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ROBERTSONS of STROME, ALBERTA

William STEACY [Parents] was born on 23 Oct 1808 in Ireland. He died on 28 Apr 1882 in Lansdowne, Ontario. He was buried in Union Cemetery. He married Jane McVEIGH about 1862.

Other marriages:
ENNIS, Charlotte

Information sources:
- See NOTES for father Dennis STEACY..
- Census and cemetery records as noted.

The family of William STACEY was recorded in the 1861 Census for Lansdowne
Twp., Leeds County as follows:

William Stacey Farmer age 50 Born in Ireland CHurch of England.
Sharlot " Wife 41 " " " "
John E. " Labour 20 " Upper Canada " "
Samual " " 19 " " " " "
George " " 17 " " " " "
Benjamin " " 15 " " " " "
Joseph " " 13 " " " " "
Grase " 11 " " " " "
Eliza " 9 " " " " "
Willaim " 7 " " " " "
Sharlot " 5 " " " " "
Rob't " 3 " " " " "
Dilmond " 1 " " " " "

John E. married his cousin, Eliza, the widow of William Davis (your ancestors) and the daughter of Richard Steacy and Anna Evans Williams.

Information from the publication: County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869; Vol. 20; LEEDS & GRENVILLE; 1987 shows that William Davis and Eliza Steacy were from Lansdowne, and shows Eliza's parents as William and Ann. This must be a mistake as William's Eliza is too young, being born in 1852, whereas Eliza, the wife of William Davis, was born in 1838. Also Willliam Steacy's wife's name was Sharlot, not Ann. Ann was the name of the wife of Richard Steacy, William's brother. Therefore, this William is the uncle of Eliza (Steacy) Davis.

A search of the records of the Union Cemetery, 5 km. northeast of Lansdowne revealed only one William Steacy (33 names listed) of the correct age for this William. The grave stone shows his date of death as 28 April 1882 at the age of 73 yrs. 6 mos., & 5 days making his birth date as 23 Oct. 1808. His wife is shown as Jane McVeigh; died 29 Oct. 1877 at the age of 65 yrs. & 16 days making her birth date as 13 Oct. 1812. Jane must be William's second wife.

Jane McVEIGH was born on 13 Oct 1812 in Ireland. She died on 29 Oct 1877 in Lansdowne, Ontario. She was buried in Union Cemetery. She married William STEACY about 1862.

Information sources:
- The WEB PAGE of R.H.A. Steacy (2001/09/04).
<http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Richard-H-Steacy/GENE5-0016.html>

See notes for her husband William Steacy. She is his second wife.

Dennis STEACY [Parents] was born in 1779 in Bunclody, Wexford Co., Ireland. He died in 1848 in Brockville, Ontario. He was buried in Brockville, Ontario. He married Elizabeth "Bridget" GRAHAM about 1794 in Waterford, Ireland.

Information shared by Richard Halton Alexander Steacy and Ian Roberts. Thank you.

Richard Holton Alexander STEACY of Burritts Rapids, Ontario writes (4 Sept. 2001);
"I am researching the Steacy family from Lansdowne Ontario. Dennis Steacy lived from 1779 to 1848 and was born in Bunclody, Wexford Ireland. He married Elizabeth "Bridget" Graham and moved to Canada, settling in Leeds County at Lansdowne Ontario. They had 12 Children. My Research includes information about Webster, Washburn, Rancier, Steacy, Oglov, Mallory, Chipman, Mitchell, Latham, Sexton, Curtis, Holton, Cameron, Madill, and Carson families, and others."

From his research it was learned that:
Dennis STEACY was born in Bunclody, County Wexford, Ireland, 60 miles south of Dublin and 20 miles inland from the coast, This town is in the southeast corner of Ireland and across St. George's Channel from Wales. He married Elizabeth GRAHAM of County Waterford about 1794 and they had 12 children all born in Ireland. About 1832 the entire family moved to Canada and settled in the Brockville, Ontario area. He was an Anglican, an Orangeman, and a conservative,. His occupation was farmer (yeoman). There is a copy of the deed to Dennis STEACY's farm that has Dennis listed as "Dennis STEACY, Yeoman". Dennis married Elizabeth at a very young age. Her father Benjamin GRAHAM had disapproved of her marriage to Dennis, because he had believed he wasn't capable of taking good care of his daughter. Dennis and Elizabeth had eloped. As time went by and after the birth of their children, Benjamin accepted their marriage, as he saw that Dennis was a good worker and capable of taking care of his family.

As a young man, Dennis worked in his father's flax mill.
In 1832 Dennis and Elizabeth decided to leave for Canada. They left Ireland with 11 children, ranging in age from 12 to 20 plus years. One Daughter Elizabeth Steacy, married to Mr. Lane, followed a year later with two small daughters. Their first home was in North Augusta, Ontario where he was granted a piece of land on December 14, 1832 consisting of the west half of lot 7 in concession 8 of Elizabeth Township in the district of Johnstown containing 100 acres. The cost was 37 pounds 10 shillings. The first house was a log cabin. Later a stone house was built. The house was destroyed by fire in the 1920's.
After Dennis passed away in 1848, the farm was owned by his youngest son Joseph. Dennis and Elizabeth (d. 1860) were originally buried behind St. Peters Church in Brockville, but later transferred to son John Steacy's plot in Brockville Cemetary.
Dennis STEACY and Elizabeth GRAHAM had 12 children between the years 1795 and 1823. All were christened in St. Mary's Church, Enniscothy, County Wexford, Ireland. William was the fifth child and Richard the tenth.
Many of the Steacy's settled in Leeds County, Canada, Ganagoque, N. Augusta, Athens, Brockville, Kingston etc.. Others moved to Orillia, London, Ontario and many to the mid west and western provinces of Canada, also to California, New York, New Jersey, Penn., and many other states in the United States.

Elizabeth "Bridget" GRAHAM [Parents] was born in 1782 in Waterford, Co., Ireland. She died in 1860 in Brockville, Ontario. She was buried in Brockville, Ontario. She married Dennis STEACY about 1794 in Waterford, Ireland.

Information shared by Richard Halton Alexander Steacy and Ian Roberts. Thank you.

See also notes for her husband, Dennis STEACY.

Elizabeth GRAHAM was born in 1772 in Ireland. She was the daughter of Benjamin GRAHAM who owned an iron foundry. Apparently her family was quite prosperous.