John Henry Stanley (1875 - 1928)

Born 24 Sep 1875 in Chesley, Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Della Catherine Lillywhite — married 19 Sep 1900 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

Descendants

Biography

John was born in 1875. He passed away in 1928.

He was sailor for a time, working the Canadian Pacific Line, and later attempted the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Won the Levasseur Trophy in 1902 while president of the Lethbridge Lacrosse Club.

• 1901 Clerk, Grocer's, Lethbridge, Alberta, NWT
• 1916 Stationary Wholesaler, Calgary, Alberta

Had a sister married to Henri Routier.

Had two cousins Frederick William and Frank Adolph, operated a small lumber mill, the Adolph Lumber Company, Baynes Lake, BC, which ceased operations in the early 1920s.

His grandfather carried water to wounded soldiers at the Battle of Crysler's Farm during the War of 1812 and served with the Perth Volunteer Artillery during the Upper Canada Rebellion, 1837.

His great-grandfather came to Canada in 1790 as a British soldier. He settled in Stormont County, Upper Canada in 1802, and later served in the War of 1812. After the war, he moved north to Lanark County, where the family were involved in the lumber trade, moving later to Bruce County.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123138863/john-henry-stanley
• "Swords and Ploughshares: War and Agriculture in Western Canada", edited by R. C. Macleod. Chapter: "The Making of an Historian" by George F. G. Stanley.
• 1881 Census Canada, http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e329/e008205491.jpg
• 1891 Census Canada, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148130-00248
• 1901 Census Canada, http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z004/jpg/z000178956.jpg
• 1906 Census Canada Prairies, http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e049/e001212587.jpg
• 1916 Census Canada Prairies, http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/006003/t-21949/jpg/31228_4363978-00194.jpg