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Lewis Family, Devon area, 1915 onward

Lewis Family, Devon area, 1915 onward

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 7:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am searching for additional information on the family of:

Joseph Henry Lewis, b. 1889, d. 1942
Margaret May (Maggie) Stewart Lewis, b. 1892, d. 1938
Stewart Henry Lewis, b. 1914
Sadie Viola (Viola S) Lewis, b. 1915
Zeta Winnie Lewis, b. 1916
Mary Katherine Lewis, b. 1918
Elva Grace Lewis, b. abt 1920
Evelyn Maurice Lewis b. ????
Wesley Miles Lewis, b. 1923
Audrey Leota Lewis
Gwelda Yvonne Lewis,
Shirley Mary Lewis
Ruth Lorraine Lewis.

"Maggie May" Stewart Lewis is my fathers younger sister. She had a child "out of wedlock: prior to her marriage to Joseph Henry Lewis. She had a daughter, Aletha Stewart, who was raised by her mother in Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. This child was NOT a Lewis, but someone that knows of the family might know of her.

I have all of the information from "Find-A-Grave" for the Lewis's buried in Sunny Brook Cemetery. I would VERY much like to obtain other information on this family of cousins.

Re: Lewis Family, Devon area, 1915 onward

Posted: 19 Nov 2014 9:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Most of this you likely have, but there may be a few items that are new. This is a quck survey of easy-to-find stuff.

Thomas.

JOSEPH HENRY LEWIS (s/o John and Sarah Lewis) b. Sydney River, Cape Breton Co., Cape Breton, NS ca. 1889, m. Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS 21DEC1912 MARGARET (MAGGIE) MAY STEWART (b. Wallace Harbour? (Victoria), NS 11NOV1892 (15NOV1892 in 1901, ca. 1891)), d. Gill St., South Devon (Fredericton) St. Mary’s Parish, York Co., NB 7FEB1938 age 45 years, 2 months and 26 days, d/o Capt. Charles and Mary Jane (Thomson) Stewart.
Joseph was a plumber for the C.N.R. Maggie’s death record gives her parents as ‘John’ and _____ (‘Thompson’) Stewart.
Charles Stewart b. Fox Harbour ca. 1838, s/o James and Catherine Stewart, m. Wallace, Cumberland Co., NS 23NOV1875 Mary Jane Thomson (b. ca. 1857), d/o William and Mary Jane Thomson.
In Wallace, Cumberland Co., NS in 1881 were Charles (46) and Mary J. (25) Stewart with John (2) and Kate (NOV1880). Charles was a mariner.
In Wallace, Cumberland Co., NS in 1891, Charles (50) and Jane (34) Stewart had John H. (12), Catherine A. (11), William H. (9), Mary E. (5), Peter (4) and Lucinda (2). Charles’ parents were from Scotland. He was a pilot. Everyone else was b. NS. Lucinda Elizabeth Stewart m. 14DEC1912 Walker Timothy Carter.
In Wallace in 1901 Mary (16JUN1857) was a widow with John (13OCT1878) Stewart as head-of-household. John’s siblings were Catherine (18NOV1880), William (8SEP1882), Mary (31OCT1887), Lucinda (22AUG1889, Maggie (15NOV1892), Henrietta (28DEC1894) and ‘Ivea’ (29JUN1899). A brother-in-law was John William McLean (4JUL1874) with a son, ‘Charly’ McLean (22APR1900). I am not sure how John William McLean was a ‘brother-in-law’.
In Middleboro, Cumberland Co., NB in 1911, ‘May’ (JUN1857) has apparently remarried 12OCT1903 to Cyrus (David Cyrus, JAN1858, 1JAN1856 in death record) Roblee and in their blended family are Ivy ‘Steward’ (JUN1898) and Aletha ‘Steward’ (APR1907); described as step daughters.
In Devon (Fredericton), St. Mary’s Parish, NB in 1921 there was a Joseph Lewis b. NS ca. 1889 and his wife, Margaret (b. NS ca. 1894). Joseph was a plumber. Her father was given as b. Scotland; which may or may not be true. With them was a Doris Roblee (12), given as an ‘adopted daughter’.
‘Dorris’ Roblee (transcribed as ‘Robler’) b. Springhill, Cumberland Co., NB ca. 1909, d/o Howard and Minnie (Stewart) Roblee, m. the Baptist parsonage, Springhill, Cumberland Co., NS 3AUG1927 Orland (Orlando?) Wood (b. Oxford, Cumberland Co., NS ca. 1907), s/o William S. and Bertha (Crawford) Wood. Howard Roblee b. Streets Ridge ca. 1882, s/o Cyrus and Margaret Roblee, m. Streets? Ridge, Cumberland Co., NS 2NOV1904 Minnie ‘Stuart’ (b. North Wallace, Cumberland Co., NS ca. 1884), d/o Charles and Mary Jane ‘Stuart’. In Springhill, in 1911, Howard (NOV1882) and Minnie (AUG1885) Roblee had Charles (OCT1906) and Doris (OCT1908).
Edith Carvell Roblee b. South Victoria, NS ca. 1907, daughter of Howard and Minnie Eliza (Stewart) Roblee, who m. St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 16NOV1938 John Edmond Wood (b. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 20OCT1910), s/o Francis (Frank) LeBaron and Bertha (Moore) Wood.
This creates several mysteries. It appears that Minnie b. ca. 1884/AUG1885 was Margaret May Stewart’s sister. The closest match is Mary E. Stewart (ca. 1886/31OCT1887), but the birth-dates are a bit off. Not that unusual, but still troubling. Also, in 1911, Howard and Minnie do not have a daughter, Edith or any daughter b. ca. 1907. I cannot help but wonder whether Althea, in 1911, and Edith are not the same person.
Maggie is supposedly buried in Sunny Bank Cemetery in Devon, but she is not listed as buried there. Possibly the transcription of headstones is incomplete. One site only goes to surnames beginning with ‘K’.
Children:

