(1861-15 April 1936), civil engineer and surveyor. (Alexander J. McLellan, C. E.; Alexander McLellan, C. E.) Born on the 5th Concession of Lancaster Township, GC. Parents: John McLellan and his wife Mary Chisholm. His parents died when he was young, and he consequently lived as a child with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Angus McLellan of the South Branch (the parents of Donald McLellan). He attended local schools and Williamstown High School, and graduated from the University of Ottawa in Engineering. “His first survey was for the CPR under Chief McLennan, in the district around Port Arthur.” The McLennan referred to here was doubtless R. R. (Big Rory) McLennan. Afterwards, Alexander McLellan did surveys in Newfoundland for a railway that was being planned there, then survey work in Northern Ontario and Quebec. “The greater part of his life was spent in railway construction,” and probably, specifically, in surveying in connection with railway construction. At the time of the death of his uncle Donald McLellan in 1913, he was described as “Alexander McLellan, Belleville, division engineer of the C. N. R.” (Glengarry News 7 March 1913) He died at his home in Belleville, Ont. (four children) Roman Catholic. He was buried at St. Mary’s cemetery, Williamstown. He was married to Mary Jane Cormach of Newfoundland. He was the brother of Mary Catherine McLellan, named in religion Sister Saint Mary Alexander.

Standard Freeholder 22 April 1936 (QF) * Fraser, Gravestones, I, 35, 36