Some of my ancestors who died too young

Many of us believe that the death of child is becoming rarer than in the past, but ten million children die before their fifth birthday each year.  With numbers like that, death will touch each family in one way or another.  Leading causes are birth asphyxia, pneumonia, pre-term birth complications, diarrhea, malaria, measles and malnutrition.[1]  In modern history death was even more prevalent then it is today.  Children and youth were subject to many more diseases and physical hardships.  Plagues were a big part of childhood deaths, and many things that current medicines can cure easily, were deadly in those days.  Diet or lack thereof was another factor in childhood deaths.  30% of England’s children died before the age of 15 between the 16^th and 18^th centuries.  Death was higher in urban than rural areas.  Accidents were another common source of death, drowning was one of the number one causes of death in children.  Children were also killed when working in dangerous situations.  It was also rare to hire a doctor to care for family members, especially children in the average family, due to cost, if a doctor’s help was sought for, it was only to give a diagnosis, not the care of the child.[2]

 

With this information in mind here are ten children from my family tree:

 

Hannah CALEF was baptized 22 February 1735 at the New South Church, Boston, Suffolk, MA.[3] Hannah is the daughter of Joseph C. and Hannah (JORDAN) CALEF.  She died before 12 December 1742 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.  Hannah is my first cousin seven times removed through her grandparents, my seventh great grandparents Dominicus and Hannah (TRISTRAM) JORDAN. [her date of birth is unknown, only the date of baptism, and date of death is also unknown, only that she had a sister that was named Hannah baptized 12 December 1742.]

 

Antoine BOUTEILLIER was born February 1788 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.  He was christened 15 February at St. Antoine de Lonqueuil, in Lonqueuil, Quebec, Canada.[4] He was the son of Joseph and Marie Veronique (ARCHAMBAULT) BOUTHEILLER.   He died 18 December 1802 in Lonqueuil, Quebec, Canada.[5]  He is interred at St. Antoine de Lonqueuil, in Lonqueuil, Quebec, Canada.  He was my fourth great granduncle, related through his parents.

 

Elizabeth A. JELLISON was born February 1843 according to her headstone or 20 February 1837 in Waltham, Hancock, ME according to The Family Jordan book.[6]  She was the daughter of Joseph H. and Abigail (JORDAN) JELLISON.  She died 20 July 1853 in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[7]  She is interred at Hillside Cemetery in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[8]  She is my third great grandaunt through her parents, and my fifth cousin eight times removed through her fourth great grandparents John and Elizabeth (BIRCHARD) ALCOCK, my ninth and twelfth great grandparents.

 

Eva M. JELLISON was born 13 January 1853 in ME.[9]  She is the daughter of Moses Adams and Clarinda R. (GILES) JELLISON.  She died 13 February 1862 in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[10]  Her death notice appeared in the Ellsworth American 28 February 1862.  She is my first cousin four times removed through her grandparents Joseph H. and Abigail (JORDAN) JELLISON and my sixth cousin seven times removed through her fifth great grandparents John and Elizabeth (BIRCHARD) ALCOCK, my ninth and twelfth great grandparents.  Copied from The Ellsworth American February 28, 1862 edition Friday DIED Waltham-13th inst., Eva M, daughter of Moses A. Jellison, aged 9 years. “The flowers that bloomed the brightest, Are soonest doomed to fade; The forms that move the lightest, In earth are soonest laid.”

 

Louis LAGÜE was born 11 October 1727 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.  He was the son of Michel and Catherine (LECLERC) LAGÜE SANCARTIER.  He died 20 February 1728 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.  He is my sixth great granduncle related through his parents.

 

Georgianna T. SNELL was born 1 March 1851 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME.[11]  She is the daughter of Albion King and Martha Jane (JELLISON) SNELL.  She died of diphtheria on 18 March 1862 in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[12]  She is interred at Hillside Cemetery in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[13]  She is my first cousin four times removed through her grandparents Joseph H. and Abigail (JORDAN) JELLISON and my sixth cousin seven times removed through her fifth great grandparents, my ninth and twelfth great grandparents John and Elizabeth (BIRCHARD) ALCOCK.

