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JAMES KERSEL CRANSTON (1856-1916)John Lupia submitted the following information from the online draft of his book of numismatic biographies for this week's installment of his series.
Thanks! As always, this is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is storecard seller James Cranston of Ontario, Canada.
-Editor
He graduated Dickie Settlement School. He was an apprentice stationer in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. He married Eva McLean and they had three children Robert Stark Cranston (1882-1950), Helen Cranston(1888) died in infancy; Frederick L. Cranston (1899-1960). From 1886 Cranston succeed his employer Mr. Youman in his stationery store in Galt, Canada. In 1902, he issued a series of store cards and tokens in brass and aluminum.  He died of rectal cancer on November 7, 1916. He is buried at Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. John forwarded these images of Cranston's storecards. Thanks! -Editor      To read the complete article, see:
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