Alexander Brown Marr ¹⁵

   Cause of his death was Uremia Nephritis Hypertension.

  General Notes:

It was initially believed that Alexander may have been a twin, although we knew nothing about the other child, or if there may have been other children. As it turned out, not only was he NOT a twin, he was the youngest of 7 other children. Only one of the family was a girl, indicating that we still have a many Marr relatives around.

He was machine repairman, which was called a "tenter" or a "loomfixer" as shown on the Record of Death. As such, he was hired by JP Coats to help open a new plant in the states. It was in 1923 that he went to Rhode Island to work on the new, Central Falls facility. He landed in Nova Scotia from Glasgow.

It wasn't until 1925 that he had earned enough money to bring is wife, Agnes Jane Main, and two sons, Robert Brown and George Harvey Ferguson to the states. They arrived in Boston on the ship Transylvania on, or about 19 September, 1925.

Sixteen years after his arrival, Alexander became a U.S. citizen on 27 June, 1938. Four months later he died.

  Research Notes:

Information regarding the Marr family in Scotland was found through The First Scottish Searching Services, located at http://www.fsss.co.uk/.

  Medical Notes:

Disease of the kidneys, likely caused by Malaria contracted during WW I

Doctor = J Kenney MD

  Noted events in his life were:

• Graduation: from Eastwood Pollok Academy, May 1903, Eastwood Parish, Glasgow Scotland. ¹⁶

• Immigration: Immigration to US, 11 May 1923, Glasgow, Scotland. ¹⁷ Departed Glasgow on 11 May, 1923 on the ship Cameronia.
Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in route to US on 19 May, 1923. Unknown if he took another ship to Boston, or train? However, "Border Crossing into the US" records were established on the day he arrived in Canada.

• Military: Served In WW I In The 5th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. ¹⁸

• Citizenship: citizenship, 27 Jun 1938. ¹⁹

• Social Security Number: 036-03-1654, 12 Dec 1936. ²⁰

• Residence, 16 Apr 1930, 105 Oakland Ave. Pawtuckett. ²¹ According to the 1930 Federal Census, Alexander and his family lived at 105 Oakland Ave. in Pawtucket. Alex is shown as being a "Fixer" at a thread mill, possibly the J. P. Cotes factory in Central Falls. The family was renting at this location for $26/mo.

• Residence, 23 Sep 1915, 8 Genatly St. Pollokshaws, Renfrew, Scotland. ⁵

• Residence: Thomas Marr family residence at the time of the 1891 census, 1891, 27 Factory Street, Pollokshaws, Renfrew, Scotland @ 1:00Pm. ²²

• Residence: 163 Hatfield St. Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, 27 Jun 1938. ²³

• Border Crossing: Crossing from Canada to USA, 19 May 1923, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ²⁴

Alexander married Agnes Jane Main Ferguson, daughter of George Harvie Ferguson and Agnes Haddow, on 28 Sep 1915 in Eastwood Parish, Glasgow Scotland.¹ (Agnes Jane Main Ferguson was born in 1887 in Glasgow, Scotland, died on 7 May 1954 in Sekonk, MA and was buried in Central Falls, Providence, RI..)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Bann: Proclamation of Marriage, 23 Sep 1915, Pollokshaws, Renfrew, Scotland. ⁵