IVESON - STENTON, CLARA,JARVIS & PAXTON

[rox]

Stenton Iveson b abt :1881 Hull england .emigrated to Canada in 1911. He was married to Clara Slater b abt:1891 England and had a son JARVIS b:27th dec 1913 in Vancouver .
 They travel several times back to england and their return address in Canada is Mrs Paxton - Claras sister- 1366 (down as 3566 on stentons) Kingsway. Vancouver. We have lost touch with this branch of the family & I would love to get in touch .
Stenton is sometimes spelt Stanton and Clara has a middle name Jane which is sometimes used. On one of the trips Clara visits her mum who is down as living in London at the time. thanks Rox

[valeriec]

www.canada411.ca
is an on-line telephone directory that you may be able to use to search. If you find a possible living relative, you can then either call or send off a letter by post.

[rox]

OOOo thankx Valerie, I have pulled off about 26 names with the same surname so that was really useful. I shall send a little generic letter too a few for starters. It may generate a few leads. thank you so much. Rox

[valeriec]

Census of Canada
1911/British Columbia/Comox-Atlin/4 Alberni/page14
June 27, 28, 29, 1911
Port Alberni and Stamp Harbour

Iveson, Stenton
"Mastadon", Boarder/Fireman, single, b. Feb 1877 - England, age 34, immigration 1906

I think the Mastadon was a dredge but would have to do more research to be sure. So Stenton was in Canada before 1911.

"Mastadon" was a 12 wheeler steam locomotive. (Canadian Pacific Railway)

[rox]

Hi Valerie, yes that is probably so as he is on the 1901 census but not on the 1911. He maybe pops back to marry Clara Jane Slater .
He comes from a seafaring background in Hull so that links in very nicely although his father is running a fruiters business at the time of the later census's. I have a marvellous photo of Stenton looking very dapper in a suit with wing collared shirt taken when he was a young man with his mum and sisters, It is so nice to unravel his life and where he dissapeared to.
Thank you for that info it is great to have it. Thanx Rox

[J.J.]

http://bccfa.islandnet.com/bccfa-search.php Only a Samuel & Ruth show up as interred in B.C. but not complete

[rox]

Hi JJ, Does that mean just in Vancouver or all of Canada?.
I know we had relaltives in canada during the war my mum (then a small girl) remembers her mum getting a letter from their relatives in Canada offering to look after her and her sister to keep them safe in Canada. Grandma refused to let the girls go in case she never saw them again. Grandmas mum was Stentons sister .This could have been Jarvis who offered to take them as he would have been my granmas age. Thanx Rox