Timeline By Date Flashcards
1843
John Stewart born on the Island of Arran, Scotland
1852
Annie Davidson born on July 15 in Huntingdon, Quebec
1860s
Stewart Family moves to Quebec. John and two brothers Donald/Finlay of his head off to California to work in the Redwood Forest
1880
John Stewart returns to Canada and purchases a quarter section of land from Samuel Hardy
1882
Annie Davidson moves to BC
1884
John Stewart marries Anne Jane Davidson (“Annie”) on October 9
1885
William James Stewart is born on October 7
1890
John Massey Stewart is born on July 18
1894
Two-story Victorian-style farmhouse constructed to replace the old house. The old house becomes temporary accommodation for the seasonal farm crew
1913
Annie Stewart dies on January 13. William James Stewart marries Gertrude Lewenden on February 14th
1916
Muriel Joyce Stewart born to William and Gertrude on May 3
1918
Muriel Joyce Stewart born to William and Gertrude on May 3
1918
John Massey Stewart marries Edna Madge Burden
1919
John Massey Stewart dies in the flu epidemic
1920
Kenneth John Stewart born to William and Gertrude on March 24
1926
John Stewart dies
1927
Bunkhouse built for seasonal farm crew
1944
Property sold to Ward family
1984
City of Surrey acquires property and undertakes restoration
1988
Historic Stewart Farm opens to the public
Stewart farm wildlife
swans, geese, ducks, raccoons, wolves, beavers and bears
vegetation
red cedars, sitka spruce, douglas fir, sword ferns and black raspberry
where is stewart farm?
mud bay - nickomekl river
chores of William and John
pumping water, feeding animals, collecting eggs from hens, milking cows
Annie’s chores
cooking, laundry, mending and sewing
John’s responsibility
tending to the crops
Stewart animals
chickens, cows, pigs, horeses, turkeys, dogs - each one had a use - chicken, cows, pigs, turkeys for meat
What crops did john stewart grow? what was their use.
hay, barley, and oats. for the animals
