Steed Family

[marrle]

Looking for the MC of a John Steed born Ireland 1784 date unknown as when he arrived in Canada wife's name could be Jane or Jennie
First child born 1828 Elizabeth,

Thanks Margie

[mcadamsd]

Do you have the death, burial and census records from Canada?

When he died 20 May 1882 Lambton, Ontario the informant was a James Steed. Birth reported as about 1785 Lisburn County Antrim. There is a James Steed in same cemetery birth 21 Oct 1848 Death 24 Oct 1919.  Parents not listed.  There is a Jane Steed in same cemetery but no birth/death or any relative.

1881 Census has what appears to be John, a widow and family in Sarnia.

John Steed 97
Robert Steed 70
James Steed 39
Rebeca Steed 29
Emiline Steed 7
Agnes N. Steed 5
William Steed 3
Alfred Steed 1
C. C. Colina Steed 25


In 1861 it may be him again in Sarnia with a wife Elizabeth (Noted on document as wife and age 80)  and there is an Elizabeth Steed in cemetery who passed 1884.  No further details

In 1871 he is a widow with most of above  as in 1881

Sadly no marriage document in Cnada records found

[marrle]

Thank you for your help will get back tomorrow once my friend gets back to me with what you have found
Best Margie

[polarbear]

The 1919 death cert for the James Steed has his parents as Robert Steed and Agnes Neil.

This looks like James and Family in the 1861 census, courtesy or Library and Archives Canada…

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=4391557_00155&app=census1861&op=img

That death cert is available on ancestry if you have access and should also be available on familysearch (free).

PB

[mcadamsd]

As noted by polarbear .  Looks like James Steed death 1919 is not a son but must be related as informant for John Steed.

[marrle]

Thank you all for your help
Regards Margie

[J.J.]

So to get it straight in my noggin... if Mcadamsd & Polarbear's finds are your John...James was likely a grandson & he & his wife were caring for his father Rob't & grandfather John...making Robert, who was born c1810 Ireland the more likely candidate for first child (also if Elizabeth was born 1828 Ontario, the ship's arrival was between those dates) 

John "Stead" in 1861- Religion Wesleyan Methodist  (sometimes wives convinced husbands to change as may have been the case with other family - Robert says Baptist - his son James Presbyterian)
wife Elizabeth b. 1781 likely not his first wife, if you have proof of a previous one, but certainly could have been the mother of Robert. Many men can "make" babies 'til they die...(GRRR) however she's not likely the mother of a birth in 1828... If any of his wives or children were interred in the Methodist cemetery their info may be forever elusive, as sadly, it was eventually closed with not all interred properly relocated.

Because Robert was a ship builder he may have started out as a carpenter/joiner/lumberman.

  Some earlier immigrants came over with lumber ships, and Robert likely would have already been building ships a long time before he was in charge of a crew.
-Robert Steed and Hope Mackenzie were the earliest commercial builders in Sarnia and were first employed to make ships for Malcolm Cameron. Two vessels he is known to have built, the Wawanosh of 1873 and the Ida Walker of 1880, were both sailing ships.
https://www.sarniahistoricalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sarnia_1867_feature.pdf
-Also:  the Prince Alfred, built 1859 at Sarnia, Ontario, as a tug. Originally was named Michigan...
( entries mostly confusing as to order of dates) but this vessel was armed a decade later for the Fenian threat...
https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/106348/data
https://sarniahistoricalsociety.com/story/sarnias-role-in-early-shipping/
-W.J. Spicer (14/09/64) Ship  Built by R. Steed, Sarnia and launched 14/09/64. Engine from "St. Clair". Ferry.

adding in next post... more on perhaps more family in Ontario

[J.J.]

Forgive me if some of this is out of order as the site kept shutting me out as I tried to add more info
 Speculative / Unproven thus far, as to connection...but similar names come up such as Robert & James.

1851 Darlington, Durham, Canada West, British Colonial America
John 1829  Ireland  & James Steel 1826 Ireland
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L5-T9P
? a JOHN STEED .. HARRIET LEE  .. marr 1852

1783–1871 Similar age to John ?
Robert arrived c. 1831  (son james b. Aug. 12, 1827 states on 1901 census)
Robert Steed c. 1783 ireland   South Grenville,  Edwardsburg, Ontario
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M477-C6G
*son William Stewart Steed c. 1826 (tree says Craigs, County Antrim, Ireland) &  grandson Robert age 3
https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2021/195/229507783_6809c1ee-4954-4232-b42e-0cad1939ee26.jpeg
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/G41N-ZCS
Same family:
-1851 Grenville, " Edwardsburgh", Canada West, British Colonial America
  Robert Stead 69 ,1782  b. Ireland)  wife (Margaret  Boyd)
sons Wm S. ,  James 23 b. Ireland,  Lyle 19 U.C.  so came to Canada betw. 1829 & 1833
a younger John (grandchild?) c. 1847 in household
https://automatedgenealogy.com/census52/SplitView.jsp?id=6266
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89L5-T6G
-with sons Stewart (Wm) & Lyle in 1861
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=census&IdNumber=45793152&ecopy=4391934_00272
*1861  Canada West -  Hamilton Northumberland, Ontario   
Lines 25 & 26  a Robert Steed  Age:19  says born Ireland
Father William 53  b.1808 Widowed  birth: Ireland   Religion: Church Of Scotland
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=census&IdNumber=45891383&ecopy=4391947_00553
Further down on page Line 31
John b. Ireland age 34 1836    Harriet  William Lydia *Lyle & Robert Steed?

-Robert living w. son Stewart in 1871
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=census&IdNumber=41392420&ecopy=4396626_00140


Wes Meth Steeds -
*William Steed & Ann Jane Orr
1852  Matilda, Dundas, Canada West
  Ann age 51? children:  Ann 27  b. Ireland,  Lucy  Joseph  John  Nancy  Fanny
https://automatedgenealogy.com/census52/SplitView.jsp?id=1936
wes meth  - baptism for Matilda, Dundas  for Nancy Steed - 1842
    Related???  also in  Williamsburg township, Dundas, Canada West
  Julia Steed  age 19 , Servant , Wesleyan Methodist
   Stead, Jane age 14   Servant   b. Upper Canada   Wesleyan Methodist   
   Ellen Steed  age 12  b. Ireland  Methodist Episcopal Church
1861 Ann J. Steel age 60  b. ireland  1801   w. Joseph & Nancy
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=census&IdNumber=45972673&ecopy=4107390_00141
   Helen (Ellen) Steed Birth17 August 1838 - Upper Canada
   Death 7 Aug 1917 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
   Father  William Steed   Mother "Ann Jane Orr"
When teaching at Mclntosh's Corners, Miss McLellan boarded with the late William Steed. His son. Joseph Steed, of Morrisburg, relates the following incident. Many years afterwards he and his mother visited ...
https://dn790003.ca.archive.org/0/items/storyofdundasbei00cartuoft/storyofdundasbei00cartuoft.pdf
Joseph Stead Birth 1836 - Ontario  Death April 27 1927 - Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Mother Ann Jane Orr - Father William Steed
Born in Ontario c.1836 to William Steed and Ann Jane Orr. Joseph Stead married Mary McAughey and had 6 children. He passed away on April 27 1927 in Dundas, Ontario, Canada.
- Julia Ann Steed Bullard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTJ-SHML?lang=en