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Note: Assistant Draper(1891 Scottish census) Commercial traveller(1900 US
Census) Manager Mailorder Warehouse (1920 US census)
Went to Victoria, Canada in 1892, the US in 1898, Naturalised in 1905,
travelled back to England in 1914,1916, 1923 and 1924,
Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants (A)
Alexander, Gilbert
(b. 1874) Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 29, 1874. He was
educated in the public schools of Glasgow and came to the United
States in 1894. He married Elizabeth W. Livingston on August 5, 1908.
One daughter was born, Betty Agnes (Mrs. Frank E. Novak). Mr.
Alexander held various positions with Sears, Roebuck and Company from
1900-1935. He became President of Allstate Insurance Company in 1938.
He was also Board Chairman of the Suburban Trust and Savings Bank and
a Vice-President of Creed and Stewart in Aurora. He was a Republican,
a Presbyterian, and a Mason. He was a member of the Oak Park Country
Club and the Chicago Athletic Club. His home was at 205 N. Lombard
Avenue in Oak Park, and his office was at 20 N. Wacker Dr. in Chicago.
He was President of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society in 1932 and
1933.
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