2. David Alexander Isabella Watchman
June 7, 1858 Green Hills December 30, 1870 Isle of Mann
Died 1918, Avonlea Died Jan 1, 1942
Father John Alexander Avonlea
Mother Jean Pinnell Father: John Watchman
Married 1887
Mother : Catherine Quayle
Name Birthplace Burial Married Children
David Scotland Avonlea No No
1888 1955
Samuel Scotland 1890 Hillcrest Moose Velma S Heslop David
Jaw 1959 March 25, 1921 Ester
Wesley
Morely
Shirley
Robert
John
Kate Scotland Dec 10 Avonlea Herbert Message Isabel
1895 1944 April 26, 1926 Florence
James
William Scotland July 13, Mount Hope Sylvia Rebecca
1897 Assiniboia Feb Isabel
13, 1953 David John
Velma Sylvie
Margaret Ann
James Saltcoats Saskatoon Oct Elizabeth Janet Jeanne Darlene Gail
Watchman Scotland Oct 16, 1972 Drysdale March Geraldine Isabel
1900 24, 1945
Isabella Wheatstone, Mount Hope, Oscar Olsen 1937 Robert
Sask Oct 2, 1911 Assiniboia Donald
Alex (Archibald) Wheatstone, Sk Cremated
Dec 8, 1913 1999
4. Rebecca’s memories of Grandma Alexander:
Whenever I think of her I can almost taste the
huge plum pudding that she made every
Christmas. She put the fruit etc. In a 100 lb. flour
sack, tied up the corners, and cooked it in the
copper boiler of boiling water and kept at boiling
temperature for four hours. It was served with
sauce. Yum yum good.
Her rocking chair was in front of the cookstove
and many hours she spent there knitting dresses
for her granddaughters, as well as sweaters, long
stockings, scarves, and mittens for all the
grandchildren.
Aunt Kate, Florence, Jim, and Isabella and I spent
the winter holidays, which lasted from Christmas
to the end of February, at Grandma’s.
Grandma tried to teach me to sew by hemming
tea towels and hankies.
In 1936 she had, as usual, a very good garden
and often sent us muskmelons. There was a lot
of rust on the grain that fall.
I am sure Isabella and Florence and perhaps
Esther could tell you how wonderful our
grandma was. She was short, pleasantly plump,
and had red hair.
23. LARRY AND SYLVIA (ROBINSON)
COGHLIN. We were
married December 30, 1985. We
are presently living in Assiniboia.
Larry continues to work at the
Poplar River Power Plant in
Coronach. Sylvia subs in the public
school system, teaches occasional
classes and invigilates exams for
Southeast College, and tutors
students. We continue to work on
our house, which we moved from
Coronach to Assiniboia in 2003,
and our yard (which we couldn’t).
30. Neil and Ann Alexander with George
Alexander continue to operate the family
farm.
Mary and Richard Thomas reside in
Saskatoon.
Ruth lives overseas.
42. Growing up on Hills Head Farm. Plenty of space to roam, our uncles farm
just a skip and a hop down the hill and opportunities for full use of active
imaginations.
48. Jeanne Alexander (B. Ed.) retired from a long and successful
career as a teacher and principal and currently lives in Regina.
Active in the community she has a radio show, a TV show, and
takes an active leadership role in numerous community
organizations. As part of the Wascana Writers group she has
published several stories and poems rooted in the
Saskatchewan experience. Mary Hohne, her daughter and her
grandsons James and Daniel also live in Regina. Jeanne was
widowed in 2005.