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Joshua Steeves 1829–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Apr 1829

Birth Location: Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Death Date: 8 May 1885

Death Location: Shenstone, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Michael Steeves

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Frances Jonah

Children(s): Eva Steeves, Lotan Steeves, Hartley Steeves, Lelia Steeves, Franklin Steeves, William Steeves

Joshua Steeves was born in 1829 in Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick, the child of Michael Stief Steeves And Mary Smith. Joshua Steeves married Frances E Jonah, and had children including Eva Lowell Steeves, Franklin L Steeves, Hartley Abram Steeves, Lelia Ruth Steeves, Lotan Joshua Steeves, William Carvel Steeves. Joshua Steeves passed away in 1885 in Shenstone, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Biography

  • Joshua Steeves was born in 1829 in Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick, the child of Michael Stief Steeves And Mary Smith.
  • Joshua Steeves married Frances E Jonah, and had children including Eva Lowell Steeves, Franklin L Steeves, Hartley Abram Steeves, Lelia Ruth Steeves, Lotan Joshua Steeves, William Carvel Steeves.
  • Joshua Steeves passed away in 1885 in Shenstone, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Michael Steeves
1774–1840
Birth Location: Grays Island, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
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Mary Smith
1783–1867
Birth Location: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia
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Spouses(s)

Frances Jonah
1840–1870
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Eva Steeves
1863–1928
Birth Location: Salem, Albert, New Brunswick
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Lotan Steeves
1870–1945
Birth Location: Salem, Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
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Hartley Steeves
1869–1939
Birth Location: , Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
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Lelia Steeves
1865–1935
Birth Location: Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick
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Franklin Steeves
1861–1927
Birth Location: Hillsborough, Albert, New.Brunswick
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William Steeves
1859–1939
Birth Location: , Albert, New Brunswick
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Joshua Steeves's Ancestors

Self
Joshua Steeves
1829–1885
Birth Place: Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Parents
Michael Stief Steeves
1774–1840
Grays Island, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary Smith
1783–1867
Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia
Grandparents
Johannes ((John)) Steeves
1751–1821
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anna (Margretha) Lutz
1754–1828
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Johann (Stief)
1715–1765
Regina Stahleker
1719–1782
Georg Lutz
1723–1794
Anna Weissler
1730–1803
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Augustin Stief
1683–1761
Anna Wörner
1683–1746

Joshua Steeves's Descendants

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Joshua Steeves (3 Apr 1829–8 May 1885) m. Frances (E) Jonah (1840–1870)
  1. 1. Eva (Lowell) Steeves 1863–1928 m. Spurgeon (Stephen) Steeves 1855–1928
    1. 1. Axel (S) Steeves 1899–1951 m. Vera (Idella) Downing 1907–1989
      1. 1. Effa (Lelia) Steeves 1930–2003 m. Earl (Allanach) Adair 1931–2015
      2. 2. _____ Steeves 1927–2013 m. Mina (Wilhelmina Joyce) Ritchie 1930–2025
      3. 3. Winston (Noel) Steeves 1940–2016
      4. 4. Doreen (Adelaide) Steeves 1932–2020 m. William (Lester) Power 1925–2018
      5. 5. Richard (Bedford Bennett) Steeves 1936–2024
    2. 2. Ethel (Frances) Steeves 1884–1956 m. George (Oral) Ricker 1890–1968
    3. 3. Hattie (Jane) Steeves 1886–1969
    4. 4. May (Lilia) Steeves 1887–
    5. 5. Edna (Beatrice) Steeves 1889–1974 m. Vaughn (Herman) Downing 1889–1983 m. John (Allen) Jones 1890– m. John (Albert) Jones 1868–1943
      1. 1. Donald (Burton) Downing 1923–2003 m. lva (MacLean) Potter 1922–1995
        1. 1. Carolyn (Joan) Downing 1949–2003
    6. 6. Stephen (Hadden) Steeves 1893–1961 m. Lucy (Winnona) Steeves 1893– m. Blanche (Elizabeth) Duffy 1898–
      1. 1. Spurgeon (Stephen) Steeves 1925–1992
    7. 7. Eva (Helen Louise) Steeves 1906–1968 m. John (Reid) Morgan 1896–1987
      1. 1. Donald (Steeves) Morgans 1933–1983
      2. 2. Geraldine (Rose) Morgans 1943–2012
      3. 3. Edward (Albert) Morgan 1936–1936
    8. 8. Gladys Steeves 1894–1980 m. Joseph (Wallace) Steeves 1895–1952
      1. 1. Joseph (Spurgeon) Steeves 1935–2021
      2. 2. Rudyard (Stephen) Steeves 1918–2009 m. Lorna (Margaret) Steeves 1915–2001
      3. 3. F (Samuell) Steeves 1917–
      4. 4. Karl (Wallace) Steeves 1924–2001 m. Una (Elizabeth) Power 1923–2002
      5. 5. Flora (Lowell) Steeves 1916– m. Frederick (Wallace) Gourley 1917–
      6. 6. Gerard (Foster) Steeves 1928–1996 m. Paula (Joyce) Steeves 1927–2009
      7. 7. Roberta (Gladys) Steeves 1922–2008 m. Stuart (Eldon) Murray 1919–1984
      8. 8. Charles (Hendrick) Steeves 1933–2011
      9. 9. Vivian (Edna) Steeves 1920–2012 m. Bliss (Mannington) Briggs 1916–1979 m. Arthur (Granville) Stainforth 1920–2010
      10. 10. Gwendolyn (M.) Steeves 1926– m. Robert (Gordon) Atkinson 1921–
    9. 9. Mary Steeves –1937
    10. 10. Borden Steeves 1904–1905
  2. 2. Lotan (Joshua) Steeves 1870–1945 m. Florence Widelake 1870–1899
    1. 1. Frederick (Widelake) Steeves 1896–1915
  3. 3. Hartley (Abram) Steeves 1869–1939 m. Lillian (M) Blakney 1870–1946
  4. 4. Lelia (Ruth) Steeves 1865–1935 m. Hiram Lauder 1870–1963
    1. 1. Victoria (May) Lauder 1907–1999
  5. 5. Franklin (L) Steeves 1861–1927 m. Edna (Blanche) Oulton 1871–1961
    1. 1. Percy (Lloyd) Steeves 1909–
    2. 2. Francis (Christian) Steeves 1896–1929
    3. 3. James (Wesley Oulton) Steeves 1894–
    4. 4. Harriett (M) Steeves 1891–
  6. 6. William (Carvel) Steeves 1859–1939 m. Jesse (Madeline Maud) Shampier 1877–1931

Joshua Steeves's Timeline

4 Records

1829
3 Apr 1829
Birth of Joshua Steeves in Grays Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Grays Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick
1829
3 Apr 1829
Birth of Joshua Steeves in Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick
1885
8 May 1885
Age 56
Death of Joshua Steeves in Salem, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
Salem, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
1885
8 May 1885
Age 56
Death of Joshua Steeves in , , New Brunswick, Canada
, , New Brunswick, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Apr 1829
    Event Place: Grays Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Apr 1829
    Event Place: Gray's Island, Hillsborough, Westmorland, New Brunswick

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1885
    Event Place: Salem, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1885
    Event Place: , , New Brunswick, Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shenstone, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
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