Ernest Lineker
Toronto Daily Star, August 26 1935
Out of morbid curiosity, I looked Ernest Lineker up in the Toronto city directories. He was indeed a broker in 1928. Not only did he have a listing in that year's directory, he had an advertisement on that page:
Not only that, he had an ad on the front cover (he's at the top):
He is not listed in any directory after that before 1934. The 1931 and 1932 directories list a Mrs. Louise Lineker and the 1933 directory lists Lyle Lineker, all at an apartment on Ontario Street, but I am assuming that the other Linekers are unrelated.
The 1934 directory lists Ernest E. Lineker as a financial agent with an office in a room at 6 Adelaide Street East and his home as 107 Connolly Street. The 1935 directory just lists his office and the 1936 directory has no listing for anyone named Lineker. I have no idea whether he died unmarried or whether his widow left town after the accident. An Internet search turned up no ancestry records or other information about him.
Created November 6, 2025.