ERSKINE, David Steuart (1929-2022)

[colinp]

Obituary here -  David Erskine | Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (yorku.ca)

He was the son of John Steuart ERSKINE (1900-1981), scion of the Earls of Buchan being descended from the 3rd s of the 1st Baron Erskine, 3rd son of the 10th Earl, and (m 1928) Rachel Diana Mary RICKMAN (d 1997).  He m 1957 Elizabeth Fyodorovna KRAMENEV (possibly 1925-2018) and had issue a s and a d.

EXTRACTS:-

David Erskine died August 30, 2022, in Toronto. He was born in London, England in 1929, and spent his childhood years in a rural setting in a corner of England’s Lake District, where his family kept a garden, chickens, and goats. When David was seven, the Erskine family moved to Canada, settling on the outskirts of Wolfville, Nova Scotia….

He began his geography teaching career at the University of Toronto, then taught at the University of Ottawa, and finally at York University in 1971-78…………

His colleagues from his years at York recall his gentle soul, that he was a bibliophile, his love of classical music, and they have many other good memories of David. He is survived by his daughter Maria in Toronto, and son John in Victoria, B.C.

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This death record may be for his wife - Mrs. Elizabeth Erskine - Cardinal Funeral Homes

[Paul Theroff]

I feel sure that Colin's identification of his wife Elizabeth (née Elisabeth Fyodorovna Kramereva) as dying in 2018 is correct. Services were at a Russian Orthodox Church in Ontario.

Furthermore, she is in the same plot as David. (Note the common practice of estimating birth year by age at death; they say 1930, but the sources say 1929).

Elizabeth Erskine
Birth
3 Sep 1925
Death
14 May 2018 (aged 92)
Burial
York Cemetery
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Show MapGPS-Latitude: 43.7624088, Longitude: -79.4315102
Plot
Section 31 - Lot 857

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189942265/elizabeth-erskine

David Steuart Erskine
Birth
1930
Death
2022 (aged 91–92)
Burial
York Cemetery
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Show MapGPS-Latitude: 43.7624088, Longitude: -79.4315102
Plot
Section 31, Lot 857

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/276578902/david-steuart-erskine