Person:Clifford Sine (1)

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Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Clifford Sine
Gender Male
Alt Birth[5] Feb 1867
Birth[3][4][6][10] 2 Feb 1868 Stirling, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Marriage 7 Aug 1895 Clarksburg, Grey, Ontario, Canadato Martha Ann Jane White
Census[10] 11 Apr 1901 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Census[5] 5 Jun 1911 Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Death[3][8][9] 15 Oct 1952 Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canadain the Belleville General Hospital

From the Belleville Intelligencer; 16 October, 1952, page 2S8:

Clifford Sine (Frankford)

After a brief illness, Clifford Sine, of Frankford, died in Belleville General Hospital on Wednesday. He was in his 85th year.

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sine, he was born in Stirling and had been a resident of this area for the past three years. Prior to moving to Frankford he lived at Bancroft and Gananoque. He worked as a druggist in Gananoque for 45 years and was also the division court clerk there.

Mr. Sine was a member of Frankford United Church. He was also a member of the Board of Session, an honorary member of the Frankford Lions Club and a member of the I.O.O.F., Gananoque.

Surviving is one daughter, Miss Phyllis Sine of Frankford. His wife the former Annie White, died three years ago.

Resting at the home of his daughter, the funeral notice appears elsewhere in this edition


From the Belleville Intelligencer; 20 October, 1952, page 2S9:

Clifford Sine (Frankford)

A truly great Canadian was laid to rest in Gananoque this Monday, Mr. Clifford Sine, age 85, passed away in Belleville General Hospital last week, and with his death, Canada lost a man of whom she can be truly proud.

Mr. Since will be perhaps, best remembered as the one who proposed the "Trillium" as Ontario's provincial flower. His many friends in Frankford, where he spent his last years, never tired of hearing tell of looking from his cottage window, along the St. Lawrence River, and seeing the woods with its carper of white trilliums.

Mr. Sine, a retired druggist, was born in the village of Wallbridge, five miles east of Frankfort, where his father was a school teacher. He served his druggist apprenticeship with Parker and Butler in Stirling, completing his training at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. He worked in drug stores in London and Clarksburg, finally spending 46 years as druggist in Gananoque. While in Gananoque, he was one of the founders of the "Half Moon Bay" Church. This unique Sunday worship service during the summer months, is held for the benefit of the many tourists in the district. The congregation sits in their boats in Half Moon Bay, while the minister delivers his sermon and leads in worship from the shore.

Mr. Sine was a Sunday School teacher leading a boys' class in the Methodist, later United Churches, and during his leadership, over three hundred boys passed through his class. He kept a record of every boy he had ever taught. He was acive in the IOOF, also the Lions Club, of which he was an honorary member, and one of the oldest Lions in Canada.

He was Division Court Clerk in Gananoque for many years and always an active leader in community work. Among his many hobbies, was his large stamp collection, which gained recognition among many noted Canadians also interested in collecting.

It may truly be said of Clifford Sine as he goes to his reward, that he left every place he visited better than he found it.

References
  1. White Family Tree (G Clare White)
    Page A-2.

    Martha Ann Jane (White) spouse Clifford Sine, 12-8-1866, married 8-7-1895, died 3-18-1949

  2. E.F. White, Jr. Copy of Rhoda Johnston's Records
    Page 2.

    Martha Ann Jane (White) -- b. Dec. 8, 1866 Collingwood, m. Clifford Sine Aug. 7, 1895 Clarksburg, Ont.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Canadian Sine Tree - 107032.exe.

    This tree is no longer available on Ancestry.com

  4. 4.0 4.1 George W Sine household, in 1881 Canadian Census, LDS CD, Transcriptions. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT84150-3400, 2001)
    Page 33 Family 176, 4 Apr 1881.

    Census Place: Sydney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375874 NAC C-13238 Dist 121 SubDist A Div 2

    Household:
    Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
    George W SINE
    M M 41 German Ontario Occ: School Teacher Religion: Baptist
    Catharine SINE
    F M 41 Irish Ontario Religion: C. Methodist
    Clifford SINE
    M 12 German Ontario Religion: C. Methodist
    Arthur SINE
    M 8 German Ontario Religion: C. Methodist
    Frederick SINE
    M 4 German Ontario Religion: C. Methodist

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Clifford Sine household, in Leeds, Ontario, Canada. 1911 Census of Canada. (Library and Archives Canada)
    page 5, 5 Jun 1911.

    Ontario / Leeds 91 / Gananoque 20

    15 51 Sine Clifford M Head M Feb 1867 43 O Irish Canadian Methodist Merchant
    16 51 Sine Annie F Wife M Dec 1866 44 O English Canadian Methodist none
    17 51 Sine Wilfred M Son S Sep 1897 13 O Irish Canadian Methodist none
    18 51 Sine Phillis F Daughter S May 1900 11 O Irish Canadian Methodist none

  6. 6.0 6.1 Clifford Sine & Annie White, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    1895.

    Name: Clifford Sim [I read Sine]
    Birth Place: Sterling
    Age: 27
    Estimated birth year: abt 1868
    Father Name: George W Sim
    Mother Name: Catherine Sim
    Spouse Name: Annie White
    Spouse's Age: 28
    Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
    Spouse Birth Place: Collingwood Tp
    Spouse Father Name: Thomas B White
    Spouse Mother Name: Martha White
    Marriage Date: 7 Aug 1895
    Marriage Place: Grey
    Marriage County: Grey
    Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_85

  7. T B White's Family Record with annotations by Phyllis Sine.

    Martha Ann Jane (White) m. Clifford Sine, Aug. 7, 1895 Clarksburg, Ont. d. 1952 Clarksburg.

  8. Obituary - Clifford Sine, in Belleville Intelligencer
    Page 2, 16 Oct 1952.
  9. Clifford Sine (Frankfort), in Belleville Intelligencer
    Page 2, 20 Oct 1952.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Clifford Sine household, in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 1901)
    Page 6, 11 Apr 1901.

    ON RENFREW (North/Nord) (#110) Subdistrict: Ross & Cobden (Village) I-1

    29 51 Sine Clifford M Head M Feb 2 1868 33 Ont u English Canadian Meth Druggist
    30 51 Sine Annie F Wife M Dec 8 1866 34 Ont r English Canadian Meth
    31 51 Sine W Wilfred M Son S Sept 13 1897 3 Ont u English Canadian Meth
    32 51 Sine L Phyllis F Daughter S May 27 1900 10 months Ont u English Canadian Meth