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MEIN, Alexander

Hazel BallanSeptember 15, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1902 Alexander’s parents and siblings According to the certificate of his baptism which took place on 13 February 1874 in St Philip’s Church in Dalston, Hackney, Alexander was born on...
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