A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
 

George Edward SCALF

[N320]

14 MAR 1897 - 1982

  • BIRTH: 14 MAR 1897, Dassel, Meeker, Minnesota, USA
  • DEATH: 1982, Swan River, Manitoba, Canada
  • REFERENCE: 9078
Father: Solomon SCALF
Mother: Mary Frances FULLER

Family 1 : Mildred Agnes RANDALL
  1. +Ethel May SCALF
  2.  Alverne Clifford SCALF
  3. +Irvin Stanley SCALF
  4. +Claire Vincent SCALF
  5. +Gloria Vivian SCALF
  6. +Gordon Wendell SCALF
  7.  Glen Alva SCALF 
                                              _Brittan SCALF __________+
                                             | (1799 - 1845) m 1824    
                        _John Henry SCALF ___|
                       | (1836 - 1864) m 1856|
                       |                     |_Talitha COUCH __________+
                       |                       (1801 - 1846) m 1824    
 _Solomon SCALF _______|
| (1857 - 1932) m 1883 |
|                      |                      _Thomas Alford SELLARDS _+
|                      |                     | (1808 - 1889) m 1834    
|                      |_Clarinda SELLARDS __|
|                        (1840 - 1914) m 1856|
|                                            |_Mary M. CLARK __________
|                                              (1815 - 1884) m 1834    
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|--George Edward SCALF 
|  (1897 - 1982)
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|_Mary Frances FULLER _|
  (1865 - 1937) m 1883 |
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[N320] Initially George entered the farm machinery business in Coronach, Saskatchewan. In the 1920's the great drought hit the western USA and Canada, which forced him out of business. Dust and sand piled everywhere, against the fences and barns, and over machinery, much of which had been repossessed from bankrupt ranchers.

Still later the grasshopper plague hit the area. The hoppers consumed everything that was edible. relief trains doled out food to the inhabitants.

George then moved in 1939 to Swan River, Manitoba, a town about the size of Prestonsburg, Kentucky and started another farm equipment business. He was elected Mayor of Swan River and by 1958 had served nine years.