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===Mearns family===
Alex was a ship carpenter whose firm had a route between Glasgow & Montreal, and one day he was in Montreal, and a street preacher from the assembly shared the Gospel with him, and he turned his life over to Christ there on the spot, and was given a French-English New Testament, and he joined the assemblies in Scotland, then moved to Montreal with his family in 1875. Alex wife Maggie's grandfather James Morton '''1890-1901+''' (b. 1823 Scot.; emig. 1890) was employed in Montreal in 1901 as a master mariner. Also in 1901, Alex & Maggie had a boarder named Rose Stuwarin '''+1901+''' (b. 1836 [[Switzerland|Switz.]]) in fellowship with them.
* Alexander "Alex" Innes Mearns '''1875-1933''' (b. 1854 St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1933 Mont., QC)
* 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.
** Alexander Mearns (b. 1874 Scot.). Alex Jr. was employed in 1901 as a plumber.
** James Morton Mearns (b. 1885 Scot.). 1st wife (1914 @ Winnipeg, MB): Margaret Ledward Mearns (d. Spanish flu). James was employed as a stonecutter. 2nd wife: Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Spencer Mearns (b. 1892 - d. 1962 Montreal, QC).
*** William Easton Mearns (b. 1913 QC)
*** Morton Hugh Mearns '''1915-1973+''' (b. 1915 Winnipeg, MB - d. 2006 Perth, ON) +1962-1973+, son of James Mearns (b. 1885); Wife: Jeannette Marie Parent Mearns. Morton's obit starts with "with Christ which is far better".
===Meikle family===