1. STEWART HENRY LEWIS b. Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB 17JUN1914.
2. VIOLA SADIE LEWIS b. Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB 14AUG1915. M. parsonage, Gibson Memorial United Church, South Devon (Fredericton) St. Mary’s Parish, York Co., NB 12NOV1936 GEORGE GERALD CAVANAUGH.
3. ZETTA MINNIE LEWIS b. Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB 11SEP1916, m. Devon United Baptist parsonage, South Devon (Fredericton) St. Mary’s Parish, York Co., NB 19OCT1937 FREDERICK JOSEPH THOMPSON.
Went to Hamilton, ONT. Definitely ‘Minnie’ as, in 1977, she signed herself as Mrs. Zetta M. Thompson and as Zetta Minnie Lewis when married.
4. MARY KATHERINE LEWIS b. Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB 31JUL1918.
5. GRACE ALVA LEWIS b. Barker’s Point, St. Mary’s Parish, York Co., NB ca. 1920, m. Baptist parsonage, South Devon (Fredericton) St. Mary’s Parish, York Co., NB 1FEB1943 THOMAS CHARLES O’LEARY.


Re: Lewis Family, Devon area, 1915 onward

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 5:33AM GMT
Classification: Query
"Minnie" Stewart was indeed Margaret May Stewart's sister. Her real name was Mary Eliza Stewart. She was born 26 Jun 1885 in Wallace, Cumberland Co., NS. She was one of my Great Aunts.

Edith Cavell Roblee was born 13 Feb. 1917 in Springhill, Cumberland Co., NS.

Aletha Stewart was most definitely NOT Edith. Aletha Stewart was raised by her grandmother, and was told that she was the youngest child of her marriage to Charles Augustus Stewart. She became VERY angry when she finally learned the truth, and pretty much cut off all relations with her mother.

The person that I would MOST like to learn a lot more about is Aletha Stewart. I have pictures of her, taken when my Grandfather, Peter Norman Stewart, was visiting Nova Scotia from his home in Manitoba. I have not found anyone that knows anything about her later life.

I appreciate the information about the Lewis family.

Lynton "Bill" Stewart
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