-A Chronology-

1833, 28 April Baptised parish of Urney, County Cavan, Ireland;

1853, 14 February Appointment to the Royal Irish Constabulary.
1853, 9 June Allocated to Waterford City.
1853, 1 September Promoted to Police Inspector, 2^nd Class

1855, 3 April Resigned to join Land Transport Corps and served in Crimea

1856, 1 September Re-admitted to R.I.C. without loss of service.

1857, 1 October Of Ferrybank Station, Waterford; rescued a women from a fire on the Quay, Waterford.

1858, 18 June Presented with a silver medal from the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire.

1859, 1 April Allocated to Fermanagh.

1860, 19 April Resigned from Royal Irish Constabulary.
1860, 20 August Arrived Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand, aboard the ship "Pladda" from Glasgow.

1861, 24 May Policeman; his son Elijah born in Dunedin.
1861, 1 July Constable; was recalled from the Lindis Goldfield, because of the Tuapeka Discovery.
1861, 7 July Son Elijah baptised at St Paul’s, Dunedin.
1861, 24 August Rode in Gold Escort from Tuapeka to Dunedin.
1861, 27 November A sergeant of Police in Dunedin, but in England giving evidence at Bow Street Police Court, re a bank officer named William J BRUTON who had absconded from Dunedin with a large sum of money.

1862, 15 February His son Elijah’s death in Dunedin was registered by Constable John McMAHON, as Alexander Mee was still abroad.
1862, March Arrived Melbourne, with prisoner BRUTON aboard ship "Orwell".
1862, 12 April Recorded as finding "portmonnaie" in George Street, Dunedin.
1862, May 12 & 14 Sergeant MEE recorded as carrying out normal duties in Dunedin.
1862, 9 June Sergeant MEE transferred to Dunedin Gaol.

1863, 17 January Birth of daughter Mary Ann Armstrong, in Dunedin.
1863, 11 March Baptism of daughter Mary Ann Armstrong, at St Paul’s, Dunedin.
1863, Recorded as hotelkeeper, with Thomas JONES, of Jones & Co., Stafford Street, Dunedin.

1864, 17 April Hotelkeeper; his daughter Martha Florence born in Dunedin.
1864, 8 June Daughter Martha Florence baptised St Pauls’, Dunedin.

1865 Hotelkeeper: Jones & Mee, Stafford Street, Dunedin.

1866, Hotelkeeper, Golden Age Hotel, Hokitika, (West Coast),Jones & Mee.
1866, 1 May Alexander Mee and Mary MEE witnesses to a marriage at Hokitika.

1867 Hotelkeeper, as for 1866, Hokitika; also listed as Hotelkeeper, Gridiron Hotel, Mee & Marks, Hokitika. 1867, 7 September His son Thomas William Jones born in Hokitika.

1868, 2 June Daughter Eliza Jane born in Hokitika.
1868, July Daughter Eliza Jane died, and was buried Hokitika Cemetery, Block 28, plot 939, 27 July 1868.

1869 Joint leasehold, Golden Age Hotel, Stafford Street, Dunedin.

1870 Hotelkeeper, York Hotel, George St, Dunedin.
1870, 16 June Wife Mary Ann died at "her late residence", York Hotel, George St, Dunedin.
1870, 18 June Mary Ann buried Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, in portion of Lots 9 and 10, Block 8, Church of England section.
1870, 22 November Alexander MEE witness at St Paul’s, Dunedin, marriage.

1872, 4 July Alexander Mee patient in Dunedin Lunatic Asylum "for third time".

1872, 26 August Resident at Robert Burns Hotel, George St, Dunedin

1875, Had leasehold farm at Papakaio, North Otago

1877, Freehold farm at Papakaio

1882, 28 March Alexander Mee and Margaret Jane JOHNSTON married at Fairlie Creek.
1882, October Alexander Mee, a farmer of Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, had 819 acres, worth £6,652.

1888, Appointed a Justice of the Peace in New Zealand

1902, 22 May Died at his farm "Wellpark", Pleasant Point, South Canterbury.
1902, 25 May Buried Pleasant Point Cemetery, being a military funeral at his express wish.

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