Donald Stewart , born around 1832 in Scotland[ 4] [ 5] was a politician who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Career
He was at one point an assisting county surveyor[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] and later became a twice elected as a territorial legislator in Bismarck. In the 1889 election he received 1615 votes.[ 23] After serving four years he found himself tired of all the local political disputes and he retired from politics and moved with his family to Saskatoon, Canada.[ 24] [ 25]
Personal life
Stewart originally emigrated from Scotland to Ontario, Canada and then to North Dakota . Later on he moved to Saskatchewan , Canada, where he stayed and owned a farm.[ 26]
He was married to an English woman named Elizabeth Curtis, they had three children,[ 27] one of them named Elizabeth (born 1878),[ 28] who went on to marry Edward Hart, thus making Stewart the maternal grandfather of Stewart "Stu" Hart , professional wrestling great and patriarch of the Hart wrestling family .[ 29] Edward and Elizabeth would work for Stewart on his farm in Saskatoon for a few years before moving to Alberta .[ 30]
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References
^ "Page 7" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 11, 1889.
^ "Page 3" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. December 14, 1888.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 4, 1889.
^ "Page 6" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 16, 1885.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. March 18, 1887.
^ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling . ECW Press . p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1 .
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 33. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
^ Hart, Diana ; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family . Fenn. p. 33. ISBN 1-55168-256-7 .
^ "Page 3" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
^ "Page 1" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 21, 1887.
^ "Page 4" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 26, 1888.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 5, 1888.
^ "Page 4" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 19, 1888.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 2, 1888.
^ "Page 8" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 5, 1888.
^ "Page 3" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 17, 1888.
^ "Page 8" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 11, 1888.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 12, 1888.
^ "Page 7" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 10, 1889.
^ "Page 6" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
^ "Page 5" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 23, 1888.
^ "Page 7" . newspapers.com . Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 11, 1889.
^ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling . ECW Press . p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1 .
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
^ Donald Stewart, Minto-Walsh County, North Dakota, USA. Archived April 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Glenbow Museum
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
^ "Donald Stewart" . Geni.com.
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 106. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-55022-508-1 .
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