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11 February 2025

David March © 2014

H E SMITH

Hattie E Smith (maiden name unknown) was born in 1881 in the USA. At the time of the 1916 census, she was living at 414 10th Street in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. According to the 1916 census and the information in the 1915 and 1916 Henderson Directories, she was a widow lodging with the James A Miller family, immigrated to Canada in 1907, was Presbyterian and worked as a nurse.

By 1918, she was lodging in the home of John and Alice Fawcett at 541 4th Ave N. She was possibly the Mrs H E Smith lodging in the home of Lelland Austin and Myrtle Weaver at 207 Ave H N in 1919. No further record could be found for Hattie before 1915 or after 1919.

The Hattie E Smith Tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Smith 10b Tree.

Henry (Harry) Elliot Smith was born on 6 April 1845 in Pictou, Nova Scotia to J P Mayhew T Smith (b 1801) and Mary Cox. He married Helen (Ellen) B Byers on 13 September 1866 in New Annan, Colchester, Nova Scotia. Ellen was born on 6 October 1848 in New Annan to William Byers (b 1800) and Mary Bell (b 1800).

Harry & Ellen lived in New Annan until at least 1891 and had moved to Salmon River, Colchester by 1901. They had the following children: Minnie Bell (b 1867), Alice B (b 1869), Willina "Edith" (b 1873), Eva "Elizabeth" (b 1876), Halley (1876-1876), William Warren (1878-1938), Aubrey (b 1888) and Harold "Stanley" (b 1888). By 1911 they had moved to Vonda, Saskatchewan.

In 1918 their daughter, Elizabeth Forrester, and her family were living at 1009 Eastlake in Saskatoon and in 1920, Henry and Helen were listed at the same address with them. Helen died in Saskatoon at the Forrester home on 8 April 1921. At the time of the 1921 census, Henry was living with his son, Harold, and his family in Nipawin RM, Saskatchewan. Henry died in a Saskatoon hospital on 12 April 1922. Helen and Henry were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Smith 10a Tree.

We were able to identify two candidates for the H E Smith signature. There were many H Smiths living in Saskatoon in 1918, but only one, Hattie E, was identified in the Henderson and census records with the middle initial E. We were also able to identify a man, Henry (Harry) Elliot Smith who resided in Saskatoon in 1920. His daughter and her family were living in Saskatoon in 1918, so he may have been here on a visit or he may even have been living with her when the quilt was being made. There may have been several H E Smith candidates for the H E Smith signature, but these were the only ones that we attempted to trace as it would have been too much work to try to determine middle initials for the others. If anyone has additional information that could help us determine the correct signer, we would like to be contacted.

Candidate 1

Candidate 2