CREATED.. 18 JULY 2007
William Stevens, his trade "a shoemaker" bn abt 1832 Cheam Surrey,England, his wife Alice nee King bn abt 1833 Anworth Middlesex, England.
Of their 3 children, William Alfred Iryphens Stevens emmigrated with them, leaving behind their two daughers:
William Stevens, his wife Alice nee King and son William Alfred Iryphens Stevens [bn 19 March 1871 Dorking, Surrey, emmigrated to Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada,in 1873.
MARRIAGE
Arthur William Stevens born 19 Feb 1899
Son Arthur William Stevens enlisted in the Canadian Army and sadly lost his life in the War of World War 1
In the Canadian Census of 1901
In 1911 Census for Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
EMMIGRATE FROM DORKING, SURREY ENGLAND
TO
INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, CANADA
IN 1873
Alice bn 1868 Dorking in Essex and Ann Matilda Stevens bn 1862 Ashtead, Surrey, did not go to Canada..
On 23 May 1898 in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada, William Alfred Iryphens Stevens wed Jane Elizabeth GARBUTT
Elizabeth Garbutt was born on 10 December 1872 in ENGLAND, daughter of George GARBUTT and Martha nee Morrison..
William Alfred Iryphens Stevens and his wife Jane Elizabeth nee Garbutt (both from England) had the following children born in Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
Charles Edward Stevens born 29 September 1902
Bert Russell Stevens born October 190
Margary Grace Stevens born April 1911
William Stevens age 67 shoemaker
his wife Alice Stevens age 67,
their son Arthur William Stevens age 30
his wife Jane Elizabeth nee Garbutt age 28
and child Arthur William Stevens age 2 born Ontario, Canada,
were all living together, in Ingersoll.
William Alfred Stevens 41
Jane Eliz Stevens 38
Arthur W Stevens 12 [when 1st World War broke out he enlisted with Canadian Engineers Regiment
he may have made out when enlisting that he was 17 [his actual age 15]
Charles Edward Stevens 8
Bert Russell Stevens 4
Margary Gren [Grace] Stevens 2/12
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers
Unit Text: 2nd Tunnelling Coy.
Died age: 19 on 01/08/1917
Service No: 127642
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stevens, of Ingersoll, Ontario.
he is buried at LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM