Alexander Cuthbert

1852 - 1930  (77 years)

• Name	Alexander Cuthbert  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	10 Jun 1852	Hopeman, New Duffus, Moray, Scotland   [2, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	10 Jun 1852	Forres, Moray, Scotland   [7]
  Occupation	Harness-maker, shoe-maker, bailiff for 3rd district court, Kent Co.
  Residence	1916	288 Windemere St., Walkerville, Essex, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Died	15 Feb 1930	288 Windemere St., Walkerville, Essex, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont.
  Person ID	I3362	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Prangley,   b. 20 Apr 1854, Prangley homestead, Dawn Mills, Kent Co., Upper Canada Colony, British North America ,   d. 1945, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1878	Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Mary Jane Cuthbert,   b. 24 Dec 1884, Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972, Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Cuthbert, a harness maker and bailiff for the 3rd District court at Dresden, Kent County, moved to Dresden in 1873 from Glencoe, Ontario. He was born in Elginshire, Scotland (present-day Morayshire) near the village of Forres (note: not "Forrest"), near the north-east coast of Scotland. Alexander emigrated from Scotland in 1856 with his mother and father. The family first settled in London, Ontario where Alexander's mother, Margerie, died in 1865 at 33 years of age. Alexander and his father then moved to Glencoe, and in 1873 (or 74) to Dresden where they finally settled. Alexander would have been 13 years old when his mother died. Alexander studied leather working like his father and grandfather. Initially he apprenticed as a harness maker but he also took up shoe-making as harnesses became less in demand. By 1916 the family appears to have moved to Walkerville, according to son Charles' WWI recruiting document. 004600-78 (Kent Co.) Alexander CUTHBERT, 25, saddler, Morayshire Scotland, Dresden, widowed, s/o Andrew & Mary, married Mary Jane PRANGLEY, 24, Dawn, same, d/o Charles & Allie?, witn Revd. S. HUGHES & James McVEAN, on 20 April 1878, at Dresden. Interestingly, Alexander is buried with his first wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S164] Cuthbert Merge File.FTW. Date of Import: Jun 17, 2002 [S84] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Record for Alexander Cuthbert [S124] Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Record for Willie Cuthbert [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Record for Wm Bayley Cuthbert [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Record for Alexander Cuthbert [S288] OPR. [S289] Dresden Commemorative Biographical Record (photocopy extract).