Jane <I>Gibb</I> Stafford

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Jane Gibb Stafford

Birth
Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
24 Mar 1925 (aged 78)
Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Plot
Block B 103 4E
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Lethbridge Herald March 25, 1925 Page 7 Very large write up states date of Death as March 24, 1925 not April 3, 1925 which shows on the headstone.

1925 AB Death Index #301-088 shows the date of death as 1925-03-24
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Daughter of John GIBB (1808-1882) & Agnes WILSON (1811-1856).
Married William STAFFORD (1842-1907) on Dec. 31, 1863, in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Emigrated from Scotland to Westville, Nova Scotia, in 1871 and then moved to the area now known as Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1883.

Mrs. Charles McKillop, wife of a prominent minister of Lethbridge, paid tribute to Jane Gibb Stafford as follows: "Mrs. Stafford was one of the grandest women. She left Nova Scotia where she and her family enjoyed the best of social, educational, medicinal, and religious privileges, for the call of the West. From the time of her coming, she interested herself in western conditions and her home was always open and a welcome awaited all. She was a great spirit, a friend to all, and her name is a household word in the homes of all oldtimers, and when she passed to her reward she was mourned by all."
From: Peat, Annie Laurie Stafford, Alex Johnston, and Carlton R. Stewart. 1978. Nineteenth century Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alta: Whoop-Up Country Chapter, Historical Society of Alberta, p. 5.

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Children not 'linked' below:
Henrietta Stafford
b. 31 Oct 1884 in Lethbridge, Alberta
d. 10 May 1891 in Lethbridge, Alberta
Lethbridge Herald March 25, 1925 Page 7 Very large write up states date of Death as March 24, 1925 not April 3, 1925 which shows on the headstone.

1925 AB Death Index #301-088 shows the date of death as 1925-03-24
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Daughter of John GIBB (1808-1882) & Agnes WILSON (1811-1856).
Married William STAFFORD (1842-1907) on Dec. 31, 1863, in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Emigrated from Scotland to Westville, Nova Scotia, in 1871 and then moved to the area now known as Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1883.

Mrs. Charles McKillop, wife of a prominent minister of Lethbridge, paid tribute to Jane Gibb Stafford as follows: "Mrs. Stafford was one of the grandest women. She left Nova Scotia where she and her family enjoyed the best of social, educational, medicinal, and religious privileges, for the call of the West. From the time of her coming, she interested herself in western conditions and her home was always open and a welcome awaited all. She was a great spirit, a friend to all, and her name is a household word in the homes of all oldtimers, and when she passed to her reward she was mourned by all."
From: Peat, Annie Laurie Stafford, Alex Johnston, and Carlton R. Stewart. 1978. Nineteenth century Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alta: Whoop-Up Country Chapter, Historical Society of Alberta, p. 5.

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Children not 'linked' below:
Henrietta Stafford
b. 31 Oct 1884 in Lethbridge, Alberta
d. 10 May 1891 in Lethbridge, Alberta

Inscription

JANE GIBB
STAFFORD
Born
March 7, 1847
Died
April 3, 1925
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Flat footstone
MOTHER
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Elizabeth McKillop Park plaque reads:

JANE STAFFORD (1843-1925): The wife of Galt mine superintendent William Stafford, Jane arrived in Coal Banks in 1883. She was the first white woman to live in the town. She witnessed the transformation of the coal-mining camp of Coal Banks into the City of Lethbridge.

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Note: DOD was March 24, 1925 not April 3, 1925 which shows on the headstone.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104928112/jane-stafford: accessed ), memorial page for Jane Gibb Stafford (7 Mar 1847–24 Mar 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104928112, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by KenRoss (contributor 48130584).