Stuart Frederick Kidd

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• Name: Stewart
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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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http://peakfinder.ca/mount-kidd/ [accessed 170201]
Mount Kidd

Looking west-northwest to Mount Kidd (both summits) from Rocky Creek Bridge on Highway #40
2958m (9,705ft)
N50.89361 W115.18972
LOCATION:
Located between the Ribbon Creek Valley and the Kananaskis River; east buttress of Guinn's Pass
NAMING:
Named by D.B. Dowling (Dr. Dowling was an engineer in the Geological Survey of Canada) in 1907.
Kidd, Fred (A resident of Morley, Fred Kidd outfitted expeditions which explored in the Kananaskis Valley.)
FIRST ASCENT:
First ascent by R.C. Hind, J.F. Tarrant in 1947. Journal Reference: CAJ 31-237.

Mount Kidd is the "Pilot Mountain" of the Kananaskis Valley. George Dawson named Pilot Mountain in the Bow Valley between Banff and Castle Junction for its location on the outside of a major bend in the Bow Valley which made the peak visible for long distances up and down the valley. Mount Kidd is similarly situated, being visible from both the lower Kananaskis Valley and from the Kananaskis Lakes area to the south.

The massive character of the mountain as well as its two separate peaks are best seen from the vicinity of Rocky Creek, 11.3 kilometres south of the Ribbon Creek Junction. From Rocky Creek, a spectacular fold down which a series of waterfalls flows may be seen. This feature marks the northern end of the Lewis Thrust Fault, a major geological marker which can be mapped to the south into the United States where it passes beneath Chief Mountain. From Kananaskis Village Junction we see only the northern peak of the mountain.

The grassy slopes of the ridge to the right of the mountain was the former site of the Mount Kidd Fire Lookout. Constructed in 1981, it was the most recent addition in the series of fire lookouts first established in the late 1920''s to help protect Alberta''s forests from fires. It was last used in 1992 and removed in 1997. Funding cutbacks and the fact that the Kananaskis Emergency Services Building are situated immediately below the site contributed to its demise.

The following information regarding the naming of the peak was received from John Kidd in correspondence received on 2011-08-04.

John's father was Fred Kidd and Stuart Kidd was John's grandfather. Stuart Kidd had a brother named Fred Kidd.

John was told by his father that the mountain was named after his uncle, Fred Kidd.

Born near Ashton, Ontario, Fred Kidd homesteaded north of Calgary on the west branch of Nose Creek. According to his son, Fred could not resist the attraction of the mountains and so moved to Morley in 1907 where he operated the Scott and Leeson Trading Post and served as the Justice of the Peace. Part of his job was outfitting survey parties which worked in the Kananaskis Valley area. One of these was led by a geologist, D. Bogart Dowling (see Mount Bogart), who chose Kidd''s name for the mountain.

John Kidd's father spent four years in politics and it was during this time that the idea that Mount Kidd be named to honour his uncle Fred Kidd arose.

Fred Kidd's brother, Stuart Kidd, came west after Fred had settled in Alberta.

In 1911 Martin Nordegg hired Kidd to be purchasing agent for Brazeau Coalieries in the North Saskatchewan valley. In 1914 he became general manager of Nordegg''s company-owned general store, the Bighorn Trading Company. He also became postmaster, justice of the peace, and the undertaker for the area. During this time he traded and worked with the Stoneys in the area and became fluent in the Stoney language. In 1927 he was made an honorary chief, probably the first white to be so honoured, and given the name of "Tah-Osa" which means "Moose Killer."

He continued to live in the Nordegg area until 1939.

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Birth:
see notes for death
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www.ancestry.ca [accessed 170213]
1901 census, Lanark Twp., Lanark Co., ON
d.o.b. listed
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Death:
Role: Obituary: family

Died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kidd&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=10&GSob=n&GSsr=841&GRid=45564201&df=all&
[accessed 161227]
Birth: 1883
Death: 1957
Burial:
Mount Pleasant Municipal Cemetery
Edmonton
Edmonton Census Division
Alberta, Canada
Plot: F 0055 0004
Created by: Alison
Record added: Dec 17, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 45564201

Stuart married Robina McKelvie in 1915 in Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada. Robina was born on 2 Jun 1888; died on 22 Oct 1933; was buried in Nordegg Memorial Cemetery, Nordegg, Rocky Mountain House Census Division, alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Stuart married Dorothy Harkness on 19 Apr 1946. Dorothy died in 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Betty Kidd
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• _FGRAVE: 155687422
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Alfred J. Dunn and Elizabeth C. Kidd were married at Edmonton, Alberta in 1943.
Obituary in The Calgary Herald, February 26, 1973, page 34

Elizabeth married Alfred Joseph "Fred" Dunn in 1943 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada. Alfred (son of George A. Dunn and Blanche) was born in 1917 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died in 1976; was buried in Queens Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Fred Kidd
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• _FGRAVE: 178219370
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
KIDD - Frederick Alexander Kidd died at Bethany Care Centre on March 22, 1997. He was born in Nordegg on July 29, 1921. He is survived by his wife Helen and their children and families, Jo Anne and Jim Britton of Yellowknife and Stuart; Robin Kidd and David Cox of Cochrane and Amy, Helen and Mitchell; Alan and Kolleen Kidd of Millett; and John Kidd and Kris Burke of Arnprior, Ontario and Tyler and Sarah Robina. He is also survived by one sister-in-law Virginia Kidd of Edmonton; and by numerous nieces and nephews. Fred was predeceased by an infant son Stuart Melville in 1954, by his mother Robina in 1933 and his father Stuart in 1957, by his elder brother James in 1983 and his wife Dorothy in 1985, by his younger brother George in 1984, and by his sister Elizabeth in 1973 and her husband Fred Dunn in 1976. Fred graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in Mining Engineering in 1942 and was employed by Shell Oil Company as a geologist for thirty-eight years. He served as M.L.A. for Banff-Cochrane from 1975 to 1978. He was on the Board of the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority and was a member of St Andrew's Church. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the St. Andrew's United Church of Canada Building Fund at Cochrane or to the Parkinson's Society of Alberta, 480A - 36 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 1W4. A Memorial Service for Fred will be held on Wednesday, March 26 at 1:30 at St. Andrew's Church in Cochrane, Reverend Don Koots officiating;. 0132585

Frederick Alexander Kidd (July 29, 1921 - March 22, 1997) was a provincial level politician and Geologist from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1975 to 1979.

Early life
Frederick Alexander Kidd was born in Nordegg, Alberta. He grew up in south western Alberta and became a geologist.

Political career
Kidd ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1975 Alberta election. He was elected to represent the renamed electoral district of Banff with a landslide victory over three other candidates. He served in the back benches of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus until 1979. During his service he served on a number of committees. He did not run for a second term in office when the legislature was dissolved in 1979
He died on March 22, 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kidd

Frederick married Helen Winifred Brown about 1950. Helen was born on 19 Jun 1921 in Cochrane, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Jul 2016; was buried in Queens Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Family/Spouse: Virginia Hardy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mel Lehan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kenneth Vair Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Birth:
see notes for death of mother Helen Brown

Family/Spouse: Jim Britton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Family/Spouse: David Cox. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Birth:
see notes for death of mother Helen Brown

Family/Spouse: Kolleen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Birth:
see notes for death of mother
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Family/Spouse: Kris Burke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _STAT: Never Married
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Birth:
see notes for death of mother Helen Brown

Died:
see notes for death of mother Helen Brown