Alexander McGhie 1853–1940 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Alexander McGhie, 1853–1940 (aged 86 years)

Name

Alexander McGhie

Name: Alexander /McGhie/
Surname: McGhie
Given names: Alexander

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 6 January 1830 — Dalry, Ayreshire, Scotland Christening: 5 February 1830 — Kirkoswold, Ayreshire, Scotland Marriage: 31 December 1850 — Scotland Death: 21 November 1902 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Burial: 25 November 1902 — Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Unique identifier: CA559763C12CF24EAA77961CEA5859DC90E5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary McBlaine William McGhie Alexander McGhie Mary McGhie Sarah McGhie William McGhie 1830–1902 Birth: 6 January 1830 — Dalry, Ayreshire, Scotland Death: 21 November 1902 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
mother	Links Birth: 21 July 1832 — TarBolton, Ayreshire, Scotland Marriage: 31 December 1850 — Scotland Unique identifier: CA559763C12CF24EAA77961CEA5859DC90E5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William McGhie William McGhie Alexander McGhie Mary McGhie Sarah McGhie Mary McBlaine 1832–… Birth: 21 July 1832 — TarBolton, Ayreshire, Scotland
Marriage	Marriage — 31 December 1850 — Scotland
1 year elder brother	Links Birth: 20 December 1851 21 19 — Scotland LDS baptism: 12 July 1866 Marriage: 27 March 1872 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA LDS spouse sealing: 27 May 1872 Death: 13 December 1916 — Butler, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Burial: 18 December 1916 — Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Unique identifier: A7A764AAC1FE5A479EA10D2697AA1F26B46D Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Jane Spillett William McGhie 1851–1916 Birth: 20 December 1851 21 19 — Scotland Death: 13 December 1916 — Butler, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
23 months himself	Links Birth: 8 November 1853 23 21 — Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage: 13 June 1881 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: 9 June 1940 — Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Burial: 13 June 1940 — Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Unique identifier: A3BE6F635D7307409281F85D262974EF64E0 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma Rowen Alexander McGhie 1853–1940 Birth: 8 November 1853 23 21 — Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death: 9 June 1940 — Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1856 25 23 — Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary McGhie 1856–… Birth: 1856 25 23 — Utah, USA
11 years younger sister	Links Birth: 11 November 1866 36 34 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Unique identifier: 91EE5FE31E46914CA28795052D7217DF5AEA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles Colebrook Sarah McGhie 1866–… Birth: 11 November 1866 36 34 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA

Family with Emma Rowen
himself	Links Birth: 8 November 1853 23 21 — Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage: 13 June 1881 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: 9 June 1940 — Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Burial: 13 June 1940 — Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Unique identifier: A3BE6F635D7307409281F85D262974EF64E0 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma Rowen Alexander McGhie 1853–1940 Birth: 8 November 1853 23 21 — Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death: 9 June 1940 — Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
wife	Links Birth: 15 March 1856 28 29 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Marriage: 13 June 1881 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: 12 June 1915 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Unique identifier: A3BE6F635D7307409281F85D262974EF64E0 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alexander McGhie Emma Rowen 1856–1915 Birth: 15 March 1856 28 29 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 12 June 1915 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 13 June 1881 — Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	8 November 1853 23 21 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Birth of a sister	Mary McGhie 1856 Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Sarah McGhie 11 November 1866 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage	Emma Rowen — View this family 13 June 1881 (aged 27 years) Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death of a father	William McGhie 21 November 1902 Butlerville, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Burial of a father	William McGhie 25 November 1902 Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death of a wife	Emma Rowen 12 June 1915 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	William McGhie 13 December 1916 Butler, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Burial of a brother	William McGhie 18 December 1916 Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death	9 June 1940 (aged 86 years) Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Burial	13 June 1940 (4 days after death) Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Unique identifier	1810923E79BB474AA2BCAA5CC60F8B65E663
Last change	26 August 2011 – 00:00:00

