Born Lower Shader, Barvas. Wife Mary, Lower Shader, Stornoway. Alexander appears in the 1891 census at Lower Shader, aged 2, with his parents John and Mary (aged 47) and elder siblings Angus (17), Peggie (16), Murdo (13), Mary (9), Donald (8), Katie Ann (7) and John (5).

HMS Rugby was a minesweeper. Died from disease.