Robert Dixon Stewart (abt. 1845 - 1916)

Born about 17 Oct 1845 in Caistor, Lincoln, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Jane (Grenaman) Stewart — married 8 Jul 1910 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Martha Ann (Greenman) Stewart — married 1914 in Stettler, Stettler County No. 6, Alberta, Canada

Died 1916 at about age 70 in Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie County No. 1, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Robert was born about 1845. He was the son of George Stewart and Elizabeth Van Dusen. He lived with his parents and siblings in Caistor, Lincoln, Canada West in 1851.^[1]

MARRIAGE

Name Robert Dixon Stewart Event Type Marriage

Event Date 08 Jul 1910 Event Place Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Gender Male Age 65 Birth Year (Estimated) 1845

Father's Name George Stewart Mother's Name Eliz Vandusen

Spouse's Name Lydia Jane Priest Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 49 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1861

Spouse's Father's Name S E Greenman Spouse's Mother's Name Lydia A Vandusen View the original document. ^[2]

Lydia passed away in 1912 and Robert married Martha Ann Stewart, née Greenman, Lydia’s older sister, in 1914 in Stettler, Alberta.^[3] They lived in Bear Lake, Alberta in 1916.^[4]

Research

• Date of death on FindAGrave memorial should be 1916, as he was on the 1916 census.

Sources

1. ↑ "Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)", Surname: Stewart, Given Name: Robt D, Gender: Male, Age: 8, Province: Canada West (Ontario), District Name: Lincoln (county), District Number: 22, Sub-District Name: Caistor, Sub-District Number: 203, Page Number: 55, Microfilm: C-11736, Reference: RG 31, Item Number: 1334970, Library and Archives Canada, 1851 Census
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZ5-Q6Z : 10 April 2015), George Stewart in entry for Robert Dixon Stewart and Lydia Jane Priest, 08 Jul 1910; citing registration , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,239.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Alberta Marriage Indexes. Provincial Archives of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ancestry Record AlbertaMarriages #169339
4. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5J-KC7 : 22 March 2022), R D Stewart, 1916.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138155885/robert-dixon-stewart : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for Robert Dixon Stewart (17 Oct 1845–9 Dec 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #138155885, citing Spring Creek Cemetery, Dimsdale, Grande Prairie Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Ancaster (contributor 47453393) .