Life History

1st Jul 1827	Born in St Pancras
15th Aug 1827	Baptised in St Pancras
8th Dec 1848	Married Mary Ann Cornell in Trinity Church, Marylebone

Notes

Baptism Record

FreeBMD records the following:

Marriage: Dec 1848, Stewart Richard Hardinge, Marylebone, 1, 257

Marriage Record

On the 8th December, 1848, in Trinity Church, Marylebone, Richard Hardinge Stewart marries Mary Ann Cornell.

Both are of 'full age'.
Richard is living at 45, Clipstone St; Mary Ann in Lichfield St.
Mary Ann is daughter of Daniel Cornell, a farmer.
The witnesses are Benjamin Smith and Elizabeth Baxter.
Richard signs himself as 'R. Hardinge Stewart Junr.'

In the 1851 Census in London:

R Harding Stewart Jnr	Head	28	Clerk War Office	b. St Pancras, Middlesex
Mary A Stewart	Wife	27		b. Enfield, Middlesex
Mary Rutland	Servant	20		b. Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire

On August 1st, 1854, Richard obtained a passport.

In the 1871 Census of Canada
he is in Stephenson Township, Muskoka, with a new wife.

Richard Stewart	Head	45	b. England
Mary Stewart	Wife	30	b. Ireland

The image [source] on the right shows part of the land owned by Richard.

"Description:
Work party at Pitman's Bay Boy Scout Camp, Mary Lake, Huntsville, Ontario, June 1953, facing east.

... The workers in the photo are digging by hand, the post holes for a new dining lodge. The original owner of the property was Richard H. Stewart in 1871. The name 'Pitman' given to the Bay, cannot be found in any records. ... The area is now owned and controlled by the Town of Huntsville."

The Map of Stephenson Township from that era shows Richard's lakeside property, and an island in the lake apparently named 'Stewart Island'.

Google Maps show that the island is now called Bonner Island.

In the 1881 Census of Canada Richard is a widower, living alone in Parry Sound & Parry Island, Muskoka, Ontario:

Richard H. Stewart, 52, Widowed, Clerk Div.Court, Catholic, b. 1829, England

In 1881 or 1882 Richard married Mary J Malone

Sometime in 1881 or 1882, Richard must have married Mary J Malone the mother of his children.

Children listed on Ancestry.ca:

Margaret Katharine, 13 April 1883, McDougall Township
Mary Lillian, 17 June 1886, McDougall Township
Pauline Bernadette, 29 July 1888, Muskoka/Parry Sound
James Alphonsus Harding, 25 April 1890, Town of Parry Sound

(Birth dates and Mother's maiden name for Margaret and Mary are found in IGI)

In the 1891 Census of Canada
in Parry Sound

R H Stewart	Head	63	court clerk	b. England
Mary Stewart	Wife	32		b. Ireland
Margaret Stewart	Daughter	8		b. Ontario
Mary L Stewart	Daughter	5		b. Ontario
Pauline Stewart	Daughter	3		b. Ontario
James Stewart	Son	10mths		b. Ontario
Mary McLean	Servant	8	domestic	b. Scotland

Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario - Page 29
by Ontario Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1889

"Richard Hardinge Stewart, Esq., appointed on the 28th April Local Registrar of the High Court of Justice at Parry Sound, Clerk of the District Court of Muskoka and Parry Sound, and Deputy Registrar of the Surrogate Court for the District of Muskoka and Parry Sound."

Death Registration:

"Richard Harding Stewart died 8 April 1895, aged 67, in Parry Sound of general weakening of system and stricture of oesophagus. He was Magistrate of the High Court of Justice and a retired army officer." (Source: Diane Shaw)

In the 1901 Census of Canada [Source]

Mary J Stewart	Head	W	37	b. Jun 24, 1863
Margurite C Stewart	Daughter	S	17	b. Apr 13, 1883	Book Keeper
Mary L Stewart	Daughter	S	14	b. Jun 17, 1886
Pauline B Stewart	Daughter	S	12	b. Jul 29, 1889
James A Stewart	Son	S	10	b. Apr 25, 1890
Jos Schnerr	Lodger	S	26	b. Dec 12, 1875
Annie Kelly	Lodger	M	26	b. Mar 15, 1875
Edward Kelly	Lodger	M	27	b. May 31, 1874
Morrison	Lodger	S
Margret Malone	Lodger	W	64	b. 1836	Mother?

After Richard's death, Mary seems to have become 4 or 5 years younger. Her birth year fluctuates in the next couple of censuses and is recorded as 1863 in her death record (below). Her birth year, if we go by the 1871 and 1881 censuses in her parents' house (below) should be 1859 or 1860.