 

Abbey E SNELL was born 24 October 1852 in Portland, Cumberland, ME.[14]  She was the daughter of Albion King and Martha Jane (JELLISON) SNELL.  She died of diphtheria on 6 August 1862 in Waltham, Hancock, ME, just 19 days after her sister Georgianna (above).[15]  She is interred at Hillside Cemetery in Waltham, Hancock, ME.[16]  She is my first cousin four times removed through her grandparents Joseph H. and Abigail (JORDAN) JELLISON and my sixth cousin seven times removed through her fifth great grandparents, my ninth and twelfth great grandparents John and Elizabeth (BIRCHARD) ALCOCK.

 

Susan STEVENSON was born 16 February 1855 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada.  She is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (FLUKER) STEVENSON.  She died about 1860 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada.  She is my first cousin four times removed through her grandfather my fourth great grandfather Robert STEVENSON and Jane SNOWDEN (not related to me).

 

Nancy WESCOTT was born 15 March 1771 in Penobscot, Hancock, ME.[17]  She was the daughter of Captain William Post and Elizabeth (PERKINS) WESCOTT.  She died 24 February 1775 in Penobscot, Hancock, ME.[18]  She is my fifth great grand aunt through her parents my sixth great grandparents and sixth cousin removed through her fifth great grandparents John and Elizabeth (BIRCHARD) ALCOCK, my ninth and twelfth great grandparents.

[1] Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org), “Infant Mortality,” rev. 29 March 2015.

[2] Lynda Payne, “Health in England (16th–18th c.),” in Children and Youth in History, Item #166, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/166 (accessed March 30, 2015).

[3] Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, transcribed, Boston, MA: Church Records: Second Church (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), ; online images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 30 March 2015; Hannah Calef.

[4] Canada Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, “Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959 (FHL),” online images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : online 15 February 2015), Antoine Bouteiller; FHL 1031706.  “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 15 February 2015), 15B D’Antoine Bouteiller; Cathédrale St-Antoine-de-Pade; 1784-1795.

[5] The Genelogical Society of Utah, “Canada, Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : online 15 February 2015), Antone Boutheiller; FHL microfilm 1031706.

[6] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 30 March 2015), Elizabeth A. Jellison; memorial 130002758.  Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 101 [Elizabeth A. Jellison #1302].

[7] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 101 [Elizabeth A. Jellison #1302].

[8] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 101 [Elizabeth A. Jellison #1302].

[9] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 274 [Eva M. Jellison #3954].

[10] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 274 [Eva M. Jellison #3954].

[11] Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 9 September 2013), Georgiana T. Snell 1 Mar 1831 [1851], Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine.

[12] Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine Mrs. Shirley Rhodes transcribed, “Index of Deaths and Marriages as published in the Ellsworth Herald and Ellsworth American 24 October 1851 through 29 December 1865,” abstracts online, Mrs. Arthur Ward, Jeans’s Maine Genealogy Page

[13] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 31 March 2015), Georgianna Snell; memorial 130003519.

[14] Maine State Archives, “Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 9 September 2013), Abby E. Snell 24 oct 1852 Portland, Me.  Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 9 September 2013), Abby E. Snell 24 Oct 1852, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

[15] Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine Mrs. Shirley Rhodes transcribed, “Index of Deaths and Marriages as published in the Ellsworth Herald and Ellsworth American 24 October 1851 through 29 December 1865,” abstracts online, Mrs. Arthur Ward, Jeans’s Maine Genealogy Page

[16] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 31 March 2015), Abby E. Snell; memorial 130003629.

[17] Steven Edward Sullivan, “Andrew and Deborah (Webber) Wescott of Cape Neddick, York, and Penboscot, Maine,” The American Genealogist, 70 (1995), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 31 March 2015), Nancy Wescott; vol. 70, page 218.

[18] Steven Edward Sullivan, “Andrew and Deborah (Webber) Wescott of Cape Neddick, York, and Penboscot, Maine,” The American Genealogist, 70 (1995), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 31 March 2015), Nancy Wescott; vol. 70, page 218.

