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11 February 2025

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STOKES/WICKETT

Thomas Blunt Stokes was born on 14 September 1860 in Lambton, Ontario to Arthur Stokes and Elizabeth Hendra. His siblings were Mary Jane (1863-1900), Elizabeth Ann (1865-1948), William Henry (1868-1944), Edith (1870-1961), Arthur (1873-1888), Amelia (Millie) (1875-1913), Emma (1877-1877), John Earnest (1880-1943) and Lilian May (1885-1912). The Stokes family lived in various places in Lambton Co, Ontario from 1861 to 1881 – Sarnia (1861), Oil Springs (1871) and Enniskillen (1881).

Thomas married Elizabeth Alice Holbrook on 25 October 1884 in Oil City, Ontario. She was born in 1865 in Watford, Lambton, Ontario to William Holbrook and Sarah Jane Holbrook. Their children were Florence (1885), Harry Hendra (1887-1945), Thomas Bluett (1889-1970), Alice Rebecca (1890-1893) and William Arthur (1895-1915). In 1891 they were living in Enniskillen. Elizabeth died on 28 October 1895 in Lambton, Ontario.

Thomas married Mary Mitchell probably between 1895 and 1897. She was born on 14 February 1865 in Ontario to William and Catherine Mitchell. She was first married to Richard Kingston who was born in London, Ontario in 1857 to Richard Kingston and Agnes Alexander. They had two children, Richard (1889-1936) and Clifford who was born in Wellman, Ontario on 11 January 1893. It is likely that Richard Sr. Kingston died on 12 January 1890 as Mary was listed as a widow in the 1891 census.

Clifford’s surname was given as Stokes in most census records, suggesting that Thomas Stokes adopted him. Samuel (Ernest) was born to Thomas and Mary on 1 February 1897 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario and Edith (Pearl) was born on 8 May 1899 in Elgin, Ontario.

In 1901, the family which consisted of Thomas Sr, Mary, Florence, Harry, Thomas Jr, William, Ernest and Pearl Stokes plus Richard and Clifford Kingston was living in St Thomas. In 1909 Thomas Sr, Mary, Clifford, Ernest and Pearl emigrated to the USA and were enumerated in Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1910. By this time, Clifford was using the surname Stokes. By 1911, the entire family had returned to Canada and were living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Richard was still using the surname Kingston. Clifford and Ernest were still in Winnipeg with their parents at the time of the 1921 census. Mary died in Regina, Saskatchewan on 13 October 1935 and Thomas died in an unknown location in August 1955.

Harry Hendra Stokes was born on 18 June 1887 in Kent, Ontario. He married Cora Mary McKinley on 9 December 1907 in York, Ontario. She was born on 15 April 1888 in Durham, Ontario to William McKinley and Mary Glass. They had six children, Cora (b 1907), Margery Marguerette Alberta (b 1908), Harold William Thomas (1910-1978), Roy Harrison (1914-1976), Donald (1915-1979) and Mary Isabel (1920-1988). In 1916 and 1921, the family was living in Gladstone, Manitoba. Harry & Cora died in Winnipeg on 3 July 1945 and in 1958, respectively.

Pearl married James Nathaniel Wickett on 10 July 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was born on 3 November 1896 in Haldimand, Ontario to Lewis Edward Wickett and Margaret Ann McBride. His siblings were Cora MacBride (1891-1973), Gertrude Elizabeth (b 1894), Lewis E (b 1898), Oscar Harris (b 1902), Russell Franklin (b 1905) and Gladys M (b 1908). James lived with his family in Manitoba until at least 1911 – Winnipeg (1901), Brandon (1906) and Winnipeg (1911). The 1921 census found James and Pearl living in Winnipeg. James died on 25 December 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the time of his death he was married to Bertha Wright. They had at least one son, Garry who was born in 1940. Nothing more is known about Pearl.

The name of James Wickett was signed immediately under the name of Pearl Stokes on the quilt and all of the Stokes family signed in the same area of the quilt. It is unknown if they actually signed the quilt themselves or if they made a donation to a relative or friend so that their names would be put on it. Nothing could be found that tied this family to Saskatoon. George & Emma Bott and their daughter, Adah Stenberg, who were also from Winnipeg, Manitoba and had no apparent connection to Saskatoon signed near them.

The Stokes/Wickett family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Stokes/Wickett Tree.