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                  <text>S'.TEVENS::::

JOSEFH STEVENS

b. 1833.

a;. July 27. 1887 .46yrs.

burriea: in Ridgeway (lemetery Gar:risen Rd.

â€¢

Al theugh not marked his wife is burÂ· Â·ied next grave â€¢

alseF:lftUtkStevens is bu:r:r:ll.ed here.
Geerge Stephens

sen

Â©f JÂ·oseph &amp; Margaret Stephens

b. 1861 d .â€¢ July 27th â€¢ 1887 : 26yrsâ€¢

they ban feur ehildre; Howard: Ge0rgemFrank Delly: m.urrt

JÂ©se:ph s-tevens opercated ;,,,._Hotel on the river readin the l8fi&gt;Oâ€¢s.
b~ the foet of Ferr.Y.' St. ( â€¢eweb Rd.)
It is. said by_ his -gra3:1dd.ughter that at ~ne: -Â· _-t.ti".':e he; also ewned the d0ek and the s.hingle
mill. During the Feri.nian R"&amp;ids Â·Â·Cl)' Neil spared the hotel and. the
shingle mi.11. Mr. sÂ·teve:ns became ill hoeve:r and m@ved te a. f'a.l'ID.
on Gilmore. mil'. Fie a~id net remain there. 10ng fer the: sÂ·tevens had
a s tmry and a hal:f frame heme built on the sÂ©uth sid-.e ef Gi1mere,
and wha.t la:.ter beelf!Jle Kingsmill , in 184'9. Â· It was the only home
on that side of the str-ee.t from cene:essiem tÂ© the river â€¢

â€¢
HÂ·F-1-l~ N

s-~"'-~;.
Fo-o.syT~

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â€¢

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lot 44 :

plan 25: west side of Niagara â€¢

1806

Crown to Philip W:LJJtemute

STEVENS:::

relec:.se of dower Elizabeth Winte:mute wife of Abraham
to Sarah Forsyth wife of Issac Brock Forsyth.
etc. etc.
Oct. 20

1874.

Sarah Forsyth to Samuel Quackenbush
# 8 con. 1 wife of Bridgett Stevens

t

acre pt/ l'Jt

etc.

B.&amp; s.
July-14
1911

â€¢

â€¢

Julia A. Stevens to Charles Tait $ 1200.00

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