Born in Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847.
Came to El Paso County, Texas, January 1882.
Died in El Paso, Texas on the 29th day of March, 1908
Was born at Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847. In 1872 he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where in 1879 he was married to Miss Irene Inez Burns, of Herbertsville, Amador County, California. In January 1882, he moved to El Paso, where he has since resided until last Friday, March 20th 1908, when he suddenly expired of heart trouble in the Headquarters of the Fire Department at 3 o'clock p.m. He first conducted the old Link Restaurant on South El Paso St. in this city and afterwards the Agua Pura Ice and Soda Company. He afterwards served on the Police force and as city jailor for several years. He was one of the charter members of the Hook and Ladder Co. and filled the office of steward up to the hour of his death. He was also a charter member of the Pioneer Association of El Paso and of the Friend in Need Society.
Brother Kinne is survived by his widow, two sons, Clarence, of this city, and Frank H. Kinne, of Monterey, California, and one daughter Mrs. C.R. O'Toole, whose husband is member of the central Fire Department. There also survive him two brothers, W.H. Kinne, of Redwood City, California, and Russell Kinne, of Glassborough, Nova Scotia, and one sister, Mrs. Sofia Pratt, of Roxbury, Mass.
About seven years Brother Kinne was stricken by locomotor ataxia, which rendered him a cripple, notwithstanding which his courage and indomitable will has enabled him to attend to his business affairs regularly, with occasional vacations of a few weeks each year for the past three years. At the time of his death he had arranged for his annual vacation in California, and the (to) leave El Paso on Sunday, the 22nd instant (sic) while walking across the floor of the fire department assembly hall, he felt an attack of heart trouble, from which he frequently suffered, coming on and called for assistance and a doctor. He was placed on a bed by his brother firemen and in a few minutes expired, surrounded by his wife and son and a number of firemen. He remained conscious to the last moment good-bye, boys: I' gone, but its awful hard, Please _____the sentence was not completed for death took him.
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Came to El Paso County, Texas, January 1882.
Died in El Paso, Texas on the 29th day of March, 1908
Was born at Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847. In 1872 he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where in 1879 he was married to Miss Irene Inez Burns, of Herbertsville, Amador County, California. In January 1882, he moved to El Paso, where he has since resided until last Friday, March 20th 1908, when he suddenly expired of heart trouble in the Headquarters of the Fire Department at 3 o'clock p.m. He first conducted the old Link Restaurant on South El Paso St. in this city and afterwards the Agua Pura Ice and Soda Company. He afterwards served on the Police force and as city jailor for several years. He was one of the charter members of the Hook and Ladder Co. and filled the office of steward up to the hour of his death. He was also a charter member of the Pioneer Association of El Paso and of the Friend in Need Society.
Brother Kinne is survived by his widow, two sons, Clarence, of this city, and Frank H. Kinne, of Monterey, California, and one daughter Mrs. C.R. O'Toole, whose husband is member of the central Fire Department. There also survive him two brothers, W.H. Kinne, of Redwood City, California, and Russell Kinne, of Glassborough, Nova Scotia, and one sister, Mrs. Sofia Pratt, of Roxbury, Mass.
About seven years Brother Kinne was stricken by locomotor ataxia, which rendered him a cripple, notwithstanding which his courage and indomitable will has enabled him to attend to his business affairs regularly, with occasional vacations of a few weeks each year for the past three years. At the time of his death he had arranged for his annual vacation in California, and the (to) leave El Paso on Sunday, the 22nd instant (sic) while walking across the floor of the fire department assembly hall, he felt an attack of heart trouble, from which he frequently suffered, coming on and called for assistance and a doctor. He was placed on a bed by his brother firemen and in a few minutes expired, surrounded by his wife and son and a number of firemen. He remained conscious to the last moment good-bye, boys: I' gone, but its awful hard, Please _____the sentence was not completed for death took him.
Source: http://www.elpasohistory.com/2-uncategorised?start=110
Born in Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847.
Came to El Paso County, Texas, January 1882.
