Alexander Neil O'Brien

Alexander Niel "A.N." O'Brien served as a correspondent for open brethren assemblies in the U.S., including in 1927 in Duluth, Minnesota as a preaching point at 227 Victoria St. He was born June 15, 1824 at Noel, Hants, Nova Scotia, and died on Dec. 27, 1942 in Duluth. His parents were Rupert George O'Brien (1824-1912) & Sarah Anne Archibald O' Brien.

Ancestry

• Rupert George O'Brien (b. 1824 Noel, Hants, N.S. - d. 1912 Vinland, Douglas, KS) was the son of William O'Brien & Annie Putnam O'Brien. He was the seventh child in a family of thirteen, and was raised on the farm where he was born. 1849-1850 were spent in the U.S. working at saw mills in several Massachusetts towns, as well as in New York City and Albany, N.Y.. He returned to Nova Scotia and was married on Sept. 11, 1855.
• Sarah Anne Archibald O'Brien (b. 1829 Truro, N.S. - d. 1905 Vinland, Douglas, KS)
  • She was a sister to Sir Adams George "A.G." Archibald (1814-1892), who was one of the 36 fathers of the Canadian Confederation which 1864-1866, in which the province of Canada (Ontario & Quebec) was intertwined with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1870-1872), and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1873-1883). He was born and died at Bible Hill in Truro, N.S. See A.G.'s wiki.
  • Sarah and A.G. were children of Samuel Archibald (1784-1864), and grandchildren of James Archibald (1754-1828), judge of the court of common pleas of Nova Scotia. They were also related to Samuel George Washington Archibald (1777-1846) who served as the Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island 1824-1828, and Attorney General of Nova Scotia 1830-1841. An early ancestor was David Archibald (1717-1795), an immigrant of Ulster, and a co-founder of Truro, N.S.
  • The Archibald family arrived in North America 1719-1722, settling initially at Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, which was incorporated the latter year.

Sources

• Newspapers.com
  • Rupert O'Brien's obit - The Baldwin Ledger, Baldwin City, KS. Jan. 31, 1913, p. 6.
• Ancestry.com
  • Sir A.G. Archibald's Ancestry page