Alexander Dickie

1855 - 1927  (72 years)

• Name	Alexander Dickie
  Born	30 Sep 1855	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-89408
  Died	12 Dec 1927	Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas, United States   [1, 4]
  Buried	Woodson Cemetery, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I89408	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Dickie,   b. 8 Oct 1815, Kilmaurs, , AYR, Scotland ,   d. 10 Mar 1899, Orchard Lake, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary MacKay,   b. Oct 1831, , Scotland ,   d. 8 Mar 1894, Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F36443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Alexander Dickie (1855-1927) bchiltonjr originally shared this on 13 Jun 2012 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  DICKIE, BYRON H. The Breckenridge Democrat of Breckonridge, TX contains the following account of the death of Mr. Dickie of Woodson, TX, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dickie, formerly of Puslinch, near Hespeler: A former Breckenridge school boy and graduate electrical engineer, he was accidentally electrocuted in the General Electric Co. plant at Schenectady, NY, on Monday morning, February 5, 1917, at about 10. His body was laid to rest at Woodson on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10, with masonic honours. The Breckenridge Lodge officiated and about thirty automobile loads of friends and masons from Breckenridge attended. It seems that something had gone wrong with the dynamo and that he had gone around the machine to splice a wire carrying 2, 200 volts of electricity, which had been burned in two. The switch, which should have been opened before touching the wire, was closed, the supposition being that he had looked at the switch in passing, thought it open and had gone about his work. When he was found about five minutes later, he was standing upright, one hand on the wire and when the switch was thrown open, he crumpled to the floor. The company physician worked for three hours, using a pulmotor but to no avail. Funeral services, held at Woodson Church, were conducted by Rev. Boyd of the Methodist Church. The concourse of friends was so great that the building could not accommodate more than one third of them. He was the second oldest son and a young man of sterling worth, marked ability and was anxious to make his mark in the world. He was 25 years of age, a graduate of Breckenridge High School and the A. & M. College of Texas. In private life, he was of a jovial, open-hearted disposition, despising hypocrisy in every form, a loving and dutiful son, honouring his mother, as a son should and being more than a son, a chum, to his father. Also survived by three brothers, Hugh, Alex Jr. and Dewey; two sisters, Myrtle and Katie. 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

  [S1836] zz - Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976, ); GS Film number: 2114436, Digital Folder Number: 005145677, Image Number: 02710. Alexander Dickie Event Type: Death Event Date: 12 Dec 1927 Event Place: Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas, United States Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 30 Sep 1855 Birthplace: , Canada Father's Name: Alexander Dickie Mother's Name: Mckay [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 60. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19892378/alexander-dickie.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Sep 1855 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Dec 1927 - Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas, United States Buried - - Woodson Cemetery, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas, United States  = Link to Google Earth