Stephen Miles Edwards

M, b. 11 July 1846, d. 2 February 1930
FatherWilliam Edwards1 b. c 1814
MotherThankful Buck1 d. 17 Mar 1867
Birth*Stephen Miles Edwards was born on 11 July 1846 at Canada West, British North America.2,3,4,5,6,7,1,8  
OccupationHe was a yeoman between 1863 and 1868 at Mitchell, Perth, Canada West, British North America.9,10,11 
Property-SaleHe purchased 167 Waterloo Street, Mitchell, Perth, Canada West, British North America , on 12 March 1863 from James Hill for $150 (one acre of land).9  
Death of MotherHis mother Thankful Buck died on 17 March 1867 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. 
Marriage*Stephen Miles Edwards married Sarah Elizabeth Wills, daughter of Henry Lawrence Wills and Elizabeth Macey, on 14 February 1868 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.12 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 167 Waterloo Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 20 February 1868 to James Porter for $100 (one acre). Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.11  
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 71 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 16 November 1870 to Hannah Kerr for $275. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.13  
OccupationStephen Miles Edwards was a produce and grain dealer between 1871 and 1912 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.2,14,15,3,16,17,4,5,6,18,1 
Census*He appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1871 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.2 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Hulda Edwards was born in March 1872 at Ontario, Canada.3,17 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards purchased 267 Main Street West, Palmerston, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , on 19 January 1874 from William Thompson for $150.14  
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 267 Main Street West, Palmerston, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , on 16 April 1874 to Freeborn Kee for $325. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.19  
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards purchased 182 Montreal Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 24 January 1880 from The Canada Company for £50 ($243.33).15  
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards purchased 178 Montreal Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 24 January 1880 from The Canada Company for £50 ($243.33).15  
Property-Sale*Stephen Miles Edwards purchased 177-179 Ontario Road, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 9 February 1880 from Ann (Small) Mulholland, Adam Mulholland, Mary Jane (Small) Alcock, Edith (Small) Hill, Richard Hill, Emily Ellen (Small) Babb, Thomas Babb and William Thomas Small, heir(s)-at-law of William Small for $1.00. Note: the deed from 1862 (MIT563) incorrectly described the land as "being composed of Lot number two hundred and forty two" whereas it was actually Lot 342. This clerical error was corrected by the respective heirs-at-law of both parties in a deed from 1880 (MIT3562).. Elizabeth Ann Small signed a release permitting the transaction.20  
CensusStephen Miles Edwards appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1881 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.3 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 182 Montreal Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 26 September 1882 to Jane Chowen for $550. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.21  
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards purchased 115 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 8 September 1888 from Abraham Dent and Robert Hodge for $150. Mary Zerujah Dent signed a release permitting the transaction.16  
(Informant) DeathStephen Miles Edwards was listed as an informant on the death certificate of Hulda Edwards on 7 June 1889 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada; "tubercular meningitis."17 
CensusStephen Miles Edwards appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1891 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The household also included Frederick B. Holtby, Clara Mary (Craig) Holtby and Jane M. Boyd.4 
CensusStephen Miles Edwards appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1901 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.5 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 178 Montreal Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 2 April 1901 to Margaret (Johnston) Edwards for $350. Sarah Elizabeth Wills signed a release permitting the transaction.22  
(Witness) MarriageStephen Miles Edwards witnessed the marriage of Walter Francis Edwards and Alice Amelia Mitchell on 5 June 1901 at Logan Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.23 
Occupation*Stephen Miles Edwards was a merchant in 1908 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.24 
Residence*He and Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards lived in 1908 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.24 
CensusStephen Miles Edwards appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1911 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.6 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 183 Ontario Road, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 16 January 1912 to James Kane for $225. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.25  
(Grantor) Property-SaleAmos Nettleton Edwards, Elizabeth Harriett (Weight) Edwards, Stephen Miles Edwards, William Asel Edwards, Samuel Edwards, Walter Francis Edwards, Lillian May Edwards, John Wesley Edwards, Cecil Roy Edwards and Maud Elizabeth (Edwards) Timms, heir(s)-at-law of William Edwards sold 114 John Street (114 Legion Street in 2025), Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 11 March 1912 to George Neal for $150. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards, Caroline Trethewey Susannah (Dungey) Edwards, Margaret (McLaughlin) Edwards, Margaret (Johnston) Edwards and Alice Amelia (Mitchell) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.18  
Property-Sale*Stephen Miles Edwards sold 177-179 Ontario Road, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 8 March 1919 to Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards for "natural love and affection and the sum of one dollar".26  
CensusStephen Miles Edwards appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards on the census of 1921 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The household also included Berthia E. Wills.7 
Property-SaleStephen Miles Edwards sold 115 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 1 May 1924 to Wilfred Ferguson Levy for $1,200. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.27  
Mortgage*Stephen Miles Edwards loaned $700 bearing an annual interest rate of 5-1/2% to Wilfred Ferguson Levy and Vera Viola Levy on 1 May 1924 and received a mortgage of 115 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , as security.28 
Will*Stephen Miles Edwards left a will on 5 December 1929 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada, witnessed by Frank Alexander Campbell and M. Louise Levy. The beneficiaries were Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards, Walter Francis Edwards, Harriett Ellen Melissa (Edwards) Hoar, Edna Edwards, Hulda Pearl (Edwards) Webster, Martha Pearl Edwards, Alice Levenia (Edwards) Riehm, Mabel Irene Riehm, Evelyn Frances Edwards, Gordon Charles Edwards, Walter Mitchell Edwards, Russel Edwards, William Asel Edwards, Clarence Deane Edwards, Lillian May (Edwards) Hallett, Maud Elizabeth (Edwards) Timms, John Wesley Edwards, Cecil Roy Edwards, Berthia E. Wills, Mary Murch Wills, Mabel Effie (Wills) Burgess, Gertrude May (Wills) MacFarlane, Margaret (Johnston) Edwards, Stephen Miles Edwards and William Richard Edwards.29 
Death*Stephen Miles Edwards died on 2 February 1930 of "angina pectoris" at Huron Road, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada, at age 83. The informant listed on the death certificate was Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards.1,8 
Burial*Stephen Miles Edwards was buried on 4 February 1930 at Woodland Cemetery, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.1,8
ProbateHis estate was probated on 29 March 1930 at Surrogate Court, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The executors assigned by the court were Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards and Frank Alexander Campbell. The estate was valued at $7,226.65.30,31 
(DeceasedExecutor) Mortgage-AssignThe loan to Wilfred Ferguson Levy, secured by a mortgage of 115 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , was assigned by Frank Alexander Campbell and Walter Francis Edwards, executor(s) of the estate of Stephen Miles Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards to Mary Murch Wills on 11 May 1934 for $1.00.32 

