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Family Names of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
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 - 1883
Generation: 1
| 1. | William Major Stephenson was born , Caplin Bay, Newfoundland; died 7 Feb 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland; was buried Abt 9 Feb 1883, Belvedere Cemetery, St. John's, Newfoundland. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1 Nov 1854, Anglican Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland
Notes:
Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers (1825-1890). Stephenson, W. (Major) Coll. Duties, Blanc Sablon, Labrador, son of late J. Stephenson (sheriff of Northern District) died 7th, St. John's. Feb 10/83 GNS
Note: From a series of letters written by (Mary) Ellen Morris (living in St. John?s Newfoundland) circa 1927 to Mary (Casement) Furlong wife to Harold Albert Furlong:
Major (Stephenson) (called after his father) he was in the Customs Dept. in Newfoundland, and every summer visited Labrador in the Revenue Cruiser, he died years ago, unmarried.
There is a bit of confusion here with both sources. The obit listed this son as W. (Major) Stephenson; the interpretation of the transcriber being that the name Major was a military rank. However, Major was actually one of his christian names. His first name was given only as the initial W, indicating that he may have been commonly known by his second name, Major. His father's location as sheriff of the Northern District should read Southern District. There was actually another John Stephenson/Stevenson, sheriff of the Northern District at Harbour Grace, thus the newspaper's confusion.
In Ellen Morris' letter she just referred to him as Major Stephenson. There is a notation (called after his father). I believe this was meant to read after his father's father, i.e. Dr. George Major Stephenson.
VITAL STATISTICS VOLUME 26A: ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, St Johns, Newfoundland - BAPTISMS from 1848 - Part - 2 (1853- 1856) William Major STEPHENSON not given not given Ferryland bap Nov 1 1854 Sheriff of the Southern District
Baptism:
William Major Stephenson was born and raised as a Roman Catholic (his mother's religion). However, since there was still a strong religious bias when it came to procuring government employment, there are a number of instances where individuals had themselves baptized as Anglicans to counteract selection bias.
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