Alex Currie
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.
Beginnings
Currie's parents, John Currie and Mary Riddell, immigrated from Selkirk, Scotland in 1883 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.
Marriage and family
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.
Death
On 6 September 1964, Currie died. His death was caused by a sudden and unexpected stroke (according to Marilyn Hermiston).
His final address was 671 Oakenwald Avenue, Fort Garry, Manitoba. [4]
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