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Record #15821
Name :
: William Oliver STEVENS (1899 - 1912)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 Dec 1899

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 21 May 1912   Notes : Rupture of Heart Due to Gunshot
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Chipping Sodbury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Durham, Port Hope
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
: Corbett
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for William Oliver Stevens: Date: Mar 1900; District: Chipping Sodbury; County: Gloucestershire; Volume: 6a; Page: 270. Parents: William Stevens and Sarah Ann Mainstone, married 1899 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.

In 1909, William Stevens, 9, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 161 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Toronto Star
Wednesday, May 22, 1912

POINTED GUN IN FUN,
KILLED PLAYFELLOW

Twelve-Year-Old Lad Accidentally
Pulled Trigger on Boy
of Same Age

THEY WERE OUT SHOOTING

Port Hope, May 22.--Everett Yates, 12 years old, shot and instantly killed his companion of the same age, Oliver Stevens, while the lads were shooting ground hogs yesterday afternoon. The boys went fishing in the afternoon, but their luck was poor, and they got a rifle for the purpose of shooting groundhogs. Yates pointed the rifle at Stevens in fun and accidentally pulled the trigger. The boy fell and died almost instantly. Yates at once ran to his employer, E. Corbett, and Dr. Beattie, of Garden Hill, was called.

The boy's body was taken to his father's home nearby, and Coroner Aldrich will hold an inquest.

Stevens was a home boy and was popular with the farmers' and other boys.

William Oliver Stevens, born in England, 12 years, 4 months, 29 days of age, died on May 21, 1912, in Hope township, near Perrytown, Ontario, Canada, of a sudden rupture of his heart due to a gunshot wound of his heart. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-30 21:54:35 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-08-28 18:49:10 / alanmack

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15821 STEVENS, William Oliver1899ENG, GLS, Chipping Sodbury May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos