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Biography
Toller Cranston was a Canadian figure skater and painter. Known for his unique free-skating style, he was the Canadian senior men's champion from 1971 to 1976, won the free-skate segment of the world championship four times, and was the bronze medallist at the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. He was also the author of several books, including Zero Tollerance (1997) and When Hell Freezes Over, Should I Bring My Skates? (2000).
Additional Awards and Honours
- 1976 - Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
- 1977 - Order of Canada, Member
- 1995 - Special Olympic Order
- 1996 - Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
- 1997 - Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame
- 1997 - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- 2003 - Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2004 - World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Research Notes
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/toller-cranston-hamilton-1.6043641 (this article lists three siblings' names).
- https://www.facebook.com/arnpriormuseum/posts/today-is-family-day-and-the-museum-is-highlighting-this-special-day-with-a-tribu/3929147647107268/
Names great grandfather as James Goldie Cranston,[1] general practitioner and surgeon from Arnprior in the Ottawa Valley. He married Miss Louisa Shillito.[2] Toller’s father, Montague Shillito, was named after her. Grandfather Cranston (also named James Goldie) married Mary Francis Toller, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Frederick Toller of Ottawa. Death: On Oct. 2, 1932, at Round Lake, James Goldie Cranston
Michael Shillito (abt.1799-abt.1871) is the father of Louisa Shillito.
Sources
- ↑ See also: https://accessgenealogy.com/canada/biography-of-james-g-cranston-m-d.htm
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-ZBK7 : Tue Oct 24 05:21:13 UTC 2023), Entry for James Goldie Cranston and Wm Cranston, 26 Sep 1860.