Alice BROWN

Alice is my fourth great grandmother.  She was enumerated in the 1851 and 1871 Canadian censuses with her husband and children, 1851 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada and 1871 in Huntingdon, Les Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[1]

Alice BROWN was born in 1811 in Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.  She is the daughter of John and Mary (HYDE) BROWN.  She died 17 February 1873 in Franklin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[2]  She was interred at Old Manning Burial Ground in Franklin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[3]  Alice married William HAIRE 23 Jun 1828 at the Presbyterian Church of Hemmingford in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada.  William was born in 1808 in Portadown, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.  He died 5 July 1885 in Iowa City, Wright, IA.  William was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Mount Auburn, Benton, IA.[4]

Alice and William had the following children:

1. Mary she was born 12 September 1829 in Havelock, Pontiac, Québec, Canada.[5] She died either 25 January 1881 or 21 September 1887 in Franklin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.  She was interred at Christ Church Cemetery in Franklin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.[6]  She married Alexander “Alex” STEVENSON 8 September 1851 in Beauharnois, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Québec, Canada.[7]  Alexander was born 16 August 1827 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[8]  He is the son of Robert and Nancy (MCLEAN) STEVENSON.  Alexander died 4 April 1865 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[9]  He was buried at Christ Church Cemetery, in Franklin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[10]  Mary and Alexander are my third great grandparents.
2. Jane was born 1834 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada. She died 1924.  Jane married Mr. LORD.
3. Elizabeth “Eliza” was born in 1835.
4. Martha was born 1837 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada. She died 1854.  She is buried at Old Manning Burial Ground in Hungtingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[11]
5. Thomas was born March 1839 in Québec, Canada. He married Margaret Agnes ALEXANDER 1862 in Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[12]  Margaret was born March 1839 in Québec, Canada.
6. William John was born 12 October 1840 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[13] He died 1884 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.  He was interred at Christ Church Cemetery in Huntingdon, Les Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.[14]  William married Ardelia Melintha HOUSE.  Ardelia was born 1843 in Québec, Canada.  She died 1912.  Ardelia was interred at Christ Church Cemetery in Huntingdon, Les Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.[15]
7. Robert was born 1843 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada.[16] He died in 1919 in Iowa, United States.  He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Mount Auburn, Benton, IA.[17]  Robert married twice, first to Mary E. HUNSDON.  Mary was born 18 April 1847.  She is the daughter of Edward S. and Martha (BROWN) HUNSDON.  Mary died 20 October 1877.  She is interred at Lighthouse Cemetery in Daysville, Ogle, IL.[18]  Robert married second to Arminta ZORK.  Arminta was born in 1844.  She died in 1897.  Arminta was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Mount Auburn, Benton, IA.[19]
8. Ann was born 28 February 1845 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada.
9. Rosana was born 19 January 1848 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada.[20] She died 25 June 1889 in Knoxville, Knox, TN.  She married Henry Cornish SABINE in Tennessee.  Henry was born 2 March 1842 in England, United Kingdom.  He died 28 February 1919 in Harriman, Roane, TN.  He was interred at Ozone Cemetery in Cumberland County, TN.[21]
10. Alice Margaret was born 21 November 1849 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada. She died of mitral insufficience and purulent bronchitis on 4 March 1917 in Cheney, Spokane, WA.  She was interred at Fairview Cemetery in Cheney, Spokane, WA.[22]  Alice married Robert Lewis STEVENSON 11 March 1877 in Genoa, Douglas, NV.  Robert was born 12 November 1843 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.  He is the son of John and Mary Sarah Bonner (OLDHAM) STEVENSON.  He is my half-first cousin four times removed.  We are related through his grandfather, my fourth great grandfather and his first wife Robert and Jane (SNOWDEN) STEVENSON.  Robert died 9 Jun 1908 in Cheney, Spokane, WA.  He is interred at Fairview Cemetery in Cheney, Spokane, WA.[23]
11. Joseph was born 19 November 1852 in Hemmingford, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada.[24] He died 16 September 1929 in Pennington County, SD.  He married Louisa Samantha MCFEE.

[1] Alex Stevenson, 1851, Beauharnois County, population schedule, 8, Hemmingford, 145, line 39-40; microfilm C_1112, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.  Willie Haire, 1871 Canadian census, Huntingdon East, Québec, return of the living, 115 East Huntingdon, E. Township Franklin, page 59, dwelling 201, family 202; microfilm C-10056, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[2] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2015), Alice Haire.

[3] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Alice Brown Haire; memorial 139968786.

[4] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), William Haire; memorial 61106889.

