Alexander McNeill was a Canadian politician.
In 1872 Alexander married his recently widowed second cousin, Hester. Alexander and Hester immigrated to Canada and settled on a fram in Elderslie township, County of Bruce which had been his brother inlaws John McNeill. From 1872 to 1881 they remained in Elderslie Township. Their only son was born in 1874, named Malcolm . Alexander McNeill purchased 300 acres north of Wiarton and called it, The Corran . In 1882 the extension of the rail service came to Wiarton and construction of theroom manor began.
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