Thunder Bay
The Currie family's roots in Thunder Bay (formerly Port Arthur and Fort William) are surprisingly light.
Jack Currie's mother Annie Snook's parents were from Port Arthur, but it's not clear how far back their history in the town goes, although they were present at the time of Annie Snook's birth in 1892. Alex did marry Annie in Port Arthur, however. It was likely just the ceremony, because his life as a station agent doesn't appear to involve any long stays in the town.
Jack Currie moved to Port Arthur with his family in 1954. However, his two older sons had moved away by the time they were at university in the 1970s. Only Jack's youngest son Ron stayed for the rest of his life. Jack and his wife Lucy did stay in Thunder Bay until their deaths in 2009 and 2003, respectively.
Ron's children Michael and Carolyn left town at 18 and 30, respectively.
This leaves only the ageing Ronald and his wife Mary Ann carrying the torch in the town Michael was raised in.
Stays in Thunder Bay:
- George Snook 1892-1930 (from Salisbury, England)
- Anne Parsons 1892-1924 (from Newfoundland)
- Annie Snook 1893-1916 (born and raised)
- Jack Currie 1915-1916, 1954 - 2009 (born, lived from age 39 onwards)
- Lucy Currie 1954 - 2003 (from age 36 onwards)
- Ronald Currie 1954 - present (from age 7 onwards)
- Mary Ann Currie ~1978 - present (from age 28 onwards)
- Bill Currie 1954 - 1965 (from ages 11 to 18)
- Doug Currie 1954 - 1968 (from ages 8 to 18)
- Michael Currie 1982 - 2001 (not born there, but from ages 0 to 19)
- Carolyn Currie 1985 - 2015 (born and raised, until 30)
The person from our family with the most years in Thunder Bay is Ronald Currie, with 64 years as of 2018.