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Note	--------Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854 Fourteenth Ten Privates William McGhie, Jr. Son of William McGhie and Elizabeth Collins. Born Jan. 6, 1830, in Scotland. Postmaster at Butler, Utah. View FullContext Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854 Fourteenth Ten Privates Alexander McGhie Son of William McGhie, Jr., andMary McBlain. Born Nov. 8, 1853, in Scotland. DEATH: Deseret News Obituary; 9 JUN 1940; FHL Microfilm #874072. Note: Alexander McGhie, or "Sant" as he was called, was only thr ee months old when his father departed Scotland for America in18 54. At age 16, he along with his father, William McGhie, Jr.,an dhis older brother Billiek began working as laborers in a sawmi ll in Big Cottonwood Canyon and he was so employed forabout te n years In 1881, at age 28, Alexander married Emma Rowan, and they settled in Butlerville, w here they were blessed with four children before they made the d ecision to move to Park City in order for Sant to seek employmen t in the mines there. His brothers John, Joseph, and Thomas als o made the move for the same reason. A fifth child, Oliver Calvi n, was born to Sant and Emma while they were in Park City, but t hey apparently remained there only a couple of years before retu rning to Butlerville, probably because of concern about lead aff ecting Sants' lungs whileworking as a miner. They established t heir residence on the Old Mill Road about a block south of his f ather's place where their two youngest children wereborn. The Stairs Station power plant in Big Cottonwood Canyon was comp leted in May 1896. It is possible that Sant may have been employ ed in the construction of the plant and continued on as it wen t into operation. When Utah Power and Light Company took over th e Big Cottonwood power plants in 1815, he bacame an employee i n that company and accumulated a total of thirty-five yearsof s ervice by the time he retired in 1928. His responsibilities with Utah Power over the years included tak ing soundings of the deep reservior in the canyon which was loca ted just above toDay's Storm Mountain campground at what was the n called "Jones Cut". He also walked the wooden water flume tha t stretched from the Stairs Station to the lower powerhouse in t he mouth of the canyon to check for leaks. Charles Swan, supervi sor of the lower plant would pick him up each Day and drive hi m back up the canyon to his cabin located on the reservior. He and Emma lived in the cabin, and during the summers, he woul d sit on the porch smoking his pipe and fishing. Family member s and other vistors had fond memories of the fish dinners serve d by the McGhie's.

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--------Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854
Fourteenth Ten
Privates
William McGhie, Jr.
Son of William McGhie and Elizabeth
Collins. Born Jan. 6, 1830, in Scotland.
Postmaster at Butler, Utah.
View FullContext

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854
Fourteenth Ten
Privates
Alexander McGhie
Son of William McGhie, Jr., andMary
McBlain. Born Nov. 8, 1853, in
Scotland.
DEATH: Deseret News Obituary; 9 JUN 1940; FHL Microfilm #874072.
Note: Alexander McGhie, or "Sant" as he was called, was only thr
ee months old when his father departed Scotland for America in18
54. At age 16, he along with his father, William McGhie, Jr.,an
dhis older brother Billiek began working as laborers in a sawmi
ll in Big Cottonwood Canyon and he was so employed forabout te
n years In 1881, at age 28,
Alexander married Emma Rowan, and they settled in Butlerville, w
here they were blessed with four children before they made the d
ecision to move to Park City in order for Sant to seek employmen
t in the mines there. His brothers John, Joseph, and Thomas als
o made the move for the same reason. A fifth child, Oliver Calvi
n, was born to Sant and Emma while they were in Park City, but t
hey apparently remained there only a couple of years before retu
rning to Butlerville, probably because of concern about lead aff
ecting Sants' lungs whileworking as a miner. They established t
heir residence on the Old Mill Road about a block south of his f
ather's place where their two youngest children wereborn.
The Stairs Station power plant in Big Cottonwood Canyon was comp
leted in May 1896. It is possible that Sant may have been employ
ed in the construction of the plant and continued on as it wen
t into operation. When Utah Power and Light Company took over th
e Big Cottonwood power plants in 1815, he bacame an employee i
n that company and accumulated a total of thirty-five yearsof s
ervice by the time he retired in 1928.
His responsibilities with Utah Power over the years included tak
ing soundings of the deep reservior in the canyon which was loca
ted just above toDay's Storm Mountain campground at what was the
n called "Jones Cut". He also walked the wooden water flume tha
t stretched from the Stairs Station to the lower powerhouse in t
he mouth of the canyon to check for leaks. Charles Swan, supervi
sor of the lower plant would pick him up each Day and drive hi
m back up the canyon to his cabin located on the reservior.
He and Emma lived in the cabin, and during the summers, he woul
d sit on the porch smoking his pipe and fishing. Family member
s and other vistors had fond memories of the fish dinners serve
d by the McGhie's.

Alexander McGhie, 1853–1940 (aged 86 years)

--------Pioneers and Prominent Men of UtahPioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854Fourteenth TenPrivatesWilliam McGhie, Jr.Son of William McGhie and ElizabethCollins. Born Jan. 6, 1830, in Scotland.Postmaster at Butler, Utah.View FullContext

--------Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah-1854
Fourteenth Ten
Privates
William McGhie, Jr.
Son of William McGhie and Elizabeth
Collins. Born Jan. 6, 1830, in Scotland.
Postmaster at Butler, Utah.
View FullContext