Stephen Steeves (-)

Maria Sibel Steeves (1851-1921)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Caleb Bishop Emma Adelia Bishop Maud Jane Bishop Mabel Bishop Frank Bishop Girtrude Bishop Myrtle Bishop Wilfred Bishop Maria Sibel Steeves 1 Born: 10 Nov 1851 2 3 Marriage: Caleb Bishop on 1 Dec 1876 1 Died: 20 Dec 1921 aged 70 3 Buried: Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 3    Another name for Maria was Martha Steeves.   Burial Notes: Maria Sibel Steeves Bishop was buried in Murdock Cemetery. Inscription: Maria S wife of Caleb Bishop died 20 Dec, 1921 age 70 years   Noted events in her life were: • Alt. Birth: 13Nov1852. 1 • Illness: children died from diptheria, Jan 1883, Salem, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 • Census: Canadian, 1901, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2 Maria married Caleb Bishop, son of William Edward Bishop and Mary Steeves, on 1 Dec 1876.1 (Caleb Bishop was born on 27 Jan 1853 in New Brunswick, Canada 5 6.)

1 Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots, Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia A New England Planter Family, 4 volumes (Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, 1990), 4: 67.

2 Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Census record for Maria Sibel Steeves Bishop; Albert County, Hillsborough, pg. 2, Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6439.

3 M. Helena Lewis, New Brunswick Cemeteries Albert County, digital images (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mhlewis/new_brunswick_cemeteries.htm : accessed 7 Feb 2009), Headstone of Maria Bishop, Murdocks/Steeves Cemetery.

4 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 30 Jan 2009), Death of 2 children from diptheria.

5 Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Census record for Caleb Bishop; Albert County, Hillsborough, pg. 2, Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6439.

6 Family Search, "Canada Census 1871," database, Canada Census 1871 (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1551612;p=collection : accessed 1 May 2010), Census Record for Caleb Bishop; Ancestry.com image scan.