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John
Collins STEWART (b. 3 Sep 1812 - d. 2 Feb 1892), aka Jack Stewart,
married Rosa
Maria MACHADO (b. 15 Nov 1828 - d. 4 May 1898) on 3 Feb 1845 at the
Mission San Diego de Alcala. John
Collins STEWART and his wife Rosa Maria MACHADO, along with most of
their children, are buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Family Bible of John
Collins Stewart of San Diego, California. [Front title page missing]
The New Testament Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out
Of The Original Greek: And With The Translations Diligently Compared and
Revised. Stereotype Edition. [secondary title on
page 509], (New York: D. Fanshaw, for The
American Bible Society, 1831). The Bible is owned (in 2004) by
Marna L. Clemons of San Diego, CA.
The following entries are found in this Bible -
[NOTE: Spelling is included here as found in the Bible. The names appear
to have been spelled using English phonetics. The proper spellings of
the Spanish names are included in brackets.]
On the inside of the back cover:
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Rosa Merer Eleley [Rosa Maria Elojia] Stewart wous
bon Decembr the 1 year 1845 in the Morning
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Mary hersus alolay [Maria Jesusa Elojia] Stewart
wos bon Septemr the 7 year 1847 med Night
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John Boutst [John Bautista] Stewart wous Bon novemter
the 20 year 1849 in the morning
And died december the 3 In the morning
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Merer Sarfener [Maria Serafina] Stewart wous bon
Junery the 31 year 1851 in the morning
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John Boutst [John Bautista] Stewart wos Bon march
the 4 year 1853 At half past 4 in the Morning
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On the last existing page of the Bible:
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Hosa Manuell [Jose Manuel] Stewart wos bon Junery
the 29 year 1855 at 8 oclock in the eving
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James Stewart wos bon November the 3 year 1857 At
3 oclock in the morning
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Franscisco harbrill [Francisco Javiel] Stewart wos
bon febery the 19 year 1860 At 11 oClok in the evning
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Margret [Margaret] Stewart wos bon Febery the 4
year 1862 9 oclock in the eveng
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Neves [Nieves] Stewart wos bon September the 3 year
1863 at 10 oClock in the evning
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Mary hersus alolay [Maria Jesusa Elojia] Stewart
Died aprell the 20 year 1867 in the morning her Age is 19 ye and
7 mnth and 13 das when she died
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| On the next to the last page of the Bible: |
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| William E. Haviland Native of America in the City of
New York |
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| On the inside of the front
cover: |
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Marey Cersuse [Maria Jesusa] Stewart wos bon Juneary
The 2 year 1868
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| [NOTES: |
- The Bible is 7.5 inches
tall, 4.5 inches wide and 2 inches thick. |
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- The Bible cover is brown
leather. It is intact, although it is dry and
brittle. |
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- The pages of the Bible are stiff and appear to have
water damage. |
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- The title page of the Bible is missing. It appears that there
may be other missing pages as well.
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- The writing all appears the same with the exception
of the William E. HAVILAND entry. |
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- The William E. HAVILAND entry is extremely light and
faded and appears to be in pencil. |
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- It is not known who William E. HAVILAND was nor what
was his connection, if any, to the John Collins
STEWART and Rosa Maria MACHADO family. |
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- It is not known who wrote the entries in this Bible
or when. |
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- It is not known if there existed writing on other
pages of the Bible that no longer exist.] |
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