John "Jack" Sargeant Craig

1849 - 1920  (70 years)

• 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

  
  

  Family	Jessie McCormick | Westwood Barclay,   b. Nov 1860, Scotland ,   d. 12 Jan 1892, Toronto, Ontario  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1884	Toronto, York County, Ontario
  Children	1. Jessie Louise Craig,   b. 3 Sep 1885, Ontario + 2. Grace Alexandria Craig,   b. 7 Aug 1892, Ontario
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F6139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 25 Nov 1884 - Toronto, York County, Ontario Died - 17 Mar 1920 - at his residence, 129 Westminster Avenue, Toronto, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Obituary of John Samuel Craig

  
  

• 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.