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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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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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