Stewart family descendants can thank Allen and Sandra Kratzer who visited the Provincial Archives and Records Office in downtown Charlottetown, PEI, Canada in Summer 2000. They copied various card files and microfilm records of our Stewarts. The records from the Heritage Foundation were all hand scribed onto 3x5 index cards. For instance, on a card file is:" John Stewart, born 8 Dec 1813, baptized 1 Apr 1814 by Rev. T. Desbrisay at the St. Paul's Church, record book #3, page 145."
Thank you, Allen and Sandra for sharing your research of our ancestors of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Next, we have these records from the Kratzer research at PARO:
"Marriage of John Stewart and Eleanor Young married under license on January 3, 1850. Witnesses=Edmund Rodd and John Young, recorded January 3, 1851-R. Hodgson, surrogate (Marriages:1844-1852) page 533."
From the microfilm: John Stewart (bachelor) of the North River and Eleanor Young (spinster) of Brackley Point Rd. were married by license with the consent of friends 3 Jan 1850 by , Charles Lloyd in the presence of Edmund Rodd and John Young."
This list of the children of John Stewart II and Helen, including birth and death dates, was written by their granddaughter, Mildred Stewart:
William 25 Oct 1850 d.21 Oct 1854
John 20 Nov 1851 d.15 May 1904 Denver, Arapahoe, CO (our ancestor)
James 7 Oct 1853
Mary 2 Feb 1855 d.1931 PEI
Roderick 18 Sep 1856 d.19 Apr 1894 Two Harbors, Lake, MN
Neil 18 Nov 1858 d.1936 PEI
Isabella 13 Apr 1861 died young
Annie M. 14 Jan 1863 d.Sep 1956
Jane 26 Mar 1866
William` 26 Mar 1866 d.28 Dec 1959
Margaret 27 May 1873
Jane 15 Dec 1873
All of the children were born in North River, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [The blank spaces indicate that those dates are unkown.]
The records for the wife of John Stewart say either Eleanor or Helen Young, one and the same person. She was born on the 10th of Feb 1828 in Prince Edward Island. She died on the 10th of March in 1889 and is buried at Highfield Park.
John died on the 25th of Jun in 1892, probably buried next to Helen, his wife.
JOHN STEWART
BORN: 8 Dec 1813 in North River, PEI, Canada
MARRIED: 3 Jan 1850 in Queens, PEI, Canada
DIED: 25 Jan 1892 in North River, PEI, Canada
ELEANOR YOUNG
BORN:10 Feb 1828 , Prince Edward Island, Canada
DIED: 10 Mar 1889 in North River, Queens, PEI, Canada
BURIED: Highfield Park
SOURCES: Canadian Census Records of 1851-1891; Vital Records of the Stewart family of North River, PEI, researchers, Allen and Sandra Kratzer; Mar 1889 Newspaper obituary from Charlottetown newspaper re Helen Young Stewart.
