Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Stott (1873-1939)

Farmer.

Born in Westmoreland County, England on 11 March 1873, son of George and Hannah Stott, he emigrated to Canada at an early age with his widowed mother and siblings, where his mother bought 320 acres of farmland in Section 3, Township 11, Range 18W. He worked in several jobs, as a cattle herder, drugstore worker, and hay baler. He also worked on the family farm. He later bought and operated 640 acres in Section 34, Township 10, Range 20W near Brandon. On 9 August 1905, he married Cassie Jane Durnin (1883-1916) at Winnipeg. They had four children: George Alfred Stott (1906-1995), Stanley D. Stott (?-?), Francis Parker Stott, and Evelyn Hannah Stott (1911-?, wife of John Mackreth Scott). He died at Bottineau, North Dakota on 1 September 1939 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Alfred Stott, Cassie Jane Darvin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registration [Evelyn Hannah Stott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Marriage registration [Evelyn Hannah Stott, John Mackreth Scott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

Death registration [Cassie Jane Stott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Brandon Sun, 2 September 1939, page 10.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 March 2024

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