William Robert Jefferson1

M, b. 21 April 1860, d. 29 June 1939
FatherJohn Keddy Jefferson1 b. Dec 1831
MotherMary Nixon1 b. 29 Jun 1834
Birth*William Robert Jefferson was born on 21 April 1860 at Perth, Canada West, British North America.1,2,3  
Occupation*He was a farmer in 1881 at Hibbert Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.1 
(Member of household) CensusHe appeared on the census of 1881 as a member of the household of John Keddy Jefferson at Hibbert Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.1 
Marriage*William Robert Jefferson married Matilda Drummond on 5 December 1883 at Westbourne, Westbourne Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada.4 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Melissa Isabella Jefferson was born on 5 April 1885 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.5 
Birth of SonHis son Evered John Jefferson was born on 8 October 1886 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.6 
Death of SonHis son Evered John Jefferson died on 7 November 1886 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.7 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Lyma Matilda Jefferson was born on 30 May 1889 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.8 
Death of DaughterHis daughter Lyma Matilda Jefferson died on 19 July 1889 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.9 
Birth of SonHis son Keddy Alexander Jefferson was born on 11 May 1890 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.10 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Bernice Alberta Jefferson was born on 29 July 1892 at Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.11 
Birth of SonHis son Arnold William Jefferson was born on 16 September 1894 at Section 24, Township 7, Range 4, West of the 2nd Meridian, Assiniboia, Northwest Territories, Canada.12 
Death of SpouseHis wife Matilda (Drummond) Jefferson died in 1928. 
(Beneficiary) WillWilliam Robert Jefferson was listed as a beneficiary in the will of John Cyrus Jefferson dated 15 November 1928 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada, and was bequeathed $1000.13 
Residence*William Robert Jefferson lived between 1932 and 1939 at 1737 13th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.13,14,2,3 
(Informant) DeathHe was listed as an informant on the death certificate of Albert Edward Jefferson on 3 January 1933 at Creston Valley Hospital, Creston, British Columbia, Canada; "lobar pneumonia due to influenza."14 
Death*William Robert Jefferson died on 29 June 1939 of "intestinal haemorrhage due to duodenal ulcer due to advanced arteriosclerosis" in the General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at age 79. The informant listed on the death certificate was Keddy Alexander Jefferson.2,3
Burial*William Robert Jefferson was buried in July 1939 at Lot 4, Block 7, Section E, Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.2,15 

Family

Matilda Drummond d. 1928
Marriage*He married Matilda Drummond on 5 December 1883 at Westbourne, Westbourne Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada.4 
Children
Last Edited4 Apr 2025

Citations

  1. [S5945] 1881 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 171, subdistrict C, division 1, p. 18, family 75, John Jefferson household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 9 Mar 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C_13270.
  2. [S5946] Alberta Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 201-482 (1939), William Robert Jefferson; Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton.
  3. [S5947] "Long Illness Fatal to W. R. Jefferson," The Calgary Herald, 30 Jun 1939, p. 2, col. 6; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 09 Mar 2025).
  4. [S5948] Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch, Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records, database (https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php : accessed 9 Mar 2025), marriage registration no. 1883-002018, WM ROBERT JEFFERSON and MATILDA DRUMMOND, 5 Dec 1883.
  5. [S5949] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 2303, Melissa Isabella Jefferson, 5 Apr 1885.
  6. [S5954] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 2300, Everd John Jefferson, 8 Oct 1886.
  7. [S5956] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), death registration no. 2728, Ereck John Jefferson, 7 Nov 1886.
  8. [S5950] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 2304, Lyma Matilda Jefferson, 30 May 1889.
  9. [S5955] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), death registration no. 2729, Lyma Matilda Jefferson, 19 Jul 1889.
  10. [S5951] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 2301, Reddy Alexander Jefferson, 11 May 1890.
  11. [S5952] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 2302, Bernice Alberta Jefferson, 29 Jul 1892.
  12. [S5953] EHealth Saskatchewan, Genealogy Index Searches, database (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2025), birth registration no. 13464, Arnold William Jefferson, 16 Sep 1894.
  13. [S5993] Surrogate Court of the County of Perth, "John C. Jefferson Estate File," no. 10613, bundle of 34 loose papers, Letters Probate issued 26 Apr 1932; Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  14. [S5960] British Columbia - Division of Vital Statistics, Death Registrations, Albert Edward Jefferson, registration no. 1933-09-476510 (3 Jan 1933); digital image, BC Archives - Genealogy - General Search (https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy : accessed 10 Mar 2025); citing BC Archive Mfilm Number B13146, BC Archives, Victoria.
  15. [S5957] City of Calgary, City Owned Cemeteries, database (https://maps.calgary.ca/Cemeteries/ : accessed 10 Mar 2025), Burnsland Cemetery, Lot 4, Block 7, Section E, William E Jefferson, buried Jul 1939.