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James Adam Warnock
1926 - 2006 (79 years)
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Name James Adam Warnock Born 2 Nov 1926 Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male Business Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Tiger Brand Knitting Ltd., - An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved the sale of 124-year-old Tiger Brand Knitting Ltd., of Cambridge, Ont., to a numbered company which will close the plant and source its branded clothing in China. The sale of Tiger Brand, which has been in bankruptcy protection since September, 2004, will throw more than 300 people out of work, says the United Steelworkers union. The company, which produces the Non-Fiction and Canadian Classic brands, as well as other clothing under contract, was founded in 1881 by the Warnock family which was in its fifth generation of ownership. The company, whose major creditor is General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Canada Ltd., was sold to a company controlled by New York investor Ken Lazar.
More than 300 lose jobs in closing of Tiger Brand. (2005). The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2018, from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/more-than-300-lose-jobs-in-closing-of-tiger-brand/article18220891/
Galt-TigerBrand-0001-envelopeImprint.jpg Occupation Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada owner of knitting mill - Owned and operated Tiger Brand
Eby ID Number Waterloo-119492 Died 21 Sep 2006 Petersburg, , Sankt-Peterburg, Russia Cause: heart attack Person ID I119492 Generations Last Modified 6 Apr 2024
Family Manuella Da Costa Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 Family ID F43826 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved the sale of 124-year-old Tiger Brand Knitting Ltd., of Cambridge, Ont., to a numbered company which will close the plant and source its branded clothing in China. The sale of Tiger Brand, which has been in bankruptcy protection since September, 2004, will throw more than 300 people out of work, says the United Steelworkers union. The company, which produces the Non-Fiction and Canadian Classic brands, as well as other clothing under contract, was founded in 1881 by the Warnock family which was in its fifth generation of ownership. The company, whose major creditor is General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Canada Ltd., was sold to a company controlled by New York investor Ken Lazar.
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Notes - WARNOCK, James Adam Born November 2, 1926, died suddenly of a heart attack on September 21, 2006 in St. Petersburg Russia while on a holiday with his wife Manuella and youngest daughter Amanda James. He is also survived by: Elizabeth Ann Cochren (Thomas), Joan Susan Fisk (Bryan), Nancy Ellen Garrett (Stephen), James Edward Nisbet Warnock (Celia), Martha Jane Turner (Walter), Robert Andrew Warnock (Mary). His loving grandchildren: Nancy, Nicole, PattiAnn, Mary Heather Cochren, Erynn & Kelly Fisk, Martha & Thomas Garrett, Adam & Kate Warnock, Drew & Tara Turner, Taylor & Madison Warnock. His father & mother-in-law Manuel & Filomena DaCosta, his sisters-in-law Anabela & Liane, his brothers-in-law Tony and Mario. Jim spent his career creating Tiger Brand Knitting Company in Cambridge (Galt), Ontario. He retired to Wee Mountain in Lundbreck, Alberta where he enjoyed entertaining his many friends, family and guests. Family will receive friends at Coutts Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, 96 St. Andrew's St., Cambridge, (519) 621-1650 for memorial visitation on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial funeral services will be conducted at Trinity Anglican Church, Blair Rd., Cambridge, on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 2 p.m. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Globe and Mail Newspaper, Toronto 23 Sep 2006
- WARNOCK, James Adam Born November 2, 1926, died suddenly of a heart attack on September 21, 2006 in St. Petersburg Russia while on a holiday with his wife Manuella and youngest daughter Amanda James. He is also survived by: Elizabeth Ann Cochren (Thomas), Joan Susan Fisk (Bryan), Nancy Ellen Garrett (Stephen), James Edward Nisbet Warnock (Celia), Martha Jane Turner (Walter), Robert Andrew Warnock (Mary). His loving grandchildren: Nancy, Nicole, PattiAnn, Mary Heather Cochren, Erynn & Kelly Fisk, Martha & Thomas Garrett, Adam & Kate Warnock, Drew & Tara Turner, Taylor & Madison Warnock. His father & mother-in-law Manuel & Filomena DaCosta, his sisters-in-law Anabela & Liane, his brothers-in-law Tony and Mario. Jim spent his career creating Tiger Brand Knitting Company in Cambridge (Galt), Ontario. He retired to Wee Mountain in Lundbreck, Alberta where he enjoyed entertaining his many friends, family and guests. Family will receive friends at Coutts Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, 96 St. Andrew's St., Cambridge, (519) 621-1650 for memorial visitation on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial funeral services will be conducted at Trinity Anglican Church, Blair Rd., Cambridge, on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 2 p.m. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
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Born - 2 Nov 1926 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Business - Tiger Brand Knitting Ltd., - - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - owner of knitting mill - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Died - Cause: heart attack - 21 Sep 2006 - Petersburg, , Sankt-Peterburg, Russia = Link to Google Earth
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