Alexander was born in 1882 at St. Andrews, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6,2,3,4 He was the son of
Dougald MacFarlane and
Ann Boyd.
2,3,4,5 Alexander B. MacFarlane died on 24 July 1972 at Hanson Nursing Home, Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Congesstive heart failure due to artereosclerotic heart disease for 10 years, also pleural fluid and gout.
6,2,7,3 He was buried on 27 July 1972 at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
3 The 1891 census states that Alexander could both read & write.
Alex never married.
Alex was the informant on his brother John A.'s death certificate in 1939. They were both living at 204 Hemenway Street at the time.
Alex was living in Boston at the time of his brother Angus' death in 1940.
6,1,3,4 He appeared on the census of 1891 in the household of
Dougald MacFarlane and
Ann Boyd at Fraser's Mill, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4 Alexander B. MacFarlane lived with
Dougald MacFarlane and
Ann Boyd in 1891 at Fraser's Mill, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada; They resided in a one story wooden house of six rooms.
4 Alexander B. MacFarlane is mentioned in the obituary of
Dougald MacFarlane at The Casket, Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada; Dougald MacFarlane 77 45-1896-18-5
Middle South River
At Middle South River on the 13th of May, 1896, Mr. Dougald MacFarlane in the 78th year of his age. His protracted illness was borne with resignation to the Divine Will. He leaves a wife and four sons, three daughters to mourn the loss of a kind and virtuous husband and father. May he rest in peace.
2 Alexander B. MacFarlane lived on 28 February 1939 at 204 Hemmingway Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
1 He witnessed an unknown person 's death on 28 February 1939 at Holy Ghost Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
1 He is mentioned in the obituary of
Angus D. MacFarlane at The Casket, Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada; Angus D. MacFarlane 87-1940-30-5
Boston
Son of Dougald, St. Andrews.
There died in Boston, November 22, 1939, Angus D. MacFarlane, formerly of St. Andrew's, son of the late Dougall MacFarlane and Annie Boyd MacFarlane. Deceased went to the States as a young man and spent some time in Portland, Maine. He lived in Massachusetts this last twenty-five years. Surviving are his sorrowing wife, Mary MacGillivray, formerly of Dunmore, Antigonish Co., also two sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Catherine Flannagan, and Mrs Edward Bowles, Brookline; Alex in Boston; John D. in Hyannis, Mass. After a solemn high Mass in St. Joseph's Church in Roxbury his remains were laid to rest in St. Joseph's Cemetery in West Roxbury. R.I.P.
8 Alexander B. MacFarlane lived on 29 September 1955 at 260 Main Street, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
7 He lived before 24 July 1972 at 43 Sherman Road, Brookline, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
3 He was Retired office manager for Staples Wax. Before 24 July 1972.
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