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'''Walter Currie''' ( | '''Walter Currie''' (? - 1954) was a Canadian-American who lived at the turn of the 20th century. | ||
After marrying, he emigrated to Worcester, Massachussetts. | |||
==Walter Currie 1838== | |||
In the Scottish census of 1851, a 13-year-old Walter Currie appears with his 5-year-old brother John Currie as living in a house headed by a 38-year-old Christina Currie. That would put him as born in 1838. | |||
==Walter Currie 1883== | |||
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. | ||
==Walter Currie 1870== | |||
[[File:1893-02-03_-_The_Almonte_Gazette_-_Walter_Currie.PNG|thumb|Alamonte Gazette, 3 February 1893]] | [[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. | On 3 Feb 1893 a Walter Currie appears in the Alamonte Gazette treasurer of the masonic lodge #79. This would make him 23. | ||
By 1901 he | By 1901 he was listed as already married, was age 32 (so born 1870) | ||
He appears in the Canadian census in 1901, and the American censuses of 1910, 1920, and 1930. | He appears in the Canadian census in 1901, and the American censuses of 1910, 1920, and 1930. | ||
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He married | He married | ||
He died there in 1954. | |||
==Confusion== | ==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. | 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== | ==Death== | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 29 May 2018
Walter Currie (? - 1954) was a Canadian-American who lived at the turn of the 20th century.
After marrying, he emigrated to Worcester, Massachussetts.
Walter Currie 1838
In the Scottish census of 1851, a 13-year-old Walter Currie appears with his 5-year-old brother John Currie as living in a house headed by a 38-year-old Christina Currie. That would put him as born in 1838.
Walter Currie 1883
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.
Walter Currie 1870
On 3 Feb 1893 a Walter Currie appears in the Alamonte Gazette treasurer of the masonic lodge #79. This would make him 23.
By 1901 he was listed as already married, was age 32 (so born 1870)
He appears in the Canadian census in 1901, and the American censuses of 1910, 1920, and 1930.
He married
He died there in 1954.
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