Person:Sidney Staples (1)

2004 Letter from Opal Wylie [age 88]: All I can tell you about Uncle Sid is that he was a very fine man & was always jolly. He farmed in the Buffalo Hump District about four miles from Norquay. He did odd jobs after they moved to Norquay; some carpenter work. On sports day he always steamed up an old steam engine & drove it all around town. He loved to curl & was an all around good sport. Jack [Opal's husband] knew uncle Sid quite well. In fact they curled together years ago for a while.

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1881 Census: Aldborough, ELGIN WEST, ON, page 66, household 297, age 5, born ON, Church of England, recorded as Sidney Stapels.

1891 Census:

1897 Ont Arch, reel N344 R-8P, Glencoe Transcript, 25 March 1897: Wardsville; Sydney Staples has returned from the Algoma lumber woods, looking hale and hearty. We welcome you back in our midst, Sidney.

1901 Census: Aldborough, ELGIN WEST, ON, page 1, line 50, birth 24 May 1876, age 24, born ON, farmer.

1911 Census: Mackenzie, Saskatchewan, page 1, line 6, birth Aug 1878, age 32, born ON, English descent, Methodist, farm labour, recorded as Stapels, living with in-laws.

1916 Census: Keys, SK, age 39, born ON, Church of England, steam machinist.

1950 November: Lived in Norquay, Saskatchewan.

Sidney and daughter Jean Marjorie

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Canada. Canadian Births and Baptisms 1661-1959. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   Name: Sidney Staples, Male
   Birth Date: 23 May 1876, Birthplace: Aldborough, Elgin, Ontario
   Father's Name: William Henry Staples, Mother's Name: Emma Barritt
   Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01470-5, System Origin: Canada-EASy, Source Film Number: 1845109, Reference Number: 4386

2. ↑ Archives Ontario Birth, series MS 929
   Reel 22, Ref. # 4386, 10 Feb 2004.
3. ↑ Archives of Ontario. Archives Ontario Marriage, series MS 932
   Reel 118, Ref. # 12979, 20 Feb 2004.
4. ↑ Edith Lorine Henderson. Staples - Notes from a conversation.