Robert
John Stewart
(John)
Stephenson
Born about in Carrickville, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Robert William Stephenson
and Catherine Stewart
Brother of
Edna Pearl Stephenson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 19
in Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Dec 2021
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Biography
When Robert John Stewart STEPHENSON was born on November 12, 1897, in Ontario, his father, Robert Stephenson, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Stewart, was 38.
He is in Brock at age 3 in the 1901 Census likely near Blackwater, Ontario with his parents and sister Edna[1] He likely went to the Wick School or the Sunderland Public School.
In the 1911 Census he was living with his parents at 87 River Street in Sunderland, Ontario likely above one of the stores.[2]
He enlisted in the Canadian army on June 15, 1916 in Toronto and was living with his parents at 26 Ashland Ave.[3] He is first in the 170th Battalion[4] but the Canadian Virtual War Memorial[5] states he was in the 58th Battalion[6] when he was killed-in-action.
He died on October 26, 1917, in at the age of 19, and was buried in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.[7]
His parents were living in Cannington, Ontario at the time of his death. His father, Robert William Stephenson, was a labourer and moved around .
Sources
- ↑ 1901 • Brock, Ontario (North/Nord), Ontario, Canada
- ↑ 1911 Canada Census Brock Township, Sunderland Village, Ontario North, Ontario
- ↑ Army enlistment papers
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/170th_Battalion_(Mississauga_Horse),_CEF
- ↑ Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Service Number:681867
- Age:20
- Force: Army
- Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
- Division:58th Bn.
- Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stephenson, of Cannington, Ontario
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th_Battalion,_CEF
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12030329/robert-john_stewart-stephenson : accessed 04 December 2021), memorial page for Private Robert John Stewart Stephenson (12 Nov 1897–26 Oct 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12030329, citing Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138) .
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