Peter Currie "Pops" McArthur^[1]

1877 - 1963  (85 years)

• Name	Peter Currie "Pops" McArthur  [2]
  Nickname	Pops
  Birth	12 Nov 1877	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Christening	Feb 1878  [6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Sep 1963	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Burial	Lot 79, Block C, Space 3-4, Resthaven Cemetary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I110	Heddle fam tree
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	John McArthur,   b. 24 Dec 1837, Islay, Scotland d. 24 Dec 1909, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Margaret Currie,   b. 15 Sep 1842, Eldon Township, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Apr 1917, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1862	Bobcaygeon, Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen "Nellie" Rackstraw,   b. 5 Dec 1878, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Jan 1953, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1903	Cookes Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [6, 9]
  Children	1. Margaret Eleanor McArthur,   b. 2 Feb 1906, London, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Jan 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)   2. Peter John "Jack" McArthur,   b. 17 Jun 1907, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Mar 2002, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)   3. Henry Currie "Harry" McArthur,   b. 7 Apr 1913   d. 18 Dec 1991, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   4. Edwin George "Eddie" McArthur,   b. 17 Aug 1917, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Aug 1991, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)   5. Isabel Muriel McArthur,   b. 29 Nov 1920, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Jun 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2011

  
  

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  		photo indiv - peter currie mcarthur 1897-1962 - b.jpg Photo from John and Judy Heddle.
  		photo group - harry mcarthur + june skelly wedding with family.jpg Wedding photo of Harry and June McArthur, Sept. 23, 1949 Left to right: James Thomas Skelly, Father of the bride Ella Graham (nee Gilbert) Skelly. Mother of the bride Marguerite June (nee Skelly) McArthur, Bride Henry (Harry) Currie McArthur, Groom Margaret Eleanor McArthur, Sister of Groom Peter Currie McArthur, Father of Groom Peter John (Jack)…
  		photo group - Peter Currie & Ellen McArthur.jpg Pete Currie McArthur and his wife Nellie Rackstraw. Photo provided by Catharine Heddle.

  
  

• Notes

  "Pops" McArthur was a died-in-the-wool alcoholic, waking up each morning to a glass of whiskey placed there by his daughter Eleanor. He was a well-known feature of The Beaches area in Toronto where he lived. He used to sit on his front porch in the morning, sipping his whiskey. People would walk by and say "See ya later, Pops" and he would reply "Sure, at Sharon's" which was the local funeral parlor. This was no doubt the reason why his wife Nellie picked up and left. She didn't take the kids, she left on her own, leaving the kids to fend for themselves. Pops couldn't do much to provide, so as the eldest son it fell to Jack and he was working at a very early age. He took on this responsibility so his sister Eleanor could continue school. - memory by John A. Heddle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S532] Census - Canada1891 - John + Margaret McArthur family in Toronto, (Source Citation: Year: 1891;Census Place: St Davids Ward, Toronto City, Ontario, roll T-6370, Family No: 46. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.). [S8] Personal - John and Judy Heddle. [S26] Census - Canada1881 - McArthur family in Eldon Ontario. [S67] Census - Canada1911 - Peter McArthur family, (Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.). [S85] Census - Canada1901 - John McArthur family, (Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556.). [S528] Personal - Peter Taylor McArthur research, (Unpublished. Provided by his daughter Kim O'Brien nee McArthur.). [S17] Rootsweb Ontario Marriage Registrations, (Holdsworth page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/tor01p2.htm Charles Heddle page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/peter05.htm Holdsworth page 2: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/tor93p2.htm McLaren page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/wentw70.htm Strickland - Pearce page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/brant74.htm McArthur page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/vic1862.htm Main page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm). [S84] Marriage record - John McArthur + Margaret Currie, (www.ancestry.com Indexed by: Genealogical Research Library). [S61] Marriage record - Peter McArthur + Ellen Rackstraw, (www.ancestry.com Roll number: MS932_109).