Copy of birth registry entry of Alexander Neilson, born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Colmonell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Colmonell">Colmonell</a> on 3 October 1872 (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Family_Tree.pdf" title="File:Nelson Family Tree.pdf">'Nelson Family Tree'</a>). Father Robert was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a> on 31st May 1758 and mother Mary (née McKenna) was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Girvan" class="extiw" title="w:en:Girvan">Girvan</a> on 27th April 1757; they had six children, three sons and three daughters. On 16th November 1798 Alexander married Janet Cockburne (born on 26 October 1779) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dundonald,_South_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dundonald, South Ayrshire">Dundonald</a> and they had twelve children.<br><span style="color:blue;"><i>The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scotch_Mist/People" title="User:Scotch Mist/People">Scotch Mist Gallery</a> contains photographs of historic buildings, monuments, memorials and people.</i></span>
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