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James
Stevenson was the son of William Stephenson of
Scotland. James was born in Scotland in January,
1840 and married Isabella Willis Miller (b.
February 1836, Scotland). They emigrated to
Pennsylvania where he worked in the mines, and
later moved to the Moskoka Country in Canada.
Eventually he moved with his family to the
eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, in the village of Pickford, near the
town of Stalwart. |
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James Stevenson
homesteaded the northwest quarter of section
24-43-1 east, on the north bank of the East
Branch of the Munoskong River. This is now the
McCord farm.
James died of typhoid
Fever January 5, 1901 in Pickford, Michigan.
Isabella Willis Miller Stevenson died April 20,
1924 in Pickford.
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The children of
James Stevenson and Isabella Miller were:
1)Becky, who
remained in Canada and m. Bill McKewon; 2)Bella, who m.
Fred Ball; 3)Janie; 4)Nellie, who m. Thomas Traverse;
5)Robert who m. Katie McGuire; 6)Suzie, who m. Thomas
Crawford; 7)John "Jack" (May 1859, Ontario,
Canada - July 10, 1909 Pickford, MI) who m. Eleanor jane
Kelley; 8)James (b. May 1866) m. Ida Crawford; and
9)William (b. Sep. 1872) m. Annie L. Simms.
Jack married Eleanor Jane Kelly and settled two miles
south and four and a half miles east of Pickford. They
had six children: Joe, Jack, George, Alvin, Esther, and
Mary. Jack Stevenson was killed in the saw mill at Raber.
Jim Stevenson married Ida Crawford and settled five miles
east and two miles south of Pickford. They had eight
children: Maud, Lillie, Tom, Susie, Mary, Jim, Ida, and
Gordon.
Susie married Tom Crawford and they made their home on
the south bank of the Munoskong River between Jim
Stevenson's and John Crawford's. Their children were
William, Thomas, James, Bell, Mary, Myrtle, Lyla, Bob,
Fred, Susie, and Ward.
Bella married Fred Ball. They settled across the line
from Jack Stevenson's. Their children were Bill, Jim,
Mabel, Edith, and Carrie.
Bob married Kate McGuire. They didn't have any children.
Nellie married Tom Travis, settled in Raber, then moved
to Pickford and ran the hotel; then moved to a farm now
owned by Leo Nettleton. they later made their home in
Detroit. They had six children: Charlotte, Mim, Louella,
Fred Russell, and Lillie.
Becky, who had remained in Canada, married Bill McKewon.
Bill married Annie Sims, and settled five miles east and
two miles south. They had 11 children: Bill (who married
Bess Tripp), Fred (who married Pearl McCleod), Clifford
(who married Delphina Harrison), Otto (who married Violet
Rye), Alex (who married Ellen Hill), Annie (who married
Clark Allen), Robert (who married Shirley Thompson), Mary
(who married Bill Cruickshank), Charlotte (who married
Ernest Kaspar), and Susie (who married Frank Coppel).Vern
is deceased.
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left:
William Stevenson, wife Annie L. Simms, and
children in front of their log cabin. Annie was
b. June 30, 1880, daughter of George Sims and
Mary Milne. They were married Aug. 16, 1899. The children in
this picture are William George (1900-1981);
Frederick James (1902-1973); Otto Theodore
(1904-1982); and Clifford Russell (1906-1973).
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| Right: William and Annie
L. Simms Stevenson & family. They had the
following children: William, Frederick, Otto,
Clifford, Alexander Howard (1908-1990), Verne
(b.1911); Annie Isabella (b.1912); Robert John
(b.1915); Mary Margaret (b. 1917); Charlotte Jean
(b. 1919); Susan May (b. 1921); and Annie Laurie
Stevenson. |
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 Descendants of James Stevenson -
Genealogy Chart
July, 1909 newspaper article -
Death of John Stevenson in a sawmill accident
Early Settlers of Stalwart,
Michigan Area (including Sims and Stevenson)
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