Robert Douglas Amos

1913 - 1991  (77 years)

• Name	Robert Douglas Amos
  Birth	22 Sep 1913
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Mar 1991	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Springcreek Cemetery, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I6388	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	William Andrew Amos,   b. 9 Feb 1876, East Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Dec 1967, Listowel, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Robina Mary Thomson,   b. 17 Mar 1879, Orillia, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Dec 1952, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1909	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene Whittle,   b. Abt 1919   d. 30 Dec 2005, Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 29 Apr 1949	St. Paul's United Church, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Judith Anne Amos
  Family ID	F2461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  aka Bob. Early education was in Listowel, Ontario, Canada. Graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1936. He worked in broadcasting in Hamilton, Ontario and later in radio advertising. In 1957 they were living at 3 Porcupine Avenue, Lorne Park (Toronto), Ontario. In 1959 they built their own house at 1464 Elite Road, Clarkson (Mississauga), Ontario. In November 1965 was appointed Director of Programming and Media Research for F.H. Hayhurst Co. in Toronto, Ontario where he was also a vice president. After his retirement, he taught radio advertising at Sheridan College in Port Credit, Ontario. Bob had tuberculous and lost a lung. In 1967 from his fathers obituary he was noted as living in Clarkson, Ontario. In 1979 was living in Mississauga, Ontario, retired, enjoying woodworking with driftwood and had a cottage at Lions Head. He was interested in the Amos family history and produced accounts of the early years of his grandfather's family.