John Victor Stewart (1860)

Born 14 May 1860 in Fairfield, Wayne, Illinois

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Biography

John was aged 20 and living in his parents' family in 1880, in Noble, Richland, Illinois.^[1]

John Victor Stewart was a miner. He was employed by the New York Engineering Co. and worked in international mining operations.^[2]

In his passport application of 1913, he stated his birth place and birth date, and that his permanent place of residence was Los Angeles, California. At that time he was aged 52, stood 5" 8', was of medium build, with a medium forehead, nose and mouth; blue eyes, round chin, gray hair, fair complexion and oval face. ^[3]

The spaces to record wife and children in the passport applications are left blank.

Victor Stewart, Single, was a miner returning from Colombia, age 51 sailing from Santa Marta, Colombia. arr 30 Nov 1911 at Ellis Island, NY. ^[4]

He returned from Cartahena, Colombia, in 1912 after another period of mining in South America. ^[5]

He worked in the Pan-American Gold Dredging Company of New York City. With Frank O. Altinger and William Dissman, John Victor Smith shared $1,000,000. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKC-XZZ : 22 August 2017), Victor Stewart in household of Samuel Stewart, Noble, Richland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 98B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,245.
2. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-TQ2D : 16 March 2018), John Victor Stewart, 1910; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #19739, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 100, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-THVR : 16 March 2018), John Victor Stewart, 1913; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #88418, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 177, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJPW-16K : 30 January 2018), Victor Stewart, 1911.
5. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ1P-HX7 : 30 January 2018), John V. Stewart, 1912.
6. ↑ Industrial World, vol. 47, issue 1,, 20 Jan 1913, p. xx.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HB-BX3 : 19 March 2020), Victor Stewart in entry for Samuel Stewart, 1870.