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11 February 2025

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ANNIE GORDON RIDDELL

Annie Gordon Riddell was born on 26 Aug 1911 in Saskatchewan to James Thom Riddell (1876-1949) and Mary Johnston Miller (1876-1947). Her siblings were: Margaret Wilson Forsyth (1898-1908), Andrew (1900-1924), Mary Thom (1902-1993), Elizabeth Margaret (Bessie) (1905-1990) and Robert Miller (1918-2008). The family originated in Glasgow, Scotland and the eldest four children were born there.

On 27 March 1909, they sailed from Glasgow on SS ‘Grampian' and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 April 1909. Their intended destination was Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Annie’s father homesteaded SW-13-39-17-W3 in Rosemount RM near Cando, Saskatchewan. Cando is about 140 km from Saskatoon. The grant to this land was issued on 3 February 1923. The family was living on that land at the time of the 1911 census so they must have moved there fairly soon after immigrating. Annie was not yet born. They were still living there in 1921. According to a family tree (not verified) Annie married Melvin Howe in 1950. He was born on 30 May 1900 in Alma Township, Marshall, Minnesota to Severin Ottosen Simensen Haug (later Howe) (1863-1941) and Annie Sophie Jensen Odden (1868-1955). Melvin was a logger who had lived in British Columbia for 19 years preceding his death on 24 November 1953 in Youbou, British Columbia. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia. Annie died on 27 January 1998, likely in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

There were only two candidates that could be located who may have signed the quilt Anna Riddle. Neither is a strong possibility. Annie in this tree was never known to use the name Anna, the surname was spelled Riddell which has been confirmed to be the correct spelling from several good sources, including family trees, and the family lived about 140 km from Saskatoon when the quilt was being made. The latter is not a huge issue as Saskatoon was the largest city near Cando and so the family may have had occasion to go there from time to time. As Annie was only six years old at the time that the quilt was being made, it is possible that someone else wrote her name on the quilt for her - possibly a member of 3rd Ave Church. It is unlikely that a family member would spell their own surname incorrectly.

See also Carr/Graham/Hamilton/Riddle.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Riddell 1 Tree.