John Alexander Currie

- 1897

• Name	John Alexander Currie
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	1897	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	suicide
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-224357
  Died	19 Jun 1897	North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 01, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I224357	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Currie,   b. 1845, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1888, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Marie "Mary" Smale,   b. CA 1855, , Mecklenburg, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	22 Sep 1875	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F227528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  CURRIE, JOHN ALEXANDER The son of Mrs. Currie, who lives near Killean, 16 years of age, a boy in years, appearance and action. He worked for Mrs. Stevenson on her farm near Galt and committed suicide Saturday afternoon, June 19, 1897, by hanging himself with a leather line from a beam in the barn. It would seem that he contemplated another way as paris green was found near the pump and the path between it and the stable also bore marks of the poison. His father shot himself in 1888. -Information from the death certificate: Died on lot 1, 9th concession of Dumfries. -Information from the birth certificate: Born in Puslinch Township on Nov. 6, 1880, son of John Currie and Mary Smale. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Sep 1875. 22 Sep 1875 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, John Currie was married to Maria Schmeel, of Puslinch Township. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9322-75. John Currie, 30, occ. Carpenter, b. Ottawa, res. Waterloo twp., s/o Neal & Catherine, married Mary Schmeel, 25, b. Mecklenberg Schwerin, res. Puslinch twp., d/o Friedrich & Sophia, witn: Louis Schmeel & Mary Buchholz, both of Puslinch twp., 22 Sept 1875 at Preston

  
  

• Event Map

  Misfortune - suicide - 1897 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Jun 1897 - North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 01, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth