Alexander Porteous

Alexander Porteous
Born	1877 Scotland
Died	1914 (aged 36–37) Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death	Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place	Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	Miner

Early Life

Birth

Birth 30 Mar 1877, Douglas Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Parents

Alexander Porteous (Sr.) married Mary Douglas (nee Clarkson) 29 Sep 1876, Newtonfoot, Douglas, Lanarkshire.

Siblings

• Grace Douglas (step sister to Alexander and James)
• John Douglas (step brother to Alexander and James)
• Alexander Porteous (1877-1914)
• Margaret Porteous (1879-1880)
• Janet Black Porteous (1881-) (married Thomas Quigley
• James Porteous (1883-1914)
• George Porteous (1886-1887)
• Catherine Porteous (1888-1940)
• Mary Porteous (1889-1890)
• George Clarkson Porteous (1891-1976)
• Robert Ramage Porteous (1892-1893)

Marriage

Alexander Porteous, Jr. married Janet Darling Park Murray in Cumbusland (near Glasgow, Scotland 8 June 1900.

Children

• Janet Porteous (1901-)
• Mary Carkson Porteous (1903-)
• Henry Porteous (1906-) Born USA
• Alexander Porteous (1909-)

Census Records

1881 Rigside, Broomfield
1891 Douglas Parish, Lanarkshire, age 14 occupation coal miner
1901 Bothwell, Lanarkshire, age 24, occupation coal miner 1911 Frank, Alberta, age 34, occupation miner

Immigration to Canada

1904 Ship Ethiopia, to USA going to Kangley, Illinois, to his uncle. 1908 Ship Mauretania returned to Scotland 1910 Ship Athenia, April, going to Frank, Alberta

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Janet was one month of leaving Scotland to join her husband in Hillcrest. She remained in Scotland.

Compensation

Schedule A

Interesting Facts

Brother George and father Alex. Sr were at work that day but not in the mine.
Brother James Porteous was also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. Brother-in-law Thomas Quigley was also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.