Stella Elizabeth (Bonham) Crowe (1909 - 1988)

Born 7 Feb 1909 in Content, Alberta, Canada

Ancestors

Died 20 Jun 1988 at age 79 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Stella Elizabeth Bonham was the daughter of Daniel Bonham and Myrtle Humphrey.

She lived with her family on a farm in township 38, range 22, W4, Hays, Red Deer County, Alberta.

The family was found in the 1911 Canada Census in Alberta on 21-38-22 W4.^[1]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Bonham, Daniel, Male, Head, Married, May 1887, 24 Ont.
• Myrtle, Female, Wife, Married, Aug 1888, 23, Ont.
• Nora, F, Dau, S, Sep 1905, 6, Ont.
• Ernest, M, Son, S, Jan 1907, 4, Alta
• Stella, F, Dau, S, Feb 1909, 2, Alta
• Stewart, M. Son, S, Feb 1911, 4 mos, Alta

The family was found in the 1916 Canada Census on a farm in township 38, range 22, W4, Hays, Red Deer County, Alberta. ^[2]Th household was enumerated as follows:

• Daniel M. Bonham, Head, Male, Married, 31, Ont, Baptist
• Myrtle, Wife, Female, Married, 31, Ont, Baptist
• Nora M, Dau, Female, Single, 11, Ont,
• Ernest F, Son, Male, Single, 9, Alta.,
• Stella E., Dau, Female, Single, 7, Alta.,
• Stewart, Son, Male, Single 5, Alta
• Roy. Son, Male, Single, 4, Alta
• Edna, Dau, Female, Single, 2
• Mabel, Dau, Female, Single, 6/12,
• Stamp, Thomas, hired man, single ,32, England

Her father Daniel died before the 1921 Census.

The family was found in the 1921 Canada Census in Red Deer, Alberta (21 38 22 w4)^[3] The household was enumerated on two pages as follows:

• Bonham, Myrtle, Head, Female, Widow, 35, Ontario
• Nora, Dau, Female, Single, 16, Ontario
• Ernest, Son, Male, Single, 14, Ontario
• Stella, Dau, Female, Single, 12, Alberta
• Stuart, Son, Male, Single, 10, Alberta
• Roy, Son, Male, Single, 9, Alberta
• Edna, Dau, Female, Single, 7, Alberta
• Mabel Dau, Female, Single, 6, Alberta
• Merle, Dau, Female, Single, 3, Alberta
• Milton, Son, Male, Single, 11/12, Alberta
• Humphrey, John, Boarder, 45. Ontario

Sources

1. ↑ 1911 Canada Collections for Alberta (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e001931832 : 20 July 2023)
2. ↑ 1916 Canada Collections (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1916&op=img&id=31228_4363982-01153)
3. ↑ http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002863480 and http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002863481 1921 Canada Collections for Alberta