In 1904

Death: Pauline Bernadette Stewart, died 29 Nov 1904, of appendicitis, age 16. Living at Gibson Street.

In 1905 [Source]

Marriage: Marguerite Catherine Stewart, 21, married Sidney Percy Cook, 23, 2 Jan 1905, Parry Sound.

"Sidney Percy Cooke, 24, lumberman, Ottawa, Southampton s/o Sidney P. Cooke and Jane Loukes married Marguerite Catharine Stewart, 21, Parry Sound, d/o Richard H. Stewart and Mary Jane Malone;
Witn: Mary Lilian Stewart and Della M. Kennedy both of Parry Sound, January 2, 1905, Parry Sound."

In the 1911 Census of Canada [Source] in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan:

Percy Cook	Head	M	31	b. Sep, 1879
Margaret Cook	Wife	M	21	b. Apr, 1889
Pauline Cook	Daughter	S	5	b. Oct, 1905
Stewart Cook	Son	S	10mths	b. Aug, 1900
Lillian Stewart	Sister-in-law	S	25	b. Jun, 1886
Mary Stewart	Mother	W	45	b. Jun, 1865

In the 1916 Census of Canada in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan:

Sydney R W Cook	Head	M	35	b. Quebec
Margaret Cook	Wife	M	34	b. Ontario
Pauline Cook	Daughter	S	11	b. Ontario
Stewart Cook	Son	S	5	b. Ontario
Mary Stewart	Mother-in-law	W	55	b. England, moved to Saskatchewan 1911, nurse
Alphonse Stewart	Brother-in-law	S	26	b. Ontario, brakeman
				(Source: Diane Shaw)

WW1 Attestation Papers

James Alphonse Hardine Stewart, b Parry Sound, 25 April 1891, brakeman; next of kin: Mrs Mary Jane Stewart of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, signed up in Moose Jaw 2 Dec 1914. (Source: Diane Shaw)

In 1918, James Alphonse Hardinge Stewart, 'private, 16th Canadian Scottish Regiment', administers the supplementary probate of Richard Hardinge Stewart (senior).
He also appears in the following (which we cannot access).

James Alphonese (sic) Hardinge Stewart - arrives in Quebec 1919 -1924
James Alphonse (sic) Hardinge Stewart - died 1927 Welland [Ontario]
James Alphonso Stewart - marriage in Miama-Dade Florida. No date.

The last record (James Alphonso Stewart) may not be a reference to James Alphonse Harding Stewart.

Death: James Alphonsus Harding Stewart, brakeman MCR, at place of death: 7 yrs, died of injuries from being run over by train 24 Oct 1927, burial: Fairview Cemetery.
Informant: Sister, Mrs W C Jepson of Niagara Falls. Welland County. (Source: Diane Shaw)

Death: Mary Stewart, b 24 June 1863, England; died 18 June 1929 of cerebral haemorrhage at Niagara Falls; d/o Mathew Malone b Ireland & Margaret Hart, b Ireland.
Informant: Mrs W C Jepson, daughter, burial: Mt Hope in Toronto. (Source: Diane Shaw)

Mrs W C Jepson must be Lillian married to W C Jepson, as Margaret dies as 'Cooke':

Death: Margaret Stewart Cook, 53, wife of Sidney Cook, d/o Richard H Stewart, b England, & Mary Malone, b England, died 30 April 1930, of sub arachnoid haemorrhage/arteriosclerosis at St Michael's Hospital. Burial: Mt Hope, Toronto, York County.
Informant: S W P Cook, 43 Wanless Ave. (Source: Diane Shaw)

The Malones

In the 1871 Census of Canada, Sydenham, Grey Township:

Matthew Malone	33	labourer	RC	b. Ireland
Margaret Malone	38			b. Ireland
Mary J Malone	12			b. England
James Malone	6			b. Ontario
Christopher Malone	3			b. Ontario

In the 1881 Census of Canada, Hagerman & McKellar, Parry Sound District:

Matthew Malone	46	farmer	RC	b. Ireland
Margaret Malone	48			b. Ireland
Mary Jane Malone	21			b. England
James Malone	17			b. Ontario
Christopher Malone	13			b. Ontario

Matthew, Margaret and James are still in McKellar on 1891 census. No Christopher on any 1891 Ontario census.

Death: Margaret Malone, aged 75, b Dublin, Ireland, died Christie Township, Parry Sound District, 29 March 1909, Lot 18 Concession 8. No informant. Died of old age.

Other Notes

In 1928, a Richard H Stewart, lawyer, aged 69, US citizen arrived in England by boat from New York - intending to stay at 1, Cockspur St, London.

In 1915, 'Capt R H Stewart' was an officer in the 10th Alberta Battalion.