Charles Crookall

1827 - 1886  (59 years)

• Name	Charles Crookall
  Born	1827	, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Bank Manager
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-138114
  Died	22 Feb 1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Disease of the liver for years
  Buried	Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I138114	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary A. Tierney,   b. 14 May 1838, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Monica Crookall,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gertrude Crookall,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret Letitia Crookall,   b. 3 Jul 1868, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   4. Charles J. Crookall,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Madeleine Crookall,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Arthur Clifton Crookall,   b. 3 Apr 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F34351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Crookall, Catharine died 17 Aug 1862 Infant. At London. Dau of Chas Crookall, formerly of Galt. Dumfries Reformer 27 Aug 1862 ___________ Crookall, Catherine Clifton died 20 Feb 1861 Infant dau of Charles Crookall, London. Dumfries Reformer 27 Feb 1861 _____________ Death of Mr. Chas. Crookall of Berlin This well-known resident of the County Town, where for many years he occupied the position of manager of Merchants' Bank, passed to his rest on Monday last. Mr. Crookall was at one time a resident of Galt, having for a short time held the position of Station Agent of the G.W.R. here. The following obituary notice we take from the News of Monday: - "We regret exceedingly to record the death of Mr. Charles Crookall, for many years manager of the Merchants' Bank in this Town. He was well-known to all our citizens and many sad regrets will be felt that his familiar form is withdrawn from us forever. His age was about sixty and his last illness extended only about ten days, and very few were aware that there were any apprehensions of a fatal termination. Mr. Crookall was a faithful and devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, and was perfectly resigned to the will of the Almighty during his last illness, without the slightest fears of death. As the intelligence of his death reached us just as we were going to press, there are many points in his career which we should like to have mentioned, but they must be omitted today. He has been in Berlin, we think, ten or twelve years - since its organization in fact - he was an efficient member of the Berlin free Library Board, being elected chairman this year." Galt Reporter Feb 26 1886 pg 1 _______________ The first seed of the library movement was planted in The Mechanics' Institute which in its final years was moved to the old Town Hall at the corner of King and Frederick Streets. The stackroom of this embryo library was underneath the stairs which led up to the second story, and the reading room adjoined it. One year the library was compelled to close its doors because of a shortage of funds and the situation looked hopeless. With the passing of the Free Libraries Act in 1882, however, a new era dawned and hope was revived. Two years later, in 1884, the Mechanics' Institute with its 2855 volumes became the Free Public Library under the Act, and larger quarters were found for it in the western half of the ground floor of the old town hall. A Board of Management was appointed comprising the following citizens: Alexander Millar, Mayor; J. M. Staebler, P. E. W. Moyer, Alexander MacPherson, Thomas Pearce, Israel D. Bowman, Rev. R. vonPirch, Charles Crookall and Rev. William Kloepfer. At the first meeting Thomas Pearce was elected to be Chairman. At the next meeting Carrie Weaver was appointed librarian and secretary with a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars a year. The following extract from the first annual report will give some idea of the beginning of the public library movement in Kitchener. Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society , 1928

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 34.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1827 - , England Occupation - Bank Manager - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Disease of the liver for years - 22 Feb 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth