George Adam Crozier
George Adam Crozier owned a grocery store on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge. After going out of business during the Great Depression, he worked for a hydro-electric company.
Events
Date of Birth: 8 September 1890.
Place of Birth: Oakley Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
His birth registration gives the date of birth as “Sep. 8th 1890”. (The informant was [his father] John Crozier, and the date of registration was 2 Oct 1890.) His marriage registration gives his place of birth as “Oakley”. The 1901 census gives “Sep. 8th 1890” as the date of birth.
Date of Death: 5 March 1957.
Place of Death: Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
Date of Burial: 7 March 1957.
Place of Burial: Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. (St Thomas Anglican Church cemetery)
The death and burial information come from a newspaper clipping. An exact reference is still needed. His gravestone is in the cemetery.
Relationships
Father: John Crozier (1865 - 1916).
Relation to George Adam Crozier: G.A.C.’s birth registration names his father as “John Crozier”. (John Crozier was the informant.) The 1901 and 1911 censuses give John Crozier as G.A.C.’s father. “John Crozier” is also given as the name of his father on G.A.C.’s marriage registration.
Mother: Agnes Elizabeth Brewster (1868 - 1918).
Relation to George Adam Crozier: G.A.C.’s marriage registration gives the name of his mother as “Agnes Elizabeth Brewster”. G.A.C.’s birth registration names his mother as “Agnes Brewster”. (The informant was [G.A.C.’s father] John Crozier.) The 1901 census gives “Elizabeth A” (born July 3 1868) as the wife of G.A.C.’s father and the 1911 census gives “Agnes E.” (born July 1868).
Spouse: Ella Gertrude Adamson (1897 - 1991). Married 28 July 1920, Uffington, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (St. Paul’s Anglican Church).
The marriage registration gives the date and place of marriage (Uffington, Draper, Muskoka).
Evidence
from George's birth registration:
When born: Sep 8th 1890
Name. George Adam
Sex - Male or Female: Male
Name and Surname of Father: John Crozier
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Agnes Brewster
Rank or Profession of Father: Farmer
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant: John Crozier, Lot 30 Con 10 Oakley
When Registered: Oct 2nd 1890
Name of Accoucheur: [blank]
Signature Registrar: Arthur Cooke
Information given on the marriage registration of George Adam Crozier and Ella Gertrude Adamson:
Married at Uffington (County of Draper-Muskoka) on the 28th day of July 1920.
Bridegroom
Name in full: George Adam Crozier
Occupation:Grocer
Condition in life: Bachelor
Age: Twenty Nine
Religious Denomination: Church England
Residence when Married: Bracebridge
Place of Birth: Oakley
Bride
Name in full: Ella Gertrude Adamson
Occupation:School Teacher
Condition in life: Spinster
Age: Twenty Three
Religious Denomination: English Church
Residence when Married: Uffington
Place of Birth: Pickering
Witness: Henry G. Adamson
Address: Uffington, Ont.
Witness: M. Madeline Adamson
Address: Uffington, Ont.
Name of Bridegroom’s Father: John Crozier
Maiden Name of Bridegroom’s Mother: Agnes Elizabeth Brewster
Name of Bride’s Father: Henry Gamble Adamson
Maiden Name of Bride’s Mother: Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke
Signature of Clergyman: Henry Peeling
Address: Uffington, Ontario
Denomination: English Church
Birthplace of Bridegroom’s Father: Waterloo, Ontario
Birthplace of Bride’s Father: Pickering, Ontario
1931 census of Canada (Bracebridge, Ontario)
Name: Crozier George
Place of Abode: Manitoba [Street]
Description of Home: owned, value $2000, single house, brick veneer, 5 rooms, no radio
Head, male, married, 40 years old, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario
Nationality: Canada
Racial origin: Canadian Irish
Can speak English; can’t speak French
Religion: Church of England
Can read and write
Occupation: opp[..]tor HEPC
Earnings in previous 12 months: $1100
Employed on 1 June 1931: yes.
Same residence:
[Crozier] Ella Gertrude
Wife, female, married, 34 years old, born in Ontario, mother and father born in England
Nationality: Canada
Racial origin: English
Can speak English; can’t speak French
Religion: Church of England
Can read and write
Occupation: Homemaker
[Crozier] John Henery
Son, male, single, 10 years old, born in Ontario, mother and father born in Ontario
Nationality: Canada
Racial origin: Canadian Irish
Can speak English; can’t speak French
Religion: Church of England
Can read and write
Occupation: Student
[Crozier] Madeline
Daughter, female, single, 7 years old, born in Ontario, mother and father born in Ontario
Nationality: Canada
Racial origin: Canadian Irish
Can speak English; can’t speak French
Religion: Church of England
Can read and write
Adamson Henery
Father in law, male, widower, 82 years old, born in Ontario, mother and father born in England
Nationality: Canada
Racial origin: English
Can speak English; can’t speak French
Religion: Church of England
Can read and write
Occupation: income
References
George Adam Crozier, Ontario birth registration 021771 (8 Sep 1890); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 9 March 2014), citing MS 929, reel 100, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. A digital image can be viewed at FamilySearch:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM7Y-7TY
George Adam Crozier--Ella Gertrude Adamson, Ontario marriage registration 014887 (28 July 1920); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 8 March 2014), citing MS 932, reel 534, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Digital images can be viewed at FamilySearch:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27D4-RPP
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27D4-RPL
John Crozier household, 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, Ontario North (district 100), Oakley Township (subdistrict J), page 7, family 34; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 9 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-6357
A digital image can be viewed here:
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/jpg/30953_148159-00788.jpg
John Crozier household, 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Ontario North (district 97), Draper Township (subdistrict E), division 1, page 5, family 42; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 9 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-6486
A digital image can be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z002/jpg/z000088621.jpg
John Crozier household, 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, Muskoka (district 98), Draper Township (subdistrict 5), page 7, family 64; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 9 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-20385
A digital image can be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/jpg/e002003474.jpg
George Crozier household, 1921 census of Canada, Ontario, Muskoka (district 104), Bracebridge Town (subdistrict 23), page 28, family 252; digital image Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 8 March 2014)
A digital picture of his gravestone can be seen at the Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery:
Hawn, Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson. Our Family History. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Baxter Press Ltd., October 1969.
[Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson Hawn, the compiler, was an elder sister of George’s wife, Ella Gertrude Adamson.]