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Record #15943

Name :: : Jesse Balaclava STEVENS (1873 - 1950)
aka : Jessie MCDONALD
aka : Jessie MACDONELL
Father: : George Stevens
Mother: : Jemima Sharpe

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 25 Oct 1873
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1950 (approx.)

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Charlottenburg, Green Valley

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 7 Aug 1886
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sardinian
Placement Family: : MacPhersons; Pritchard

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Miss Rye's
Agency: : Maria Rye

NotesIn 1886, Jesse Stevens, 9, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 109 Maria Rye children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

""Fifteenth Annual Report of the Local Government Board (1885-1886)

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

Jessie Stephens. Louise Collins. With Thomas Pritchard, N. Wakefield P. O. Township of Masham, Co. Ottawa, Province Quebec. These two children are remarkably well placed, found them well clothed, attend church and school."

Shows in the 1886 annual report for Miss Rye's Emigration Home for Destitute Little Girls, Peckham Surrey. Sent to Canada - Mr JJW, School Inspector, Simcoe,Ontario, to be trained for service. She ended up near Williamstown, Ontario with a MacPherson family. Family stories indicate that two sisters and a brother were also sent to Canada. Sisters names were Jane and Eliza, do not know brothers name.

1901 Census shows a Janie (with correction noted to Jessie) McDonald age 26 (which is out 2 years for age on ship register). Jessie/Janie is shown as being married with husband John and 3 children.

1911 Census shows a Jessie McDonald, with husband and 6 children and a sister (the listed sister could be sister in law as the last name on the census is shown as McDonald). One other note here is that one son named John J McDonald does not appear on this census, he would have been 14.

Her parents were Jemima Sharpe and George Stevens. She died in 1950.

Duplicate records consolidated 15.10.2015 alanmack

ContributorsCreated : 2012-01-29 09:24:42 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : alanmack

Last Updated : 2012-02-27 19:26:16 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 33 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
2646	CARROLL, Catherine	1876	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Sep 1882 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)	NorahEllyn
6786	MCDONALD, Alexander	1876	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6790	MCDONALD, Andrew	1868	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25831	MCDONALD, Annie	1880		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
21448	MCDONALD, David	1893		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
4833	MCDONALD, Donald	1911	ENG, , Croydon	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3980	MCDONALD, Edward	1899	SCT, , Kirkcaldy	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4361	MCDONALD, Ellen	1880	ENG,	Sep 1894 : Numidian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
11580	MCDONALD, Ellen	1859	ENG,	Aug 1870 : Austrian	CAN	Father James Nugent
13446	MCDONALD, Frank	1870	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Apr 1886 : Dominion	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
16153	MCDONALD, Fraser	1881	ENG,	Jun 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18631	MCDONALD, Frederick	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
17883	MCDONALD, George	1895	ENG,	Aug 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
20405	MCDONALD, George	1889	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
27570	MCDONALD, George	1873	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	1881 : Manitoban	CAN	Marchmont Homes
13365	MCDONALD, Henry	1893	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Tunisian	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
6814	MCDONALD, James	1865	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
11546	MCDONALD, James	1875	ENG,	Jul 1881 : Sarmatian	CAN	Father James Nugent
14231	MCDONALD, James	1887	ENG,	1900 : - Unknown -	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
12911	MCDONALD, John	1890	ENG,	Sep 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
13367	MCDONALD, Joseph	1881	ENG,	Jun 1891 : Parisian	CAN	Middlemore
25827	MCDONALD, Maggie	1880		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
25860	MCDONALD, Mary	1883		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
5222	MCDONALD, Matthew	1923	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
27569	MCDONALD, Murdoch	1872	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	1881 : Manitoban	CAN	Marchmont Homes
13370	MCDONALD, Peter	1890	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Tunisian	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
25881	MCDONALD, Peter	1885		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
3981	MCDONALD, Richard M.	1896	SCT,	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4919	MCDONALD, Robert	1915	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
8995	MCDONALD, William	1897	ENG,	May 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12910	MCDONALD, William	1882	ENG,	Sep 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
23137	MCDONALD, William	1897	ENG,	Apr 1912 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
15943	STEVENS, Jesse Balaclava	1873	ENG,	Aug 1886 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 33 Entries

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