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1849 - 1920 (70 years)
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Name |
John "Jack" Sargeant Craig |
Born |
8 Apr 1849 |
Tuckersmith Township, Huron County, Ontario |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1891 |
St. Patricks Ward, Toronto, Ontario |
Residence |
27 Aug 1892 |
35 D'Arcy Street, Toronto, Ontario |
Census |
1901 |
Toronto, Toronto West, Ontario |
Census |
1911 |
129 Westminster, Toronto, Toronto West, Ontario |
Died |
17 Mar 1920 |
at his residence, 129 Westminster Avenue, Toronto, Ontario |
Buried |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery |
Person ID |
I21777 |
All |
Last Modified |
22 Sep 2017 |
Father |
Gilbert Craig, b. 1 Mar 1817, Kilmarnack, Scotland , d. 5 May 1888, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario (Age 71 years) |
Mother |
Helen Lowe, b. 29 Mar 1823, Clogheen, Ireland , d. 29 Apr 1893 (Age 70 years) |
Family ID |
F3905 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
Died:
- Undated newspaper articles:
Fire Alarm Superintendent Succumbs to Heart Failure
Succumbing to heart failure during the night John Samuel Craig, superintendent of the fire alarm telegraph systems of the Toronto Fire Department for 21 years, was found dead in bed at his home, 129 Westminster Avenue, early yesterday morning by his daughter, Miss Louise Craig. Mr. Craig, who was in his seventy-first year, joined the Fire Department as assistant superintendent on March 16, 1892, and became superintendent of the alarm system on June 1, 1899. He would have been entitled to retire on pension next March. He was born in Tuckersmith Township on April 8, 1849. He was a member of the Masonic Order and of High Park Presbyterian Church.
The surviving family consists of his widow and two daughters, Miss Louise, at home, and Mrs. Johnston, of 322 Clinton Street, this city.
Supt. John Craig of Fire Dept. Dies
Superintendent John Samuel Craig of the fire alarm telegraph system succumbed to an attack of heart failure on Tuesday night at his home, 129 Westminster avenue. The deceased, who was born in Tuckersmith township in 1849, came to Toronto when he was quite young and joined the Fire Department as an assistant to the Superintendent in 1892. Six years later he was made Superintendent of the fire alarm telegraph system and has held this post for the past twenty-one years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Miss Louise at home and Mrs. Johnston, 322 Clinton street.
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