Harriet Ann (Parker) Stewart (abt. 1836 - 1916)

Born about 1836 in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Henry (Ross) Stewart — married about 1852 in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1916 at about age 80 in Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Harriet (Parker) Stewart is a part of US Black heritage.

Harriet Ann Parker was born about 1836, probably in Dorchester County, Maryland in the United States of America. She was the daughter of Isaac and Juliet Parker.^[1][2]

Harriett was married to Henry Ross who was enslaved in the beginning of their marriage. Their first two sons were born while they lived in Dorchester County, Maryland. In December 1854, they learned that Henry and two of his brothers were about to be sold. Their sister, famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman helped them escape to St. Catherines in Ontario, Canada. In early 1855, Harriet Tubman brought Harriet (Parker) Ross and her two sons to St. Catherines. Henry Ross took the name William Henry Stewart when he began his new life as a free man. Harriet and their children also took the surname Stewart.^[1]

They lived together in St. Catharines and the surrounding township, Grantham, until at least the 1880's. They had the following children:^[3][4][5]

• William Stewart (born ~1853)
• John Stewart (born ~1857)
• Caroline Stewart (born ~1858)
• Julia Stewart (born ~1864)
• Mary Stewart (born 1860 or 1866)
• Amanda E Stewart (born ~1868)
• Martha M Stewart (born ~1872)
• Allice Stewart (born ~1876)
• Gertrude Stewart (born ~1879)

Harriet and William seem to have separated because by 1900, William had moved to Fleming, New York in the USA and was living with his sister.^[6] Harriet died on 27 Dec 1916 in the Township of Grantham in Ontario, Canada. She was buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery in St. Catharines.^[7]

Research Notes

• Harriet has not yet been identified in census reecords between 1881 and her death in 1916.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Kate Clifford Larson, Harriet Tubman Underground National Monument Historic Resource Study (National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 2019), pages 224-228, https://www.oah.org/site/assets/files/10217/hatu_hrs_-_final.pdf : accessed 8 Nov 2022.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," Division No. 3, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA; page 362b, family 584, lines 1-6, Hariett Parker in Isaac Parker household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4X-GVJ
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1861," St. Catharines, Lincoln, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; page 72, line 26, Harriet Stuart; Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm C-1049, Image #4391560_00184, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1660053.
4. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," Township of Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; page 7-8, family 28, lines 17-20 (page 7) & 1-4 (page 8), Hariat A Stewart in William H Stewart household; Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm C-9921, Image #4396332_00287, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1706303; see also: image of page 8.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881,"' Grantham, District 145 Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; page 28-29, family 130, lines 16-25 (page 28) & 1-2 (page 29), Hattie Steward in Wm H Steward household; "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFX-PS6 : accessed 9 Nov 2022), citing Library and Archives Canada.
6. ↑ Husband's 1900 census record:
   "United States Census, 1900", ED 27, Fleming, Cayuga County, New York, USA; sheet 14A, family family 275, lines 16-20, William Stewart in Harriet T Davis household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6X-QCS
7. ↑ Canada, Ontario, Death Records, Lincoln and Manitoulin 1916, page 62, #20616, Harriett Stewart,, 27 Dec 1916, Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDDZ-7YJ : accessed 9 Nov 2022), citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244791850/harriet-ann-stewart: accessed 9 November 2022), memorial page for Harriet Ann “Hattie” Parker Stewart (1836–27 Dec 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #244791850, citing Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Jennifer F. Shank (contributor 46918357).