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LOGGIE, THOMAS GEORGE JOHNSTON (1854-1931)

LOGGIE, THOMAS GEORGE JOHNSTON, native son; civil servant and sportsman; b. Burnt Church, 12 Nov 1854, s/o Peter Loggie and Catherine Johnston; brother of Alexander John Loggie; m. 1880, Ada Purves, of Pictou, N.S.; d. Fredericton, 23 Dec 1931.

Thomas ("T. J. G.") Loggie received his secondary education at the Presbyterian Academy in Chatham and became a draftsman with the provincial Department of Lands and Mines in 1871. In 1884 a map of New Brunswick, "beautifully executed in every detail" by him, won a medal in the Edinburgh Exhibition. In 1908 he was appointed deputy surveyor general of New Brunswick. In 1914 he was awarded an honorary MScF degree by the University of New Brunswick. In 1918 he received the Imperial Service Order. By the time he retired in 1925 he had been a civil servant for fifty-four years.

In the 1870s Loggie represented New Brunswick three times in shooting competitions held at Wimbledon in England, and he was a member of the team which brought the Kolapore Cup to Canada. As a young man, he was a bandsman in the militia, and he rose through the ranks to become a lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 71st York Battalion in 1900. In 1888 he was an incorporator of the Tabusintac Fishing Club, the other members of which were Saint John sportsmen. This club and a Renous fishing club, which was also organized in 1888, were among the first sporting clubs on the Miramichi.

Loggie played an important part in a great many community organizations over a long lifetime and was a truly outstanding resident of the province. He and his wife, Ada Purves, raised two sons, one of whom was Brig. Gen. Gerald P. Loggie, who was a senior officer at army headquarters in Ottawa during World War II.

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[b/d] Advocate 30 Dec 1931 [m] Weekly Telegraph 29 Jan 1880 / Advance 28 Jun 1888, 21 Jun 1900; Advocate 3 Jun 1908, 17 May 1921, 10 Apr 1929; Bird; Commercial World 6 Mar 1941


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