[5] “Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay,” database, Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois (www.swquebec.ca/pioneers/pioneers.html : online 20 July 2014), Alexander and Mary (Haire) Stevenson, part of genealogy of Robert Stevenson & Nancy McLean; Robert Stevenson (currently alive, not the Robert Stevenson my ancestor).

[6] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Mary E. Stevenson; memorial 140179696.

[7] “Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay,” database, Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois (www.swquebec.ca/pioneers/pioneers.html : online 30 April 2014), Alexander Stevenson and Mary Hare marriage 9 Sept. 1851; Wesleyan Methodist Congregations in the Russelltown Circuit.  “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 7 June 2014), Alexander Stevenson, Marry Hare marriage 8 Sept. 1851, Russelltown, Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church, image 10 out of 20.

[8] “Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay,” database, Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois (www.swquebec.ca/pioneers/pioneers.html : online 20 July 2014), Alexander and Mary (Haire) Stevenson, part of genealogy of Robert Stevenson & Nancy McLean; Robert Stevenson (currently alive, not the Robert Stevenson my ancestor).

[9] “Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay,” database, Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois (www.swquebec.ca/pioneers/pioneers.html : online 30 April 2014), Alexander Stevenson death 4 Apr. 1865, burial 6 Apr. 1865; Wesleyan Methodist Congregation Russelltown Circuit.  “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 7 June 2014), Alex Stevenson, burial 6 April 1865.

[10] “Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay,” database, Pioneer Families of the Châteauguay Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois (www.swquebec.ca/pioneers/pioneers.html : online 30 April 2014), Alexander Stevenson death 4 Apr. 1865, burial 6 Apr. 1865; Wesleyan Methodist Congregation Russelltown Circuit.  “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 7 June 2014), Alex Stevenson, burial 6 April 1865, Franklin, methodist, Presbyterian, Church of England, 1865, image 6 of 35.  “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 20 July 2014), Alexander Stevenson, Valleyfield, Ville de Valleyfiled (index), 1861-1865, image 291 of 333.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Alexander Stevenson; memorial 140179653.

[11] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Martha Haire; memorial 139968804.

[12] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2015), Thomas Haire.

[13] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2015), William John Haire.

[14] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), William John Haire; memorial 140199768.

[15] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Ardelia Melentha Haire; memorial 140199798.

[16] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2016), Robert Haire.

[17] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Robert R. Haire; memorial 61106951.

[18] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Mary E. Hunsdon Hare; memorial 39897612.

[19] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Arminta Zork Haire; memorial 61106914.

[20] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2015), Rosana Haire.

[21] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Henry Cornish Sabine; memorial 58949259.

[22] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Alice Margaret Haire Stevenson; memorial 54932433.

[23] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 16 March 2015), Robert Lewis Stevenson; memorial 54932513.

[24] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 16 March 2015), Joseph Haire.

On this day, October 20…

Family events

 

Births

1854	Hanne Sophie HANSEN great grandmother

 

Marriages

1742	John JELLISON 1s cousin 8x removed and Lydia HUTCHINS
1841	Moses Lyman CARR and Mary Osburn MOORE 1st cousin 5x removed

 

Deaths

1694	George VAUGHAN 9th great grandfather
1760	Deborah WEBBER 7th great grandmother
1887	Mary Ann STEVENSON 3rd great grand aunt

On this day, October 13…

Family events

 

Happy birthday Elizabeth!

 

Marriages

1878	Molbry K. HASLAM 1st cousin 4x removed and Sarah Ednor JORDAN 4th cousin 3x removed
1879	Alexander STEVENSON and Elizabeth Mary BUTLER 2nd great grandparents

 

Deaths

1708	Samuel ALCOCK 1st cousin 9x removed

Alzina Hamilton

Alzina HAMILTON is my first cousin four times removed; we are related through her great grandparents, my fourth great grandparents Robert and Nancy (MCCLEAN) STEVENSON.  Alzina was born third of four children to Robert and Elizabeth (STEVENSON) HAMILTON.  Alzina was born 7 October 1860 in Québec, Canada.  She was enumerated with her family in the 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses in Havelock, Québec.[1]  She married Joseph William JACKSON after 6 April 1891 at the Presbyterian Church and Church of England in Hemingford, Québec.[2]  She and Joseph had two sons:  William J. and Robert J.  They were enumerated in 1901 and 1911 in Hemingford.[3]  Alzina died 25 May 1935; she is buried at the Bethel Cemetery in Havelock.[4]  According to the census reports she was either a Wesleyan Methodist or a Methodist throughout her life.

