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Gladys Gertrude Stacey (nee Devlin) was born October 4, 1883 in the province of Quebec and, in early adulthood, worked as a teacher and a reporter in Montreal. She married Frederick Harold Stacey (1880-1944), formerly of England and Alberta, in Montreal in 1910 and had five children (see below). Documents reveal that the births of two of the children, at least, were registered in Peterborough, Ontario in 1911 and 1915 and that the family moved to Toronto in the early 1920s. Frederick Stacey, an engineer, worked briefly beginning in 1917 at Canadian General Electric in Peterborough, as did one son who moved to Peterborough and then Lakefield in the 1950s. Gladys Stacey continued her writing career into the 1960s and published in church publications for children, in the Canadian Bookman, Maclean’s, Canadian Home Journal, Canadian Magazine, and in various newspapers in Toronto and Montreal. Her writings appear under several pen names and name variations: Dolly Dimples; Gladys G. Devlin; Gladys Devlin; Gertrude Woodard; Jo Joan; Christie Carew; Mary Burke; Millicent Moore; Laura Greenwood; Gladys Devlin Stacey; Gladys D. Stacey; Gladys Stacey; Gladys G. Stacey; Gladys Stacey; Mrs. S.; G.G. Stacey; G.D.S.; G. Stacey; and G.G.S. Information about Stacey is included on the website [Canada’s Early Women Writers]: https://ceww.wordpress.com/?s=stacey%2C+gladys&search=Go (site last visited 27 August 2015). She died in New Jersey in 1977.
Regarding the children of Gladys and Frederick Stacey, there were five, born between the years 1911 and 1921. They are listed as follows:
Harold Gordon Stacey (1911-1979): a noted Toronto silversmith and teacher of metalsmithing at Ontario College of Art and Humber College; married Margaret Ellen West Jefferys (1915-2008), daughter of the Canadian artist and historical illustrator Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951); had two children, one of whom is the donor of this fonds, Clara (Callie) Jeanette Stacey;
William “Bill” Arthur Stacey (1915-1959): served in Canadian Air Force during WWII; died of a bee sting in Peterborough, Ontario; married Beryl Bernice Benham (1909-1984);
John “Jack” Frederick Stacey (1916-1995): served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 400 Sqd, City of Toronto (later renumbered 110 overseas) during WWII and worked for Canadian General Electric in Peterborough from the early 1950s; lived above T.J. Cavanaugh’s appliance store on Charlotte Street (Peterborough), Henry Sharp's farm 4th line of Smith Township, Hamilton Street (Peterborough), and Water Street (Peterborough) before moving to 7th line of Smith Township; married Delysia Alice Ward [1920-2008];
Clifton David Stacey (1917-2010): served in the USA Army; stenographer; married Ruth Gaskin (1917-2002);
Dorothy Joan (1921-2005): secretary and office manager; married Reginald Wray (1928- ).
(Taken from information supplied by the donor).