Died in El Paso, Texas on the 29th day of March, 1908
Was born at Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847. In 1872 he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where in 1879 he was married to Miss Irene Inez Burns, of Herbertsville, Amador County, California. In January 1882, he moved to El Paso, where he has since resided until last Friday, March 20th 1908, when he suddenly expired of heart trouble in the Headquarters of the Fire Department at 3 o'clock p.m. He first conducted the old Link Restaurant on South El Paso St. in this city and afterwards the Agua Pura Ice and Soda Company. He afterwards served on the Police force and as city jailor for several years. He was one of the charter members of the Hook and Ladder Co. and filled the office of steward up to the hour of his death. He was also a charter member of the Pioneer Association of El Paso and of the Friend in Need Society.
Brother Kinne is survived by his widow, two sons, Clarence, of this city, and Frank H. Kinne, of Monterey, California, and one daughter Mrs. C.R. O'Toole, whose husband is member of the central Fire Department. There also survive him two brothers, W.H. Kinne, of Redwood City, California, and Russell Kinne, of Glassborough, Nova Scotia, and one sister, Mrs. Sofia Pratt, of Roxbury, Mass.
About seven years Brother Kinne was stricken by locomotor ataxia, which rendered him a cripple, notwithstanding which his courage and indomitable will has enabled him to attend to his business affairs regularly, with occasional vacations of a few weeks each year for the past three years. At the time of his death he had arranged for his annual vacation in California, and the (to) leave El Paso on Sunday, the 22nd instant (sic) while walking across the floor of the fire department assembly hall, he felt an attack of heart trouble, from which he frequently suffered, coming on and called for assistance and a doctor. He was placed on a bed by his brother firemen and in a few minutes expired, surrounded by his wife and son and a number of firemen. He remained conscious to the last moment good-bye, boys: I' gone, but its awful hard, Please _____the sentence was not completed for death took him.
Source: http://www.elpasohistory.com/2-uncategorised?start=110
Came to El Paso County, Texas, January 1882.
Died in El Paso, Texas on the 29th day of March, 1908
Was born at Gaspreaux, Nova Scotia in 1847. In 1872 he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where in 1879 he was married to Miss Irene Inez Burns, of Herbertsville, Amador County, California. In January 1882, he moved to El Paso, where he has since resided until last Friday, March 20th 1908, when he suddenly expired of heart trouble in the Headquarters of the Fire Department at 3 o'clock p.m. He first conducted the old Link Restaurant on South El Paso St. in this city and afterwards the Agua Pura Ice and Soda Company. He afterwards served on the Police force and as city jailor for several years. He was one of the charter members of the Hook and Ladder Co. and filled the office of steward up to the hour of his death. He was also a charter member of the Pioneer Association of El Paso and of the Friend in Need Society.
Brother Kinne is survived by his widow, two sons, Clarence, of this city, and Frank H. Kinne, of Monterey, California, and one daughter Mrs. C.R. O'Toole, whose husband is member of the central Fire Department. There also survive him two brothers, W.H. Kinne, of Redwood City, California, and Russell Kinne, of Glassborough, Nova Scotia, and one sister, Mrs. Sofia Pratt, of Roxbury, Mass.
About seven years Brother Kinne was stricken by locomotor ataxia, which rendered him a cripple, notwithstanding which his courage and indomitable will has enabled him to attend to his business affairs regularly, with occasional vacations of a few weeks each year for the past three years. At the time of his death he had arranged for his annual vacation in California, and the (to) leave El Paso on Sunday, the 22nd instant (sic) while walking across the floor of the fire department assembly hall, he felt an attack of heart trouble, from which he frequently suffered, coming on and called for assistance and a doctor. He was placed on a bed by his brother firemen and in a few minutes expired, surrounded by his wife and son and a number of firemen. He remained conscious to the last moment good-bye, boys: I' gone, but its awful hard, Please _____the sentence was not completed for death took him.
Source: http://www.elpasohistory.com/2-uncategorised?start=110
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