Leonard Colbron Stevens b 1883/4 mining engineer

[shawsboy]

Hi All

 Iam trying to finish my wifes family tree and this is the person who has me stumped.He was a qualified in mining engineering in 1908 in Newcastle England. I think he married a Rosetta Thompson.His father was John Henry Stevens and his mother was Emily Rose.I also beleive he had a son named Robert Leonard Stevens b 1912. What info I am after is - did he marry in Canada - when did he go to Canada and which year he died.  Any help would be grateful

many thanks

[*Sandra*]

FIND A GRAVE

Leonard Colbron Stevens - 1883 - 1975

Burial:- Mount Pleasant Municipal Cemetery  Edmonton Edmonton Census Division Alberta, Canada
Plot: L 0003 0085

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wem/ 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wek/ 

Rosetta 1885 - 1977

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wel/ 


Sandra

[*Sandra*]

UK Return Passenger List shows Rosetta Stevens(housewife - 36 years), Leonard C Stevens (mining engineer - 37 years) and Robert Stevens 8 years, arriving 10 September 1921 on the Empress of France. Going to 12 Regent Square Northampton. Birth places for all 3 were ditto - Canada.

Sandra

[cosmac]

http://www.epl.ca/licensed-databases/edmonton-obituaries
Obituaries from Edmonton Public Library for L.C. and R.T. Stevens.  Not accessible online - you have to contact the library

Form 30As for Leonard, Rosetta T. and Robert show that Leonard had first entered Canada June 1909 at Quebec and Rosetta June 1911.  Robert L. was born in Burmis, Alberta in 1913.
Rosetta's father was C.W. Thompson of 32 Gate Lane Hugglesgate, Leicestershire and Leonard's father, J.H. Stevens, was living at 12 Regent Square Northhampton in 1921.

[*Sandra*]

2 entries - Canadian Passenger List 25 June 1909 Leonard  Stevens on the Empress of Ireland - Liverpool to Quebec. Engineer. Going to Fernie British Columbia.

Canadian Passenger List 13 Oct 1910 Leonard C Stevens,  on the Empress of Britain. Liverpool to Quebec. Going to Vancouver. Merchant. Married. Tourist.
Also travelling Albert J Stevens. Single. Tourist. Going to Vancouver.

Sandra

[cosmac]

The 1921 Canadian census has not yet been indexed - it is only browsable on ancestry.
The address given in 1921 for Leonard Stevens was 9827 85 Ave. Edmonton.  With that information you might be able to find them.

[*Sandra*]

Canadian Passenger List - Rosetta Thompson born 1885 and aged 26 years. Travelling Liverpool to Quebec on the Empress of Ireland 20 July 1911. Single. Clerk. Going to Alta. To be married. Previous occupation:- Milliner.

Sandra

[cosmac]

It looks like Rosetta was going to Burmis Alberta - southwest portion of Alberta.  I wonder if the Lethbridge newspaper would have any announcement of marriage.  There are no online databases for BMDs in Alberta.  Service Alberta will charge you a lot of money for a marriage certificate and only if you meet certain requirements.

[jorose]

http://peel.library.ualberta.ca
 - plenty of hits if you search the newspapers for "L.C. Stevens".

Most are to do with his work, but here is Robert's marriage notice:
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/BME/1939/12/08/1/Ar00106.html

His wife's obituary shows that Robert passed away in 2001. There are living descendants listed:
http://www.federationgenealogie.qc.ca/avisdeces/avis/afficher?id=433841