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


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

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3253 STEVENS, Albert1887ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6234 STEVENS, Arthur1892ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23605 STEVENS, Arthur E1908ENG,     May 1924 : Demosthenes AUS Barnardos  
13925 STEVENS, Arthur Ernest1876ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
14886 STEVENS, Catherine E1888ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
15004 STEVENS, Christopher1884ENG,     Sep 1898 : Numidian CAN Westminster Catholic Society  
13927 STEVENS, Christopher Charles1880ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
3783 STEVENS, Edith Ellen1895ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15176 STEVENS, Elizabeth1890ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5037 STEVENS, Ernest 1914ENG, LDN, London Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
17254 STEVENS, Ernest1908ENG,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
13924 STEVENS, Frank Edmund1875ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
4851 STEVENS, Frederick James1909ENG,     Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
19875 STEVENS, Harry1895ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
4414 STEVENS, Henry William1903ENG,     Jul 1914 : Victorian CAN Crusade of Rescue  
26786 STEVENS, Horace William1927 Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21064 STEVENS, J J1881ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
21543 STEVENS, Jack1918ENG,     May 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
15822 STEVENS, James1900ENG,     1912 : - Unknown - CAN Barnardos  
19534 STEVENS, James Samuel1910ENG,     Jul 1926 : Celtic CAN Canadian Government Scheme  
15943 STEVENS, Jesse Balaclava1873ENG,     Aug 1886 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
19336 STEVENS, John Williams1903ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
16775 STEVENS, Minnie Louisa1893ENG,    , Oxford Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26668 STEVENS, Mona1900 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
13926 STEVENS, Rosa Ellen1878ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
16383 STEVENS, Thomas ENG,     Jun 1891 : Circassian CAN Barnardos  
13928 STEVENS, Walter Cecil1881ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
15821 STEVENS, William Oliver1899ENG, GLS, Chipping Sodbury May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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