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Alexander McMullen

Male 1820 - 1881  (~ 61 years)

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  • Name Alexander McMullen 
    Birth ca 1820  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigrant 1856  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Ironstone Miner 
    Death 13 May 1881  Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Record of Alexander McMullen, 1881    		 Death Record of Alexander McMullen, 1881
    Burial Saint Stephen's Cemetery, Nicetown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Alexander McMullen began life in rural Ireland but, like many famine-era Catholics, crossed to Scotland’s rapidly-expanding Lanarkshire/Ayrshire ironstone pits. There he married Ann Haggerty and started a family in the village of Dalmellington, a company town dominated by blast-furnaces and colliery rows.

      When the American anthracite boom lured British-Isles miners westward in the mid-1850s, Alexander joined the tide. Ship manifests for that period show agents actively recruiting skilled Scottish pit-men for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania’s “Southern Field.” The McMullens settled first in Reilly Township, adding six U.S.-born children to the household while Alexander worked seams owned by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

      By 1880 declining health—and perhaps the lure of regular wages in mills or rail-yards—moved the family to Philadelphia’s Nicetown/Logan district. Less than a year later, on 13 May 1881, Alexander died; his widow Ann out-lived him by 25 years and returned to coal-country relatives in Schuylkill County.

      Alexander’s grave is among the modest mid-row stones—typical of working-class interments whose families could afford only a “single-lot” purchase.

      Alexander McMullen’s life traces a classic 19th-century labour arc—Ireland → Scottish ironstone → Pennsylvania anthracite → Philadelphia industry—ending in a small Nicetown cemetery whose stones still whisper the story of immigrant endurance and family tenacity.
    Person ID I38854  OurNorthernRoots | Rebecca's Ancestor
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2025 

    Father McMullen 
    Family ID F15234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Haggerty,   b. 25 Oct 1833, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1906, Kline, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1848  New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Agnes McMullen,   b. Apr 1849, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1903, Newkirk Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)
     2. James McMullen,   b. Oct 1850, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1855, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 4 years)
    +3. Daniel McMullen,   b. Aug 1851, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1917, McAdoo, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
     4. Patrick McMullen,   b. ca 1852, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. James McMullen,   b. 30 Nov 1855, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John McMullen,   b. ca 1856, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Elizabeth McMullen,   b. ca 1858, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Mary McMullen,   b. ca 1860, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Ellen McMullen,   b. ca 1863, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    >10. Alexander McMullen,   b. 28 May 1866, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1936, McAdoo, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     11. Catherine McMullen,   b. ca 1867, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. William H. McMullen,   b. ca 1869, Reilly Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    +13. Margaret McMullen,   b. 22 Sep 1872, Kline, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1925, Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F13801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ca 1820 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Jun 1848 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigrant - 1856 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 May 1881 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Saint Stephen's Cemetery, Nicetown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1851 Census of Dalmellington,Ayr,Scotland - McMullan Family    		1851 Census of Dalmellington,Ayr,Scotland - McMullan Family


 

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