Thunder Bay

The Currie family's roots in Thunder Bay (formerly Port Arthur and Fort William) are surprisingly shallow, but if one goes back to the Parsons family - the siblings of Anna Currie - one finds many migrants, since it was they who engaged in the Great Parsons Migration to Port Arthur at the turn of the 19th century into the 20th.

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.

Leaving aside our third cousins from the Parsons branch, 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.

True enterprising individuals who made the active choice to move to Thunder Bay, and didn't just descend from those who were already here:

• George Snook
• Anne Parsons (although she may have already been married to George)
• Jack Currie
• Lucy Currie (although she was already married to Jack)
• Mary Ann Currie