Anna Currie

Anna Bryant "Annie" Currie (nee Snook) (21 July 1893 - 3 June 1989) was a Canadian citizen who was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, but spent most of her life in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

She was the wife of Alex Currie.

Relatives

Her brother, George Snook, was Chief Machinist at Kenora Pulp & Paper, according to Marilyn Hermiston.

Personality

Grandma Annie was noted by younger generations as having a "strong" personality. When she was relating an anecdote, for instance, all others in the room were expected to be silent and to listen attentively. She also had cataract surgery at some point so her later years gave her a piercing look with her extremely strong glasses.

Relationship with Michael Currie

In the recollection of his parents as told to him on 28 May 2018, infant Michael was taken to Winnipeg to meet Grandma Annie when he was just weeks old, and a picture was taken. She spent the last years of her life in a home, and was not in a vivacious condition. There was at least one other occasion where Michael's father visited Grandma Annie, but Mary Ann didn't attend, and so likely Michael did not either. It's likely he only ever met his Great Grandmother Annie that one time.

Death

Her health took a sharp decline around 1983, leaving her unable to receive guests other than immediate family, or travel.

Her death on 3 June 1989 unfortunately came just days before her son Jack's 50th wedding anniversary with Jack's wife Lucy, which was celebrated at a formal dinner and then a reception at their home on Surprise Lake, outside Thunder Bay, Ontario. A young Michael Currie has a memory of debating with his sister in the back seat of the car on the way home from Surprise Lake what the age of his only living "great grandparent" was: 98, 99? And how his mother, Mary Ann, had to delicately tell him that in fact Great Grandma Annie had died just days earlier.

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