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Record #13928

Name :: : Walter Cecil STEVENS (1881 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 1881
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
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.

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

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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 28 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3253	STEVENS, Albert	1887	ENG,	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
6234	STEVENS, Arthur	1892	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
23605	STEVENS, Arthur E	1908	ENG,	May 1924 : Demosthenes	AUS	Barnardos
13925	STEVENS, Arthur Ernest	1876	ENG, BRK, Tilehurst	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
14886	STEVENS, Catherine E	1888	ENG,	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
15004	STEVENS, Christopher	1884	ENG,	Sep 1898 : Numidian	CAN	Westminster Catholic Society
13927	STEVENS, Christopher Charles	1880	ENG, BRK, Tilehurst	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
3783	STEVENS, Edith Ellen	1895	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
15176	STEVENS, Elizabeth	1890	ENG,	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5037	STEVENS, Ernest	1914	ENG, LDN, London	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
17254	STEVENS, Ernest	1908	ENG,	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
13924	STEVENS, Frank Edmund	1875	ENG, BRK, Tilehurst	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
4851	STEVENS, Frederick James	1909	ENG,	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
19875	STEVENS, Harry	1895	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4414	STEVENS, Henry William	1903	ENG,	Jul 1914 : Victorian	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
26786	STEVENS, Horace William	1927		Dec 1934 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
21064	STEVENS, J J	1881	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
21543	STEVENS, Jack	1918	ENG,	May 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
15822	STEVENS, James	1900	ENG,	1912 : - Unknown -	CAN	Barnardos
19534	STEVENS, James Samuel	1910	ENG,	Jul 1926 : Celtic	CAN	Canadian Government Scheme
15943	STEVENS, Jesse Balaclava	1873	ENG,	Aug 1886 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
19336	STEVENS, John Williams	1903	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16775	STEVENS, Minnie Louisa	1893	ENG, , Oxford	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26668	STEVENS, Mona	1900		Oct 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
13926	STEVENS, Rosa Ellen	1878	ENG, BRK, Tilehurst	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
16383	STEVENS, Thomas		ENG,	Jun 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
13928	STEVENS, Walter Cecil	1881	ENG, BRK, Tilehurst	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
15821	STEVENS, William Oliver	1899	ENG, GLS, Chipping Sodbury	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
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 28 Entries

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