The Stoddart name is and ancient one, heavily associated with the borders area of Scotland and Northumberland.  

Current research identifies our Stoddart line appears in Midlothian in the early 1700smid 1600s.  The the earliest known ancestor of our Stoddart line as being John or David William Stoddart, however little is known of the family until David Bowman Stoddard. It is his illegitimate daughter Janet (Jessie) Stoddart who emigrated to Australia with her husband William Hardie in 1879. 

My Stoddart ancestry goes back 6 11 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below

• David or John Stoddart and William Stoddart married Margrat Arnat
  • David Stoddart married Katherine Fair
    • William Stoddard married Margaret Gilmer
      • William Stoddard married Margaret Bowman
        • James Stoddart 1767 - ? married Martha Miller  
          • John Miller Stoddart 1795 - 1954 married Janet Kerr 
          • David Bowman Stoddart 1805 - 1851 and Christian Smith
            • Janet (Jessie) Stoddart 1833 - 1918 married William Hardie
              • George E Hardie 1871 - 1945 married Joan Kitching
                • Douglas James Hardie 1917 - 2012 married Doreen Bain
                  • My father