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With his wife he had three sons: [[Jack Currie|Jack]], [[Neill Currie|Neill]], [[Clyde Currie|Clyde]], and three daughters: [[Flora Heylar|Flora]] (Heylar), [[Marian Gillis|Marian]] (Gillis), and Norma. Norma died at age 6, of diphtheria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria]. Despite the lack of family planning technology available at the time, all their children were born two years apart and most in June. | With his wife he had three sons: [[Jack Currie|Jack]], [[Neill Currie|Neill]], [[Clyde Currie|Clyde]], and three daughters: [[Flora Heylar|Flora]] (Heylar), [[Marian Gillis|Marian]] (Gillis), and [[Norma Currie|Norma]]. Norma died at age 6, of diphtheria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria]. Despite the lack of family planning technology available at the time, all their children were born two years apart and most in June. | ||
Four of his six children had issue, and all four had three children, for a total of twelve grandchildren. In 2009, Jack, his last living child, died. | Four of his six children had issue, and all four had three children, for a total of twelve grandchildren. In 2009, Jack, his last living child, died. | ||
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Alexander Clapperton "Alex" Currie (1889 or 1890 - 6 September 1964) was a Canadian Pacific Railway station agent [1] for 41 years until his early retirement due to health issues in 1948.
Ancestors
Currie's parents, John Currie and Mary Riddell, immigrated from Selkirk, Scotland in the 1860s or 1870s to the mill town of Almonte, Ontario, Canada [2] which is close to Ottawa, Ontario. Alex was born in Almonte.
Taking a job with the railways at age 17, his job took him far from the mill town of his youth to many small towns across Ontario and Manitoba. In Port Arthur, Ontario, he married Annie Snook in 1914, 6 years after starting with the CPR.
Later life
With his wife he had three sons: Jack, Neill, Clyde, and three daughters: Flora (Heylar), Marian (Gillis), and Norma. Norma died at age 6, of diphtheria [3]. Despite the lack of family planning technology available at the time, all their children were born two years apart and most in June.
Four of his six children had issue, and all four had three children, for a total of twelve grandchildren. In 2009, Jack, his last living child, died.
His final address was 671 Oakenwald Avenue, Fort Garry, Manitoba. [4]
Obituary