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[1] Robert Hamilton, 1871 Canadian census, Huntingdon East, Québec, return of the living, page 30, dwelling 110, family 112; microfilm C-10056, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Robert Hamilton, 1881 Canada census, Huntingdon, Québec, return of the living, 72 [Huntingdon], 6 [township of Havelock], page 35, dwelling 159, family 161; microfilm C-13206, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa Canada.  Robert Hamilton, 1891 Canada census, Huntingdon, Québec, return of the living, 155 [Huntingdon], 81 [township of Havelock], page 6, dwelling w4, family 35; microfilm T-6399, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

[2] “Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 10 September 2013), Alzina Hamilton and Joseph William Jackson marriage 1891 Hemmingford, Québec.

[3] Joseph Jackson, 1901 Canada census, Huntingdon, Québec, population schedule, 156 [Huntingdon], [unclear], [unclear], page 8, dwelling 77, family 77; microfilm T-6428-T6556, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Joseph Wm Jackson, 1911 Canada census, Huntingdon, Québec, population schedule, 161 [Huntingdon], 1 [Hemmingford township], page 4, dwelling 39, family 39; microfilm T-20326 through T-20460, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

[4] “Bethel Cemetery-Havelock Township,” images online, Garry and Jeannie Bickes, Canada GenWeb (rootsweb.ancestry.com : online 10 September 2013), Alzina Hamilton Jackson and Joseph William Jackson.

On this day, September 21…

Family Events

 

Births

1740	Elizabeth Calef 1st cousin 7x removed
1791	Charlotte Bouthiller 4th great grand aunt

 

Marriages

1829	Solomon Haslam 1st cousin 5x removed and Clarissa Mosely

 

Deaths

1887	Robert Henry Stevenson 2nd great grand uncle

On this day, September 12…

Family Events

 

Births

1744	Solomon I. Jordan 5th great grand father
1829	Mary Haire 3rd great grand mother

 

Marriages

1758	Joseph C. Calef 1st cousin 7x removed and Mehitable C. Miller
1811	Jeremiah Varnum and Elizabeth Wescott 4th great grand aunt
1837	William Stevenson 3rd great grand uncle and Mary Ann Greer

 

Deaths

1838	Nancy Jordan 1st cousin 6x removed

On this day, September 8…

Family Events   Births

1692	John Vaughan 7th great grand uncle
1787	Stephen Lowell 1st cousin 6x removed

Marriages

1835	Lemuel Dyer Jordan 1st cousin 5x removed and Ruth Blaney Peach
1851	Alexander Stevenson and Mary Haire  3rd great grand parents

Deaths

1814	David Wescott 5th great grand uncle

On this day, August 31

Family Events

 

Births

1652	Hope Chipman 8th great grandmother
1899	Alexander Allan Stevenson 1st cousin 3x removed

 

Marriages

1609	Robert Thomas Blott and Susannah Selbee 10th great grand parents
1749	Alexander Jellison 1st cousin 8x removed and Margaret Nason

 

Deaths

1767	Sarah Jellison 5th great grand aunt

Alexander Stevenson

Alexander STEVENSON is my third great grandfather.  Alexander was born to Robert and Nancy (MC LEAN) STEVENSON, 16 August 1827 in Huntingdon, Québec, and the fourth of their seven children.  Alexander was baptized at an Episcopal Church, Caldwell and Christie on 28 September 1827 in Iberville, Québec.[1]  Alexander married Mary 8 September 1851 at the Methodist and Presbyterian Church in Russelltown, Québec by W. Montgomery, minister.  They had seven children:  Robert Henry, William H., Thomas, Alexander (Alex), Allicia Ann, John Haire, and Agnes, all the children were born in Huntingdon, Québec.  Alexander was enumerated in a census taken in 1861 in Huntington; he was listed as a yeoman (farmer).[2]  He died 4 April 1865 and is buried at the Methodist Church in Huntingdon.[3]

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[1] Ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).

[2] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1861 Census of Canada (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), 73, line 29.

[3] Ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Database online.