When James Stevens was born in 1800, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Thomas Stevens, was 26 and his mother, Sarah, was 23. He married Sarah Akerley on 14 February 1828, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 12 May 1875, in Alma, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Alma Baptist Cemetery, Alma, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada.
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The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
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