Stalker

(from Beers)

John Stalker (1800–1873) was born in Scotland. As a soldier in the British army, he came to Quebec with his regiment. After he was discharged from the army in Toronto, he took up teaching in Halton County.

John Stalker married Debbie Askin (–1868) in 1834. He continued to teach in Halton until 1847, when he received a soldier’s grant of land from the British government — 100 acres in Warwick Twp. He continued to teach in Warwick in the winter, and spent his summers clearing the land. At first, he built a log house; by the time he died he had developed the property into a productive farm with good buildings. John was also an assessor for several years.

John and Debbie Stalker were Presbyterians. They helped start the first church in the Township.

The Stalkers had six children: Debbie and Matilda who died young; Jane Ann who married John McDonald, an oil producer in Petrolia; James who married Mary McChesney from Illinois; John who did not marry; and Elisabeth, who married William Colter of Warwick.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Stalker Family

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