Thomas Illingworth Croft

1879 - 1946  (67 years)

• Name	Thomas Illingworth Croft
  Born	11 Jan 1879	Rockwood, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co, , Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Bloomingdale General Store
  Name	T. I. Croft
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-222672
  Died	22 Feb 1946	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I222672	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Grace Lillian Turner,   b. 1879,   d. 27 Mar 1942  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Eric B. Croft,   b. 1908,   d. 1984  (Age 76 years)   2. Roy E. B. Croft,   b. 1911,   d. 2008  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F60608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214397722/thomas-illingworth-croft.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jan 1879 - Rockwood, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co, , Ontario, Canada Business - Bloomingdale General Store - - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Feb 1946 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth