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Record #21857
Name :
: James Surgenor MCINTYRE (1911 - 2005)


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Date of Birth
: 20 May 1911

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Date of Death
: 11 Jun 2005   Notes : - Died in his sleep
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Brockville
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 27 May 1928
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Letitia

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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesCanadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about James McIntyre
Name: James McIntyre
[James Surgenor Mcintyre]
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Gender: Male
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1912
Birth Country: Scotland
Date of Arrival: 27 May 1928
Vessel: Letitia
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Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Roll: T-14742.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
This obit came from the Lois Stanford British Home Child Collection ............................Athens- James Surgenor McIntyre,94,of Greenbush (RR 1 Addison) died in his sleep June 11 at Brockville General Hospital,where he had been a patient for four weeks and was about to be released to go home.He was born in Glasgow,Scotland on May 20,1911,the son of Daniel and Mary McIntyre.He was raised in Glasgow and at the Quarrier Homes at Bride-of-Weir,Scotland until he was 14.In 1925 he came to Canada as a Home Child and settled in Greenbush. He worked on a farm until the Second World War broke out,when he enlisted in the Canadian Army.He served overseas as a tank driver in Italy,France and Holland. While in Holland he met Irma Gabriella Dszaja,an immigrant from Holland. They continued writing to each other after he returned to Canada and on May 17,1947,he married Irma in Greenbush. Besides working on a farm,he was employed as a janitor at the post office and aa a gardener by George T.Fulford,in whose employ he remained until his retirement at age 65. He and his wife continued to live in Greenbush throughout his working years. In religion he was a Protestant and belonged to the local Orange Lodge. He enjoyed gardening,his family,reading westerns,having tea and having company come for a visit. Mr.McIntyre was survived briefly by his wife,Irma of Greenbush.He is also survived by two daughters,Dorothy M. McIntyre and f friend John Gunter of Greenbush and Elizabeth A.McIntyre and friend Al of Edmonton,as well as two grandchildren,Tina Superville and husband Andrew of Brockville and Carl A.Phillion and friend Theresa,and four great-grandchildren,Tori and Ryan Phillion and Adam and Olivia Superville and many nieces and nephews in Scotland and England.He was predeceased by his son Stephen James McIntyre in 1959,brothers Hendry McKenzie and Neil McIntyre and three sisters,Nell,Jess and Mary. Friends called at the Judson Funeral Home,Athens,where on June 16 the funeral was held,with Rev.Dolly Dikens of Athens United Church officiating. A piper played at the burial in Oakland Cemetery,just west of Brockville. The pallbearers were Frank and Jarrod Dejong, Douglas Burns, Keith Horton,Floyd Salmon and Kelvin Kerr. Memorial donations were directed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. 
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22542 ADAIR, William1912ENG,     Jun 1928 : Letitia CAN Empire Settlement Act  
7961 ALEXANDER, George1913ENG, LAN, Fleetwood Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7974 ANDREWS, John William1914IRL, ANT, Carrickfergus Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7973 ASHTON, Kenneth1913ENG,    , Edlington Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7933 BARBOUR, Robert1915SCT,    , Penpont Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7934 BEEDIE, William1914SCT,    , Brechin Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
21647 BELL, Agnes1908ENG,     Feb 1927 : Letitia CAN Unknown  
3267 BLAIR, Hugh1913SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7975 BLAKLEY, Robert1913IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7962 BROWN, Thomas B1914ENG,    , Loddington Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7935 CAMERON, John1914SCT,    , Greenock Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7936 CAMERON, William1914SCT,    , Ross-Shire Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7937 CLARK, Archibald1916SCT,    , Plean Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7964 CLARK, Henry F W1914WAL,    , Abertillery Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7963 CLARKE, Douglas 1915ENG, YKS, Hull Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7965 COTTRELL, Edward 1912ENG, WAR, Birmingham Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7966 COWELL, George R1912ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7938 CUMMINGS, Sidney 1915SCT,    , Kirkcaldy Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7976 DAVISON, Robert1914IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7930 DEANS, Robert 1914ENG,    , Glasgow Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7977 DEMPSTER, William1911IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
4427 DIACK, Frederick1911SCT,     Aug 1929 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7967 DODD, Cyril 1914ENG,    , Moxley Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7927 DONALDSON, Andrew1912ENG,    , Edinburgh Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7939 FARMER, John1913SCT,    , Perth Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7978 FRIARS, James 1912IRL,    , Moira Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7931 GERRARD, James Allan1915SCT,    , Arbroath Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7979 GILMORE, Harold Ennis1914IRL,    , Kircubbin Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7940 GRAHAM, Thomas 1916SCT,    , Blackridge Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7941 HASTIE, Robert1915SCT,    , Aberdeen Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
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