Alexander Hastings Gruer
Born 1838
Captain: Alexander Hastings Gruer (9‑40‑8)
Born to William Gruer and Magdaline White “both Scots” in 1838 in Devon where his father was stationed in the Royal Navy and they moved back to Scotland in 1841. He began his training on the H.M.S. Victory. He arrived in Brisbane in 1858. He married Hannah Connor 14 November 1867. Hannah died in 22 March 1897 and he married Isabella Morris who is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.