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He was born to [[John Currie]] and [[Mary Riddell]] in Scotland in 1883.  Later that same year, with his parents and two siblings, John and Christena, he emigrated from Scotland to Alamonte, Ontario.
He was born to [[John Currie]] and [[Mary Riddell]] in Scotland in 1883.  Later that same year, with his parents and two siblings, John and Christena, he emigrated from Scotland to Alamonte, Ontario.
[[File:1893-02-03_-_The_Almonte_Gazette_-_Walter_Currie.PNG|thumb|Alamonte Gazette, 3 February 1893]]
On 3 Feb 1893 a Walter Currie appears in the Alamonte Gazette treasurer of the masonic lodge #79.


By 1901 he had already married  
By 1901 he had already married  
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==Sources==
==Sources==
Alamonte Gazette, 3 Feb 1893, Page 1 [http://mvtm.ca/gazette2017/display-pdf?ref=1893-02-03-01]
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Revision as of 11:21, 29 May 2018

Walter Currie (1883 - 1954) was a Canadian-American who lived at the turn of the 20th century.

Early life

He was born to John Currie and Mary Riddell in Scotland in 1883. Later that same year, with his parents and two siblings, John and Christena, he emigrated from Scotland to Alamonte, Ontario.

Alamonte Gazette, 3 February 1893

On 3 Feb 1893 a Walter Currie appears in the Alamonte Gazette treasurer of the masonic lodge #79.

By 1901 he had already married

He appears in the Canadian census in 1901, and the American censuses of 1910, 1920, and 1930.

He married

After marrying, he emigrated to Worcester, Massachussetts.

Confusion

There is ANOTHER Walter Currie, who appears to be his uncle, who appears in the record. It's not clear if this is a different person.

Death

He died there in 1954.


Sources

Alamonte Gazette, 3 Feb 1893, Page 1 [1]

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928