Hi Chris,
There are 3 wreath's on the Curry burial plot at Termoneeny parish church.(you know the really old type,glass dome with metal cage.)I can just about make out who they are from.
One from his son;s Robert in Canada, and John in England, one from his son James and family,and one from his daughter Annie. Now who might the wreaths have been left for,Robert or Jackson? As you know,Robert and Eliza Curry and Jackson and Nancy Curry where buried there . 
Olive.
I think I might have this Robert Currie in Canada established. My great great grandparents Robert Currie and Eliza Henderson had a son hitherto unknown of, named - wait for it -
Jackson Currie! Here's the story:
Jackson was born in approximately 1854, and was almost certainly Robert Currie's and Eliza Henderson's first son, named after Robert's father Jackson. An exact date of birth has yet to be confirmed, but his age in December 1878 was given as 24 in his marriage record, and it is known that his parents were married in 1853.
Jackson, noted as Jackson Corry, married Eliza Jane Armstrong on December 20th 1878 at Loughgilly Church of Ireland in County Armagh, Ireland. Jackson was noted as a 24 year old millworker resident in Glasgow, with Robert Corry, labourer, as his father. Eliza was noted as a 31 year old millworker resident at Drumgane, and whose father was George Armstrong.
Jackson died after an accident on November 25th 1891 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, with his usual residence noted as 6 Cubie Street. He was aged 37, an engine keeper, and married to Eliza Jane Armstrong. His parents were confirmed as Robert Currie, general labourer, and Eliza Henderson. The cause of death was avulsion of right arm at shoulder and compound fracture of left scapula, as well as shock. The informant was his brother Robert Currie, my own great grandfather (NRS SP D 1891 644/3/1921). The Register of Corrected Entries adds that the death was as the result of an accident, but nothing more.
Eliza passed away on May 19th 1898 at 67 Old Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow.
The couple had three children, all of whom emigrated to Canada:
1) Mary Jane Armstrong Currie
b: 2/10/1879
Mary Jane was born at 5.30am on October 2nd 1879 in Glasgow's Parkhead district. Mary Jane was later known variously as Jane and Jeanie. In the 1901 census she is found at 35 Dunn Street, Glasgow, as a 21 year old clerkess in a linen warehouse with her 18 year old brother Robert, now a clerk.
On December 17th 1903 she married Thomas Holmes at 216 Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow, by declaration.
Twenty six year old Jeanie, and her daughters Jeanie and Alice emigrated to Canada on July 31st 1906. The ship was the Lake Erie, and it was bound for Montreal. Thomas was not on board with them (Source TNA/FindmyPast BT271499). The passenger list available for the vessel on the Library and Archives Canada website shows that they were in fact travelling out to meet Thomas, who had gone ahead. The final intended destination on the document is hard to make out, but looks like it was in Winnipeg. The family arrived in Montreal on August 11th 1906. They later settled in Norman, Ontario.
2) Robert Currie
b: 1882 d: 16/9/1918
Robert was born at 7.30am on June 8th 1882 at 15 Sydney Street in Dennistoun, Glasgow. In the 1901 census 18 year old Robert is found at 35 Dunn Street, Glasgow, as a a clerk, along with 21 year old sister Jeanie, a clerkess in a linen warehouse. Their younger brother George is absent, adding weight to the theory he may have been on board on industrial ship in the Clyde (see below).
Robert joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, having emigrated to Canada prior to 1916. he served with the 94th and 16th Battalions, won the Military Medal in 1918, but as a corporal was killed two months before the end of the war. I'm just back from Ottawa and have obtained his full service record from Library and Archives Canada - full details plus a photo of Robert are on my website at
http://chrispatonscotland.tripod.com/id12.htmlQ: Is this the Canadian Robert mentioned on the grave in Termoneeny?
3) George Armstrong Currie
b: 22/4/1888
George was born at 3am in Glasgow on April 22nd 1888, at 6 Cubie Street. At the moment it looks very much as if in 1901 census George was actually under detention on board HMS Empress, an industrial school ship on the Clyde, based in the Gareloch. This is the only George Currie so far found of the right age and born in Glasgow - and crucially, he is not present with his brother in sister whose census record has been found. More work needs to be done to stand this up though.
George was the person to whom the Commonwealth War Graves Commission notified about the burial of his brother Robert in 1919, following his death in France. George's address was noted as Norman, Ontario
Chris
