William STAFFORD b. 15 Nov 1842 Straiton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 12 May 1907 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

1842 - 1907 (64 years)

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Name	William STAFFORD
Born	15 Nov 1842	Straiton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland
Gender	Male
Census	1881	Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
_UID	D9015801BCC710459977FBFDAFC92AD38800
Died	12 May 1907	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Person ID	I61887	Branch 119 John Stafford b. 1775 Scottland
Last Modified	24 Sep 2014

Father	William STAFFORD, b. 16 Jul 1792, Stoneykirk Par., Wigtownshire, Scotland , d. 5 Jun 1871, Patna, Straiton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 78 years)
Mother	Margaret B. FINDLAY, b. 11 Apr 1820, Kilmaurs Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. Between 1842 and 1851 (Age 21 years)
Married	8 Apr 1842	Isle of Skie, Scotland
Family ID	F42597	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jane GIBB, b. 7 Mar 1847, Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. 3 Apr 1925, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 78 years)

Married 30 Sep 1863 Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland

Children

	1. Robert STAFFORD, b. Abt 1863, Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Alexander STAFFORD, b. Abt 1864, Stair, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. 10 Jan 1942, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 78 years)
	3. William STAFFORD, II, b. 12 Jan 1865, Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. 10 Jan 1942, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Age 76 years)
	4. Henry STAFFORD, b. 2 Aug 1866, Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. 4 Aug 1883, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 17 years)
	5. John STAFFORD, b. 1 Dec 1868, Auchinleck Parish, Ayrshire Co., Scotland , d. 11 Aug 1917, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 48 years)
	6. Agnes STAFFORD, b. Abt 1869, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Abt 1871, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 2 years)
	7. Richard Hill STAFFORD, b. 21 Jan 1875, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 16 Apr 1958, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 83 years)
	8. Major Alexander Boswell STAFFORD, b. 7 Jan 1877, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 24 Jun 1917, Vimy, France (Age 40 years)
	9. George STAFFORD, b. 3 Mar 1879, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 16 Dec 1961, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 82 years)
	10. David Gibb STAFFORD, b. 8 Jun 1881, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 31 May 1957, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 75 years)
	11. Margaret Jane STAFFORD, b. 8 Jun 1881, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 28 Feb 1941, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 59 years)
	12. James Walter STAFFORD, b. 5 Dec 1882, Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 20 Dec 1955, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Age 73 years)
	13. Henrietta STAFFORD, b. 31 Oct 1884, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada , d. 10 May 1891, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 6 years)
	14. Elliott Torrence STAFFORD, b. 6 Aug 1886, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada , d. 21 Jan 1919, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 32 years)
	15. Annie Laurie STAFFORD, b. 6 Feb 1890, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada , d. 9 Dec 1969, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Age 79 years)

Last Modified 30 May 2023

Family ID F21462 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

kivapix333 Submitted by Sandy Dean: William Stafford, Southern Alberta Pioneer Submitted by Sandy Dean My great-grandfather, William Stafford, the roots of the Stafford family in the Lethbridge area, was born to a family of five older siblings in Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland on November 15, 1842. In Auchinleck Village on December 31, 1863 the 21-year-old William married a 16-year-old, Jane Gibbs. Sometime between mid-1871 and mid-1873 William and Jane, with three children, emigrated to Westville, Nova Scotia, where he was hired as a miner by the Acadia Coal Company.In early May 1882, a party of eight comprised of Captain Nicholas Bryant, an iron mine operator in Westville N.S. and William Stafford with his 17-year-old son William Jr., began their journey west. They traveled by the Grand Trunk Railway following the St. Lawrence River. They continued by rail through Chicago to St. Paul, Minnesota. Then proceeded across the plains to Bismarck, North Dakota. Bismarck, located on the Missouri River, was the staging point for transporting freight and passengers by boat up river to Fort Benton, Montana. They acquired horses, wagons and supplies and started overland on the well-traveled trail to Ft. Macleod 150 miles north. Over a five week period they prospected, examined and assessed five coal leases held by Galt's company in Big Bow River and Belly (now Oldman) River areas. Based on the recommendations of William Stafford, Galt directed the party to commence the first adit on the coal seam near Coal Banks on the east side of the Oldman River.
17 Mar 2013

Census:

Listed as an overman (Scottish) with wife, 6 sons, a daughter and a probable widowed mother-in-law, Hannah Hill age 54 b. Scotland - C. Presbyterian. William & family Church of Scotland.