Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - Gilbert Alexander


This is the tombstone of Gilbert Alexander, father of Norma Elizabeth Alexander. Norma was the wife of Lloyd Ira Parker. Gilbert Alexander was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Gilbert was born June 1873 in Wisconsin to Henry Alexander (1831-1899), who was born in Scotland and Elizabeth Dewar (1850-1916), who was born in Canada. Gilbert Alexander married Maggie Haney July 28, 1901.


The tombstone reads:
Father
Gilbert Alexander
1873 - 1959
The connection to the Brassfield surname is that Gilbert's Great-Grand Daughter married a Brassfield.