When Samuel Steeves was born on 20 August 1828, in Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Samuel Steeves, was 36 and his mother, Nancy Ann Jones, was 40. He married Hannah Porter on 28 December 1851, in Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Blissville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871 and Northampton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881. He died on 18 May 1895, in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 66.
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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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On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
English (Lancashire): from a shortened form of Stevens . Compare Steveson .
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