Alexander Horsburgh
Male, ID =4, (9 Sep 1882 - 8 Feb 1974)
| Father | James Horsburgh (2 Dec 1844 - 3 Sep 1891) |
| Mother | Helen Black Stewart (c 1847 - 26 Jul 1927) |
| Note | his son Benjamin started working the farm at age 14 with Alex's hired hand. Ben took over the farm and in 1930 brought his new wife to work the farm with him -Alex sold the farm in Dec 1955? | |
| Religion | was Presbyterian, then short time Nazarene, then Jehovah's Witness | |
| Note | Alex loved to entertain, he acted in plays at the Opera Hall. | |
| Note | named his children after his parents and sibblings | |
| Occupation | - Sec-Tres RM of Moosomin 121 - did the books for a number of Business' - was Sec-Tres for Moosomin School Board and Hospital Board - was a farmer | |
| Birth | 9 Sep 1882 | 2 Home Street, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Immigration | 1904 | Came to Hartney, Manitoba, Canada as a" Farm Servant". Sometime later moved to a farm 3 miles north of Moosomin onto land bought by his brother Benjamin Horsburgh |
| Emigration | 18 Mar 1904 | "Sarmatian", Glasgow, Scotland; left Glasgow on the Ship Samaritan at the age of 21. First Class Passenger. |
| Occupation | 1906 | farmer 3 miles north of Moosomin E1/2 Section 28,Township 14, Range 31, West of the 1st Meridian |
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1907 | Presbyterian Church Manse, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada; Esther Bell Cooke |
| Occupation | c 1913 | Secretary/Treasure of the RM of Moosomin 121. Also worked for McCurdy's . He was a numbers man, he could remember numbers of many parts etc. |
| Note | bt 1916 - 1918 | served in WWI -listed on Moosomin's World War I Roll of Honour - left for war after Cecilia was born in 1915 |
| Retirement | 1948 | retired from Sec.Tres. RM 121 |
| Death | 8 Feb 1974 | Colonel Beltcher Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Family 1 | Esther Bell Cooke (2 Apr 1888 - 10 Feb 1969) | |
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1907 | Presbyterian Church Manse, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada; Esther Bell Cooke |
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Family 2 | Florence Telford (8 May 1902 - 29 May 1974) | |
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