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* Alexander "Alex" Innes Mearns I '''1890-1933''' (b. 1854 St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1933 Mont., QC), son of James Mearns (b. 1824 Aberdeen, Scot.) & Mary Craib Emslie Mearns (b. 1823 Aberdeen, Scot.; m. 1847 St. Nicholas, Scot.). Alex's father was employed as a sailor, including in 1882 as a boilermaker on the ship Parthia, as per the [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2895/records/25503 manifest].
* 1st wife: Margaret "Maggie" Morton Mearns '''1890-1928''' (b. 1854 Scot. - d. 1928 Montreal, Scot.). Maggie was a granddaughter of James Morton '''1890-1901+''' (b. 1823 Scot.; emig. 1890) who was employed in Montreal in 1901 as a master mariner, and in 1891 as a saw operator.
* 2nd wife: Alice Short Mearns'''+1931+''' (b. 1860 Bitton, Gloucester, Eng.; emig. 1913; d. 1937 Montreal, QC), daughter of Rowland Short (b. 1832 Bitton, Eng. - d. 1914 Keynsham, Gloucester, Eng.) & Mary Ann Britton Short (b. 1835 Oldland Bitton, Eng. - d. 1924 Keynsham, Eng.).
** Alexander Innes Mearns II '''1890-1931+''' (b. 1884 Scot.). Alex Jr. was employed in 1901 as a plumber. Wife: Mary Cook Mearns '''+1921-1931+''' (b. 1882 [[Nova Scotia|N.S.]] - d. 1952 Montreal, QC).
*** Alexander Innes Mearns III '''1909-1927+''' (1909-1982 Montreal, QC). Wife (1938 @ Calvary UCC, Montreal, QC): Ida Catherine Ann Dixon Mearns. By 1931, Alex was employed in Verdun as a truck driver, and affiliated with the CoE. *** William Cook Mearns '''1910-1931+''' (b. 1910 Montreal, QC)
*** Morton Hugh Mearns '''1915-1973+''' (b. 1915 Winnipeg, MB - d. 2006 Perth, ON) +1962-1973+, son of James Mearns (b. 1885); Wife: Jeannette Parent Mearns (b. 1915 - d. 1994 Smiths Falls, ON)
**** Peter James Morton Mearns (b. 1946 - d. 2018 Bolton, ON). Memorial at [https://rexdalealliance.ca/ Rexdale Alliance] (C&MA/TAC) in the Toronto area.
**** DaughterJeannette Mearns Nowers. Husband: Alan Rea Nowers (b. 1943 Winnipeg, MB - d. 2022 Mississauga, Peel, Toronto metro, ON), son of Guy Beaupre Nowers (b. 1913 Winnipeg, MB - d. 1976 Montreal, QC) & Gertrude Brownie Rea Nowers (b. 1914 Toronto, ON - d. 1992 Montreal, QC). Alan & Jeannette were in fellowship with the Toronto meeting +1982-1990+.
===Meikle family===