Alexander Acheson

Alexander Acheson 1848-1897
Born: 2 Nov 1848 in New York City, New York, United States
Married: 7 Aug 1877 to Sarah Bradin Miller at Donegal, Perth county, Ontario, Canada
Died: 6 Oct 1897 in Rosenfeld, Manitoba, Canada
Buried: Morris, Manitoba, Canada
Family Tree Profile: Alexander Acheson
Family Lineage: Alexander Acheson3 (Joseph2, Weir1)
Contributor: Jim Benedict
Alexander’s Early Years
Alexander and Sarah
Known Children (with Sarah):
- Joseph Alexander 1878-1955
- Sarah Isabella 1879-1953
- Mary Jane 1881-1926
- Samuel James 1851-1926
- Weir Henry 1884-1916
- Ethel Maud 1886-1974
- Florence Gertrude 1888-1987
- Alexander John 1891-1972
Great Granddad Buys a Village
My family once owned a village in Manitoba, in the 1890’s. Several streets are still named after my family members. It is Rosenfeld, 100 kilometers south of Winnipeg. My great-grandfather, Alexander Acheson (1848-1897), grew up in Perth County, Ontario and received his teaching certification in Clinton, Huron County, Ontario. Teaching in Ontario was okay, but now married to Sarah “Sadie” Bradin Miller in 1877, he decided to join his younger sister, Arabella, and her husband, John McKennit, and head west. The new railroad had tracks that went as far as Winnipeg, so that was the destination. My great grandparents, with two babies tucked in arms, boarded the westbound in about 1880, for a new life.