Andrew Brock holding granddaughter, Judy PirieAndrew Brock
Andrew Brock holding granddaughter, Judy Pirie
Andrew Brock was the father of Alexander Edwin Brock (born in Toronto in 1916). The parents of Andrew Brock were John Brock (c. 23 Dec. 1845) and Jane Riddell (c. 3 October, 1855).
Andrew was born 21 October, 1888, 566 New Keppoch Hill Road, Glasgow, Scotland. He was a twin to a brother, James.
His wife, Maude Smith was born 20 November, 1889, Newbridge, Shalfleet parish, Isle of Wight, UK. IN the UK Census of 1901, she was age 11, born Isle of Wight, Shalfleet; resident of Shalfleet Civil Parish. Her parents were Edwin Smith and Annie Jane Buckett who were married 3 August, 1876, at the Registry Office, Newport, Isle of Wight. As a child, Maude often saw the Royal Regatta of Queen Victoria who 'summered' on the Isle of Wight.
Maude (Smith) Brock
Andrew Brock played soccer for Partick Thistle while a young man in Glasgow.
He was a decorator/painter, having been a ship's painter on several ships (including the Mauritania) as they crossed back and forth across the Atlantic. He settled in Toronto, Canada in about 1912.
He worked as a painter for the Timothy Eaton Company and did a lot of the fine gold-leaf filigree work and other painting at the original Pantages Theatre in the 1920's, on Yonge Street in Toronto.
Toronto
Maude Smith had been in Canada for 32 years at the time of her death in 1946. She met Andrew who was to become her husband when he was decorating a fine home in the wealthy Rosedale area of Toronto; in fact, the home of the High Commissioner of London. Maude was working 'in service' - as a domestic in the home at that time.
Andrew Brock and Maud Smith Brock, with Betty and Phyllis
Maude died of inoperable cancer of the stomach, 27 June, 1946 in East York (Toronto), Ontario. At that time the Brock's residence was 46 Scarboro Rd., in East York.
Andrew died 4 December, 1960. (Note The death particulars submitted to the government upon his father's death, by Alec Brock, says that Andrew was born in 1882 and died, aged 78; but I have his birthdate as 1882 - thus to be further explored.) At the time of his death, Andrew's residence was 86 Merryfield Drive, Scarborough, Ontario, where he was living with his daughter, Phyllis Pirie..
Both Maude and Andrew are buried at Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough, Ontario - Maude on 29th of June, 1946 and Andrew on the 7th of December, 1960.
The children of Andrew Brock and Maude Smith were:
1. Alexander Edwin Brock - b. 1916, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2. Phyllis Brock
3. Elizabeth (Betty) Brock