Brief Life History of Robert Gourley
When Robert Gourley Stevens was born on 1 December 1816, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Upper Canada, British North America, his father, Alfred Stevens, was 19 and his mother, Ruby Halladay, was 22. He had at least 5 sons and 7 daughters with Eliza Bell. He lived in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 29 September 1906, in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Stanhope Township, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
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- Robert Stephens, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Gourlay Robert Stevens, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Robert Stevens in entry for Maria Hustin, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
Name Meaning
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 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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