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Edwin Wesley Stewart (1904 - 1986)

Edwin Wesley Stewart
Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canadamap
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Husband of — married 30 Oct 1937 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Died at age 82 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

Edwin was born in 1904. He was the son of Lution Stewart and Martha Aikenhead.[1] He lived with his parents and siblings in Humboldt, Saskatchewan in 1906[2] and in New Westminster, British Columbia in 1911.[3] They lived in Lakeside, Victoria, Alberta in 1921.[4]

Edwin lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan in 1930, where he was an office equipment salesman.[5]

Edwin married Elizabeth Audrey Swope on 30 Oct 1937 in Detroit.[6] They lived in Detroit in 1940, where Edwin was now a welder,[7] and in St Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan in 1950.[8]

Edwin and Audrey had two children, including:

  • Jon P Stewart - born 1940.

Edwin, a former contractor on the Manhattan project, a project to design and build the atomic bomb, passed away in 1986.[9][10]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Saskatchewan, Canada, Birth Index, 1875-1919 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Genealogy Index Searches. eHealth Saskatchewan. http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx: accessed 27 February 2012. Ancestry Record 9191 #28647
  2. ↑ "Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVS-VR8 : 17 March 2022), Edward Stewart in entry for Ledrew Stewart, 1906.
  3. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-BRR3 : 16 March 2018), Edwin Stewart in entry for Lution Stewart, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 1-20, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.
  4. ↑ "Census of Canada, 1921", Surname: Stevan, Given Name: Edwin W, Gender: Male, Age: 17, Marital Status: Single, Relationship: Son, Ethnic Origin: Scotch, Province: Alberta, District Name: Victoria, District Number: 12, Sub-District Number: 10, Sub-District Description: Townships 42 and 43, whole or fractional…, Family Number: 155, Page Number: 14, Line Number: 50, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada, Item Number: 841705, Library and Archives Canada, 1921 Census
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X796-33M : accessed 18 May 2022), Edwin W Stewart in household of Eugene Malott, Detroit (Districts 0251-0500), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 300, sheet 7B, line 58, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1043; FHL microfilm 2,340,778.
  6. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 289; Film Title: 82 Wayne 190800-194099; Film Description: Wayne (October-November 1937). Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #2036669
  7. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01861; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 84-695; Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #84232623
  8. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: 5464; Sheet Number: 9; Enumeration District: 50-88. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #175267102
  9. ↑ Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index. Lansing, MI, USA. Ancestry Record 3171 #1020012
  10. ↑ "Edwin W. Stewart, worked on bomb project", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 03 Jun 1986, Tue, Page 15, Newspapers.com, Obituary

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