Timeline By Event Description Flashcards
John Stewart born on the Island of Arran, Scotland
1843
Annie Davidson born on July 15 in Huntingdon, Quebec
1852
Stewart Family moves to Quebec. John and two brothers Donald/Finlay of his head off to California to work in the Redwood Forest
1860s
John Stewart returns to Canada and purchases a quarter section of land from Samuel Hardy
1880
Annie Davidson moves to BC
1882
John Stewart marries Anne Jane Davidson (“Annie”) on October 9
1884
William James Stewart is born on October 7
1885
John Massey Stewart is born on July 18
1890
Two-story Victorian-style farmhouse constructed to replace the old house. The old house becomes temporary accommodation for the seasonal farm crew
1894
Annie Stewart dies on January 13. William James Stewart marries Gertrude Lewenden on February 14th
1913
Muriel Joyce Stewart born to William and Gertrude on May 3
1916
Muriel Joyce Stewart born to William and Gertrude on May 3
1918
John Massey Stewart marries Edna Madge Burden
1918
John Massey Stewart dies in the flu epidemic
1919
Kenneth John Stewart born to William and Gertrude on March 24
1920
John Stewart dies
1926
Bunkhouse built for seasonal farm crew
1927
Property sold to Ward family
1944
William James Stewart dies
1962
City of Surrey acquires property and undertakes restoration
1984
Historic Stewart Farm opens to the public
1988
swans, geese, ducks, raccoons, wolves, beavers and bears
Stewart farm wildlife
red cedars, sitka spruce, douglas fir, sword ferns and black raspberry
vegetation
mud bay - nickomekl river
where is stewart farm?
pumping water, feeding animals, collecting eggs from hens, milking cows
chores of William and John
cooking, laundry, mending and sewing
Annie’s chores
tending to the crops
John’s responsibility
chickens, cows, pigs, horeses, turkeys, dogs - each one had a use - chicken, cows, pigs, turkeys for meat
Stewart animals
hay, barley, and oats. for the animals
What crops did john stewart grow? what was their use.
