Born:

28 Jan 1865 in New Cross, London, third child and second son of Alexander Currie and Jessie Johnston. May have been called John after Jessie's father John Johnston.

Life:

In 1881, age 16, insurance broker's clerk. Keen cyclist and member of the Lewisham Bicycle Club.

1892, age 27, working in Roxburgh, Currie & Co (insurance underwriting).

Died:

Mar 1900, age 35, at "Leslie", Mycenae Road Blackheath, of a heart condition, blamed on the stress of taking on the business after the death of his father Alexander.

13 Mar 1900, buried in Nunhead Cemetery (now in Southwark) grave 1734/162.

Sources:

Letters to and between Alexander Currie and Jessie Currie (née Johnston) and their children
British birth, baptism and marriage records