(died 5 April 1932, aged 87), pioneer. Born in Kintail, Rossshire, Scotland. He came to Canada at age 18 to join an uncle, Robert McLennan, who lived at Martintown. Alexander McLennan settled in GC, was a clerk at Martintown, Williamstown (clerk in post office there), and Cornwall. “In 1864 he came to British Columbia by way of South America. After spending some years in the Cariboo and Peace River districts, he settled down in Victoria.” He was also for some years a “member of one of the parties engaged in making surveys” in British Columbia for the CPR. He was married in 1879 to Elizabeth Dunn (d. 24 Nov. 1940, aged 81), of Kingston, Ont., and Victoria, B.C. Following their marriage, he and his wife moved to Saltspring Island, B. C. He died at his home on Saltspring Island with seven children surviving him)

Cornwall Standard 21 April 1932, Glengarry News 22 April 1932, both based on Vancouver Daily Province (QF these sources) * obituaries of his wife, Vancouver Daily Province, 26 Nov. 1940, Standard Freeholder 6 Dec. 1940 * private information