Joseph Sloane
Joseph Sloane was an Alberta pioneer, the husband of Mabel (Smith) Sloane and the father of Charlotte Marie (Sloane) Newman. Much of what is remembered of him survives through the recollections of his granddaughter Loraine Houston.
Life
Joseph worked as a travelling salesman and was an enthusiast of Indian motorcycles, which he rode about the countryside with his coat flapping behind him. His several attempts at farming around the Vulcan, Alberta, district repeatedly failed; family stories included the rescue of a cow that had become trapped in a sinkhole on the land. In the early 1920s the family lost most of their belongings in a fire in the apartment they kept above a furniture store.[1]
He met his wife, Mabel Smith — who had trained as a milliner — through their church.[1] The family moved a number of times within Alberta before settling in Winnipeg.[2]
Children
Joseph and Mabel had five children:
- Charlotte Marie Newman (née Sloane), the eldest
- Cecil Sloane, who died in infancy
- Lloyd Sloane
- Crystal Hay (née Sloane)
- Betty Lint (née Sloane)[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Recollections of Loraine Houston, recorded at a family dinner in Red Deer, Alberta, 20 September 2018, by Michael Currie.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marie Newman's obituary, Red Deer Advocate, 12 September 2008.