Alexander , the ‘baby of the family’ was also the tallest. He was born on 28 September 1924. He trained as a Sanitary Inspector in Glasgow and later moved to Grangemouth for promotion to Chief Sanitary Inspector; later to become the Director of Cleansing.
Alex married Anne (Agnes Young McLeod) on 10 December 1949 at Admiral Street Methodist Church, Glasgow.
Alex and Anne had two of a family –
Alexander Alan McCreath born 13 March 1952. Alan married Sandy (Anne Sandra Mitchell (born 22 December 1952). They had two children – Colin McCreath and Neil McCreath.
Norma McLeod McCreath born 27 February 1955. Norma married Gary Cornhill. They had two children – Kerry Cornhill and Christopher Cornhill.
Alex and Anne accumulated a wide circle of friends, including, curiously, Italian cafe-owning fellows of my son-in-law’s mother, Nina – Carlo and Antoinetta Renella (originally from Belmonte Castello).
Alex died, age 68, on 6 November 1992 at Stirling Royal Infirmary. Anne on 11 May 2011 at Strathcarron Hospice, Denny. Anne in Falkirk in 2011.