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Record #13928
Name :
: Walter Cecil STEVENS (1881 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1881

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Tilehurst
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 19 Aug 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Walter Cecil Stevens: Year of Registration: 1881; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 342. Parents: Edmund James Stevens and Ellen Lewis, married 1869, Bradfield, Berkshire, England.

A death registration was found for Ellen Stevens: Year of Registration: 1883; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 34; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 183.

In 1887, Walter Stevens, 6 (along with sister Rose Ellen Stevens, 9, and brothers Arthur Stevens, 11, Frank Stevens, 12, and Christopher Stevens, 7), arrived in Canada in a group of 28 Middlemore children en route to the Guthrie Home, London, Ontario, Canada.

"Copy of Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. John Smith, Government Immigration Agent, at Hamilton.

Walter Stevens, aged 6. From Bradfield Union. Placed with Murray Smith, Lot 5, Con. 6, Tp. Dorchester, Avon, P.O., Ontario.?A fine healthy little lad ; goes to school regularly, also to church and Sunday school; not adopted at present, but likely to be after the first year. A good boy, happy and content; the family are pleased; a first class home."

On September 12, 1918, at Trumbull, Ohio, Walter Cecil Stevens, 38, [occupation illegible], registered for the United States Draft. He declared that he resided at Newton Falls, Trumbull, Ohio, USA; that his date of birth was August 31, 1882; that he was born in England; and that his next of kin was his wife, Hazel Vernon Stevens, who resided at Newton Falls, Trumbull, Ohio, USA. He was described as tall; slender build; brown eyes; brown hair.

In 1942, at the Chicago Board, #143, Walter Cecil Stevens, 59, registered for the United States Draft. He declared that he resided at 2100 Lincoln Park West, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; that he was born in Thiel, England; that his telephone number was DIV-5000; that his date of birth was August 31, 1882; that his contact information was Lock Box 1974, Old Post Office, Chicago, Illinois; and that he was retired. He was described as 5 foot 11 inches in height; 180 pounds; brown eyes; black and gray hair; and light complexion. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-03-22 21:43:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-03-23 18:49:19 /

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10056 ADIE, Mary1895ENG,     Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
5834 ADKINS, Edith May1907ENG, WAR, Alcester Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
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4641 ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca1890ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
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6925 ALLSUPP, Eliza Matty1865ENG,    , Upton on Severn Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
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