Alexander Mair

M, #2634, b. 5 September 1900, d. 25 August 1948
Pedigree
     Alexander Mair was born on 5 September 1900 at Low Street, Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland.1 He was the son of William Mair and Mary Vass. His family was known by the tee-name of "Shavie". Alexander Mair was a ship's engineer. He married Jane Cowie at The Institute, Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland, on 5 September 1924.1 Alexander died on 25 August 1948 at on board the steam ship 'Moonlight', near Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, at age 47. Alexander Mair and wife Jean perished with the steam ship 'Moonlight' which was carrying a cargo of granite chips from Furnace, Loch Fyne, for Ormidale, Kyles of Bute. The weather had been fair, but deteriorated rapidly after the ship had passed Skate Island. The ship foundered and sank. The deck hand survived, but the other three members of the crew and the engineer's wife were lost. Alexander Mair, who was a member of a relief crew on the 'Moonlight' that day, had been the ship's engineer.2,1,3
Charts
Chart (box): Descendants of William Mair "Shavie" (b. c1765)
Chart (indented): Descendants of William Mair "Shavie" (b. c1765)
Chart (box): Descendants of William Wood "King" (b. c1695)
Chart (indented): Descendants of William Wood "King" (b. c1695)

Child of Alexander Mair and Jane Cowie

Citations

  1. [S772] Robert Mair, Neil Pirie, Information kindly supplied by Robert Mair of Durham, England.
  2. [S1328] Private contibutor, Neil Pirie,.
  3. [S1953] Great Britain Board of Trade, The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Report of Court (No. 7959), S.S. "Moonlight" O.N. 133103, The Formal Investigation held at the Justiciary Buildings, Glasgow, on the 4th and 6th days of July, 1949, into the circumstances attending the total loss of the s.s. "Moonlight" on the 25th August, 1948, near Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne, found that the loss of the ship was caused by the shipping of heavy seas, and the development of a severe list which may have been due to the shifting of cargo.