Thomas Illingworth Croft

Other Events:

• Business: Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bloomingdale General Store
• Name: T. I. Croft
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-222672

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T. I. CROFT

Thomas Illingworth Croft was born at Rockwood Jan. 11, 1879. He married Grace Turner of Guelph, who became an invalid for many years. She died March 27 1942. Mr. Croft owned and operated the store [761 Sawmill Rd.] for nineteen years and holds the record the Bloomingdale storekeepers. His death occurred in Bloomingdale Feb. 22, 1946. T.I. as he was called, will be remembered as a genial character and was a great asset to the community. The family attended the United Church in the village. There were two sons - Eric of Kitchener, and Roy of Toronto. On Sept. 6, 1946, Eric Basil Croft and Roy Edwin

Briton Croft, executors of T. I. Croft, sold to William Henry Pring and wife Irma.

Aug. 1, 1948 they sold to Gordon Edward Westphal, mechanic, of Kitchener and wife Lillian Catherine.

GORDON WESTPHAL operated the store until March, 1963, when he sold to Harold J. Snider and son Kenneth, at which time Mr. and Mrs. Westphal and children, Robert, Marlene and Jack moved to their new house located on the north side of the store'on Factory street. Mr. Westphal is presently emDloyed at Morval Industries, Kitchener.

Mr. Westphal also became the Postmaster on March 18, 1963, when a post office was located in the general store. He was sworn in by Ira Toll, the Waterloo postmaster.

HAROLD JACOB SNIDER, son of Peter Alba Snider, was born in the vicinity of Bloomingdale and is a direct descendant of Jacob (Yoch) Schneider, the pioneer. Harold was employed as a Waterloo County assessor for eight years prior to taking over the store in partnership with his son. The store has been modernized and they specialize in pork products of their own manufacture. The business is known as Snider's Market. Son Kenneth was appointed postmaster April 1964, successor to Gordon Westphal.


Bloomingdale Tweedsmuir history Vol 3

Thomas — Grace Lillian Turner. Grace was born 1879; died 27 Mar 1942; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Eric B. Croft was born 1908; died 1984; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Roy E. B. Croft was born 1911; died 2008; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.