Alexander Cameron SCRIMGEOUR (1840 – 1912)

Name

Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1840

Birthplace

Methven, Perthshire, Scotland

Marriage(s)

1876

Date of death

05 March 1912

Place of death

Masterton

Parents

  • Peter Scrimgeour
  • Isabella Scrimgeour, nee Rue

Partner(s)

  • Isabella Scrimgeour, nee Gow (1876-1/7/1914)

Children

  • Jane Macadam Scrimgeour (1877-1972)
  • Peter Gow Scrimgeour (1878-1923)
  • Mary Scrimgeour (born 1880)
  • Jessie Vallance (1881-1964)
  • Amelia Rue Scrimgeour (1883-1959)
  • George Henry Scrimgeour (1889-1962)

Biography

Arrived in Napier on the “Rangoon”, 1864
Worked for Henry Russell, Mount Herbert, Waipukurau, and Purvis Russell
Proprietor of Tahoraite Hotel, Seventy Mile Bush, 1877
Owned Empire Hotel Waipawa
Proprietor Masonic Hotel, Dannevirke, 1895 and Clarendon Hotel Napier, 1901
Bought farm of 600 acres at Waipawa
Member of Waipawa County Council, Road Board, Town Board, Hospital Board and School Committee
Proprietor of Masonic Hotel, High Street, Dannevirke

Accession number

594039

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