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Birth Name: John Sherratt Stewart
Date of Birth: May 6, 1917
Place of Birth: Pilot Mound, Manitoba, Canada
Date of Death: May 25, 1983
Place of Death: Troy, Michigan, U.S.
Ethnicity: * father – Scottish * mother – English, Irish, Welsh
Jack Stewart was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was nicknamed “Black Jack.”
Jack was the son of Beatrice Maude Olivia and John Calvin Stewart. He was raised on the family farm.
Jack’s paternal grandfather was named John M. Stewart. John was Scottish.
Jack’s paternal grandmother was Mary Isabella Laurie (the daughter of James Alexander Laurie and Margaret Wright Scott). Mary was born in Canada, to Scottish parents. James was the son of John Laurie and Catherine Campbell. Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Scott and Wilhelmina Irvine Wright.
Jack’s maternal grandfather was Roger/Robert Clement Sherratt (the son of Samuel Sherratt and Jane Louisa Amelia Phillips). Samuel was English. Jane was Welsh.
Jack’s maternal grandmother was Olivia Farrell (the daughter of Thomas Farrell and Ellen McIntyre). Olivia was Irish.
Source: Genealogy of Jack Stewart – https://www.findagrave.com