Alexander Biggart Sayer SMITH
(a.k.a. Alexander SMITH, A. B. SAYER-SMITH, 1848 - 1935),
Anne Donaldson MITCHELL
(a.k.a. Annie Donaldson MITCHELL, 1860 - 1941)

Annie Donaldson MITCHELL &
Alexander Biggart Sayer SMITH,
Golden Wedding Anniversary 1931
Photographed by R. J. Hughes, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Photo courtesy of C. McGEOCH

Alex & Annie were given "a present of money for their Golden Wedding . .
in the letter of 29 Jul 1932,
he describes the 'neat and reliable electric mantle piece clock' . .
from the Canadian General Electric Company -
'a chaste design of walnut & maple wood, I fancy, with gold-toned centre piece'.

Annie Donaldson MITCHELL married Alexander Biggart Sayer SMITH
Friday, 09 December 1881
at 15 West George Street in the District of Blythswood, Burgh of Glasgow (Map).
The Extract of Entry in Register of Marriage:
Alex B. SMITH, Bachelor, Shipbuilder's Manager, age 32,
usual residence Trevelyn Hotel, Barrow, England, (Map)
parents were both now deceased;
his father, William SMITH, previously listed as Mason, now listed as Ornithologist.
Annie MITCHELL, Spinster, age 22,
usual residence Ardardan House, Cardross, (Map)
parents, Robert (occupation Butler) and Rosina, still living in 1881.
Witnesses: B. R. MITCHELL & John DOUGLAS.
Alex & Annie were married after Banns,
according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.

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Links to:
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Lancashire), England (First website);
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Lancashire), England (Second website);
Dist. of Blythswood, Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland;
Canadian General Electric Company (History);
Cardross, Dumbarton, Scotland;
Church of Scotland Online;
Established Church of Scotland (Catholic Encyclopedia);
A History of Wedding Anniversaries

Maps:
Ardardan House, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Map;
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England (Map, Trevelyn Hotel);
Dist. of Blythswood, Burgh of Glasgow (West George Street) Map;
Dunbartonshire, Scotland Area Map