Married Jane GIBB (1847-1925) 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.
William Stafford was a coal mining engineer and mine superintendent for the North Western Coal and Navigation Company who was responsible for determining the location of the City of Lethbridge. A plaque commemorating this fact, entitled "Here We Begin to Mine the Coal," was unveiled in Indian Battle Park in 1963.
Rev. John McLean paid the following tribute to him: "William Stafford was a man of brains and energy, cool, clear-headed, and sympathetic. He never had an accident from fire damp in any mine he had charge of, and was so careful of the lives and welfare of the miners and their families that he erected a powder magazine a mile from the mine and walked there several times daily for the necessary charges, never entrusting that bit of work to anyone lest there be a mishap and an explosion."
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
Married Jane GIBB (1847-1925) 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.
William Stafford was a coal mining engineer and mine superintendent for the North Western Coal and Navigation Company who was responsible for determining the location of the City of Lethbridge. A plaque commemorating this fact, entitled "Here We Begin to Mine the Coal," was unveiled in Indian Battle Park in 1963.
Rev. John McLean paid the following tribute to him: "William Stafford was a man of brains and energy, cool, clear-headed, and sympathetic. He never had an accident from fire damp in any mine he had charge of, and was so careful of the lives and welfare of the miners and their families that he erected a powder magazine a mile from the mine and walked there several times daily for the necessary charges, never entrusting that bit of work to anyone lest there be a mishap and an explosion."
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
IN
Loving Memory Of
WILLIAM STAFFORD
BORN IN AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND
NOVEMBER 15, 1842
DIED MAY 12, 1907
STAFFORD
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[Upright Footstone]
FATHER
Gravesite Details
True color of the headstone
Family Members
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William Stafford Jr
1865–1942
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Henry Stafford
1866–1883
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John Stafford
1868–1917
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Agnes Stafford Ross
1872–1925
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Richard Hill Stafford
1875–1958
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Major Alexander Boswell Stafford
1877–1917
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George Stafford
1879–1961
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Margaret Jane "Jean" Stafford Kelley
1881–1941
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David Gibb Stafford
1881–1957
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James Walter Stafford
1882–1955
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Elliott Torrence Stafford
1886–1919
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Annie Laurie Stafford Peat
1890–1969
