Alexander Cousin

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Farm Servant in Feb 1862.

• He had a residence in Feb 1862 in Carnock Mill, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.

• He worked as a Damask Weaver in 1871.

• He appeared on the census in 1871 in Golfdrum Street, North Church, Dunfermline, Scotland. Recorded (aged 30) living with wife Jane and children George (8), David (5), Catherine (4) and Margaret (2) in a house with 2 windowed rooms.

• He appeared on the census in 1881 in Urquhart Farm Cottage, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 40) living with wife Jane and daughters Catherine (14), Maggie (12) and Betsy (1).

• He worked as a Ploughman in 1888.

Alexander married Jane Ness, daughter of David Ness and Catherine Kennedy, on 28 Feb 1862 in Old Bonhard, Carnock, Fife, Scotland. (Jane Ness was born circa 1834 in Arngask, Fife, Scotland and died on 30 May 1888 in Pitbauchlie, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.) The cause of her death was stomach cancer.