Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - Maggie Alexander

This is the tombstone of Maggie (Haney) Alexander, mother of Norma Elizabeth Alexander. Norma was the wife of Lloyd Ira Parker. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Maggie was born in 1881 in Wisconsin to James Haney (1842-1923), who was born in Canada and Minnie Polenske (1858-1895), who was born in Ireland. Maggie Haney married Gilbert Alexander (1873-1959) July 28, 1901.


The tombstone reads:
Mother
Maggie Alexander
1881 - 1939
The connection to the Brassfield surname is that her Great-Grand Daughter married a Brassfield.