Biography

Samuel Stobo was born in Scotland.

This profile is part of the Stobo Name Study.

Samuel was born in 1863^[1]. He was the youngest child of Robert Stobo and Mary Gordon and seemingly inherited all of his uncle's names that weren't already used by his siblings. He is referred to on most documents by his initials, S.D.A.A.. He immigrated to Canada in 1888, where he settled in Culross Township, Bruce County, Ontario on lot 21 concession 7^[2][3][4]. His sister Rachel also came over initially to help him set up house^[5]. In 1895 he married Elizabeth (Spence) Stobo^[6]. Together they had 5 children:

1. Francis Stobo
2. Mary Stobo
3. Elizabeth Stobo
4. Robert Stobo
5. Gordon Stobo

In 1917 S.D.A.A. was elected president of the South Bruce Board of Agriculture^[7]. S.D.A.A. passed away in 1948 and is buried in Culross-Teeswater Cemetery^[8].

Notes

• SDAA is mentioned in the accounts of the Culross council in The Bruce Herald newspaper in 1908^[9] and 1909 ^[10]
• In 1927 he won first prize for the best plow team in the annual plowing match ^[11].

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYBR-SYC : 12 February 2020), Samuel David Alexander Andrew Stobo, 1863.
2. ↑ 1921 census of Canada, Culross, Ontario, population schedule, enumeration district 70, subdistrict 20, p. 3, family 22, SDAA Stobo; image, Library and Archives Canada (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002918424 : accessed 17 Aug 2020).
3. ↑ 1911 census of Canada, Culross, Ontario, population schedule, district 60, subdistrict 3, enumeration district 4, p. 7, family 53, Saml DAA Stobo; image, Library and Archives Canada (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e001980803 : accessed 17 Aug 2020).
4. ↑ 1901 census of Canada, Culross, Ontario, population schedule, district 48, subdistrict C, polling sub-division 4, p. 2, family 14, Samuel DAA Stobo; image, Library and Archives Canada (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000053519 : accessed 17 Aug 2020).
5. ↑ 1891 census of Canada, Culross, Ontario, population schedule, district 51, subdistrict C, polling sub-division 1, p. 36, family 163, SDAA Stobo; image, Library and Archives Canada (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148129-00496 : accessed 17 Aug 2020)
6. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKQ-XMG : 11 March 2018), Samuel David Alex Andrew Stobo and Elizabeth Spence, 24 Sep 1895; citing registration, Culross, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,707.
7. ↑ "South Bruce Farmers," The Walkerton Telescope, 28 June 1917, p. 4, col. 3; image copy, Bruce County Museum (https://newspapers.brucemuseum.ca/link/newspaper9036 : accessed 15 Oct 2022), Bruce County Historic Newspapers.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 February 2020), memorial page for Samuel David A. A. Stobo (1863–Mar 1948), Find A Grave: Memorial #120213932, citing Culross-Teeswater Cemetery, Teeswater, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by family tree maker (contributor 47353710).
9. ↑ "Culross Council." The Bruce Herald, 9 Sept 1908, p. 5, col. 4; image copy, Bruce County Museum (https://newspapers.brucemuseum.ca/link/newspaper1158 : accessed 15 Oct 2022), Bruce County Historic Newspapers.
10. ↑ "Culross Council." The Bruce Herald, 4 Aug 1909, p. 5, col. 3; image copy, Bruce County Museum (https://newspapers.brucemuseum.ca/link/newspaper1204 : accessed 15 Oct 2022), Bruce County Historic Newspapers.
11. ↑ "Plowing Match" The Bruce Herald and Times, 27 Oct 1927, p. 3, col. 4; image copy, Bruce County Museum (https://newspapers.brucemuseum.ca/link/newspaper1661 : accessed 15 Oct 2022), Bruce County Historic Newspapers.