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From: Jann LaValley <>
Subject: [ALBERTA-L] STODDART sisters from Mid Calder
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 08:50:08 -0800


Hello All,

I would like to make contact with any descendants of the 3 STODDART sisters who
came from Mid Calder , Midlothian, Scotland to Exshaw Alberta shortly before
1910. One of the sisters, Jesse and her husband managed the hotel in Exshaw and
we believe Catherine and Annie may have come later to assist them. My mother in
law is the daughter of Annie who married Willard Erskine Trueman.

I have supplied a summary of what I know of them below.

Many thanks in advance,

Jann in Montreal

1. James Stoddart: b. c 1845, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, m. Jesse
Liddell:, b. c 1850
Children:
i Jean Stoddart: b. c 1870, Mid Calder
ii George Stoddart: b. c 1872, Mid Calder, m. Lena
Dutoit:. George went to South Africa
iii John Stoddart: b. c 1874, Mid Calder,
iv Catherine Stoddart: b. c 1876, d. c 1876,
v James (Jim) Stoddart: b. c 1878, Mid
Calder m.
Mary ???
2. vi Catherine (Kitty): b. c 1880.
3. vii Jesse Liddell: b. c 1883.
4. viii Annie: b. c 1885.
ix Christine Stoddart: b. c 1887, d. c 1887,
x Christine Stoddart: b. c 1889, Mid Calder,

Second Generation

2. Catherine (Kitty) Stoddart: (1.James1) b. c 1880, m. Robert
Scott:, b.
c 1876, > Phoenix, AZ.
Children:
i Robert J Scott: occup Merchant Marine, >
Chatham, ON.

3. Jesse Liddell Stoddart: (1.James1) m. Walter Oliver:, b. c 1878,
occup
Hotel Mgr. Exshaw (?) Hotel c 1910.
Children:
i Helen Oliver: m. James Hunter:, - Lawyer.?

4. Annie Stoddart: (1.James1) b. c 1885, m. 22 Jan 1912, Willard Erskine
Trueman:, b. 1880, (son of Rufus Freeman Trueman: and Frances Smith:) who came
to Exshaw for Canada Cement 1911?. Willard went to Red Deer in 1915?
Children:
** i Jessie Frances Trueman: b. Exshaw, Alberta, m.
1 Jul 1937, Clement John LaValley:, b. 4 Sep 1905, Alice, ND, (son of Emmanuel
Mederic (Pete) LaVallee: and Margaret Dimmer:) occup Sales Rep-Case Farm
Machinery., d. Toronto ON
ii Anna Willard (Billie) Trueman: bExshaw,
Alberta,
iii Gerald Stanley Trueman: b. Exshaw, Alberta,
iv James Stoddart Trueman: b. Red Deer, Alberta,
v Evelyn Grace (Tess) Trueman: b., Red Deer,
Alberta, occup: Doctor

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