X-3PP Name: Alexander Silver Paterson Esson Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1942 Event Place: Burlingame, San Mateo, California Gender: Male Birth Date: 01 Jul 1886 Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California Affiliate Publication Number: Affiliate ARC Identifier: 603155 GS Film number: 2404172 Digital Folder Number: 004667478 Image Number: 00105
  Death	22 Feb 1977	San Mateo, California, USA
  	California Death Index, 1940-1997 and U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Alexander Esson Death Date: 22 Feb 1977 Cemetery: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Burial or Cremation Place: Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87859550/alexander-esson
  Notes	According to his obituary, his second wife's name was Martha. As his first wife, Elsie, died in 1954, this is his second marriage: California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 Name: Alexander S Esson Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886 Age: 68 Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1954 Marriage Place: San Mateo, California, USA Spouse: Martha Neff Spouse Age: 49* According to her death record, she was born 23 Mar 1901, so would have been 53. The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio), Monday, 9 Aug 1954, page 9 Crestline Announcement is being made here of the marriage of Mrs Martha Neff Rexwde, formerly of Crestline, and Alexander Esson, which took place July 18 at St Andrew's Lutheran Church at San Mateo, Calif. She wore for her wedding a pink suit with which she combined white accessories. Mrs. Claude Tharpe* and the bride's brother, Edward Neff, of Menlo Park, Calif., were the attendants. The bride was employed several years in Mansfield and since 1952 has managed a dress shop in San Mateo. Mr Esson is with the Enterprise of South San Francisco and has also been in the real estate business for 17 years. *Alexander's daughter Rina.
  Person ID	I7827	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Alexander ESSON,   b. 10 Feb 1849, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland d. 5 Apr 1890, Woodside Cottage, Fardenreoch, Colmonell, Ayr, Scotland, UK (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Alison Stoddard WILSON,   b. Abt 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK d. 2 Oct 1922, 5 Riselaw Rd, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1881	10 Parkside Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  	1881 marriages in the district of Newington in the city of Edinburgh. No 277, 1881 on the Seventh of July at 10 Parkside Terrace, Edinburgh, after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland, Alexander Esson, school teacher, bachelor, 32, of Fardenreoch, Colmonell, son of Alexander Esson, farmer, and Helen Esson M.S. Siver and Alice Stoddard Wilson, school teacher, spinster, 22, of Fardenreoch, Colmonell, daughter of Robert Wilson painter and gilder and Mary Ann Wilson M.S.Watson (deceased). Witnesses: Margaret Catherine Wilson and James Esson
  Family ID	F2608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie JENNINGS,   b. 18 Jul 1886, Eastry, Deal, Kent, England, UK d. 9 Jan 1954, San Mateo, California, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1912	First Baptist Church, 128 Athabasca Ave, Edmonton, Canada
  	Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944 Name: Alex. Silver P. Esson Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1912 Marriage Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Spouse: Elsie Jennings Certificate Number: 2108 Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta Canada), Friday 12 Jul 1921, page 13 A quiet wedding took place on Thursday evening at eight o'clock at the parsonage of the First Baptist church, 128 Athabasca Avenue, when Miss Elsie Jennings of Winnipeg was married to Mr Alexander S.P.Esson. Rev. D.R.Sharpe performed the ceremony. Mr and Mrs Esson will reside in Edmonton.
  Children	1. Rina Helena ESSON,   b. 8 Nov 1913, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada d. 14 Nov 2007, Josephine, Oregon, United States (Age 94 years)   2. Bruce Alexander Jennings ESSON,   b. 5 Jun 1916, Winnipeg, Alberta, Canada d. 9 Jan 2003, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F2610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2025

  
  

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