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GEORGE STALKER
DEATH OF GEORGE STALKER
Former Well-Known Merchant of Welland Passed Away After a Brief Illness-Was Born in Scotland and Came to Welland 55 years Ago
[Welland Telegraph, 26 February 1907]
George Stalker is dead. Another of Welland’s old and most highly esteemed citizens has passed over to the silent majority.
A Scotch Presbyterian and a man of sterling character, Mr. Stalker held the respect of the community. He came to Welland in the early days of the town. As a prominent merchant and for many years a member of the Council and Public School Board he took a deep interest in the growth and expansion of the place he chose for his home. Now, after years of waiting, when freed from the care of business, and about to see the town blossom into a thriving young city, he has been called away. He was a prominent member and trustee and an ex manager of the Presbyterian Church, and a member of Merritt Lodge, A.F & A.M.
The end came suddenly. A week ago Sunday when apparently in the best of health, he was taken ill with stricture of the bowel, but by the following Saturday he had so far recovered as to leave his bed. On Saturday evening he suffered a second attack from the effects of which he died about 6 o’clock Monday morning.
Mr. Stalker was born in Forest, Morayshire, Scotland, on the 26th day of May 1837, ans was thrown on his own resources at the early age of twelve years. When twenty years of age he came to Canada and after remaining in the Province of Quebec for four years he made his way to St. Catharines. For twelve years he worked at the milling trade in the Garden city. In 1874 Mr. Stalker engaged in the flour and feed business at Welland, in partnership with George Dalgety. A short time after the partnership was dissolved and the business was gradually merged into a general grocery and provision trade. For years, his store, corner West Main and Fraser Streets, was one of the best known in Welland. It was not until last spring that he retired from active business life.
In 1864 he married Charlotte Elvis, a native of Lincolnshire, England, who came to Canada with her parents when quite young. She, with three sons, George W, John A. and David Stalker, survives. One sister, who resides at Hopman, Scotland, also survives. Mr. Stalker was making preparations for a visit to his old home when so suddenly called away.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday at two o’clock at the Presbyterianism Church.
Died: 25 February 1907
Married: 1846
Fonthill Cemetery
26 May 1837-25 February 1907
Stricture of the Bowel
[Related TALE: CHARLOTTE ELVIS STALKER]
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