Family

Sarah Elizabeth Wills b. 26 Feb 1851, d. 8 Jan 1934
Marriage*Stephen Miles Edwards married Sarah Elizabeth Wills, daughter of Henry Lawrence Wills and Elizabeth Macey, on 14 February 1868 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.12 
Child
Last Edited26 May 2025

Citations

  1. [S5764] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Deaths, 1869-, Stephen Edwards registration no. 028824 (2 Feb 1930); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 935, roll 397, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  2. [S5756] 1871 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 29, subdistrict e, division 01, p. 24, dwelling 90, family 90, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-9939.
  3. [S5757] 1881 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 171, subdistrict G, division 1, p. 11, dwelling 46, family 46, Stephan M. Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C_13271.
  4. [S5759] 1891 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 108, subdistrict E, division 2, p. 12, family 59, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-6363.
  5. [S5760] 1901 census of Canada, Perth (South/Sud), Ontario, population schedule, district 105, subdistrict E, division 2, p. 16, dwelling 175, family 179, Stephen M Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-6491.
  6. [S5761] 1911 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 111, subdistrict 31, p. 1, dwelling 8, family 8, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-20393.
  7. [S5762] 1921 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 117, subdistrict 21, p. 13, dwelling 188, family 188, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  8. [S5765] Find a Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 Feb 2025), photograph, memorial # 189723159, gravestone for Stephen M. Edwards (1930), Woodland Cemetery, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario.
  9. [S5821] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT765, southeast corner of Park Lot 23, Plan 339 (1864), James Hill to Stephen Miles Edwards, 12 Mar 1863; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 Feb 2025).
  10. [S5812] Mitchell, Ontario, Quit Claim Deed, instrument no. MIT998, Lot 19, Park Lot 27, Plan 336 (1867), George Hibbert and Mary Hibbert, his wife to Daniel Kerr and Stephen Edwards, 11 Apr 1867; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 12 Feb 2025).
  11. [S5822] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Bargain and Sale, instrument no. MIT1096, southeast corner of Park Lot 23, Plan 339 (1868), Stephen Miles Edwards to James Porter, 20 Feb 1868; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 Feb 2025).
  12. [S4626] "Married," The Mitchell Advocate and General Advertiser, 21 Feb 1868, p. 2, col. 7.
  13. [S5813] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT1411, Lot 19, Park Lot 27, Plan 336 (1870), Stephen Miles Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, his wife to Hannah Kerr, 16 Nov 1870; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 12 Feb 2025).
  14. [S5816] Town of Palmerston, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. WN2055, Lot 3, north side of Main Street and Lot 3 south side of Inkerman Street, Morison Survey of Lot 22, Concession 1, Minto Township (1874), William Thompson to Stephen Miles Edwards, 19 Jan 1874; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "WELLINGTON (LRO 61)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  15. [S5818] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed, instrument no. MIT3306, Lots 320 and 321, Plan 339 (1882), The Canada Company to Stephen Miles Edwards, 24 Jan 1880; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  16. [S5808] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT4160, southern part of the western half of Lot 46 and the northern part of the western half of Lot 63, Plan 339 (1888), Abraham Dent and Robert Hodge to Stephen Miles Edwards, 08 Sep 1888; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 10 Feb 2025).
  17. [S5758] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Deaths, 1869-, Hulda Edwards registration no. 014098 (7 Jun 1889); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 935, roll 55, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  18. [S5815] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT6800, west half of Lot 19, Park Lot 22, Plan 345 (1912), Elizabeth Edwards, Stephen Miles Edwards, Amos Edwards, Asel Edwards, Samuel Edwards, Walter F. Edwards, Lily Edwards, John Edwards, Cecil Edwards and Maud Timms, heirs-at-law of the estate of William Edwards to George Neal, 11 Mar 1912; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  19. [S5817] Town of Palmerston, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. WN2188, Lot 3, north side of Main Street and Lot 3 south side of Inkerman Street, Morison Survey of Lot 22, Concession 1, Minto Township (1874), Stephen Miles Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, his wife to Freeborn Kee, 16 Apr 1874; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "WELLINGTON (LRO 61)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  20. [S5804] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed, instrument no. MIT3562, Lot 342 and rear 20 feet of Lot 320, Plan 339 (1884), Ann Mulholland and Adam Mulholland, her husband; Mary Jane Alcock; Edith Hill and Richard Hill, her husband; Emily Ellen Babb and Thomas Babb, her husband and William Thomas Small, heir(s)-at-law of William Small to Stephen Miles Edwards, 09 Feb 1880; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 10 Feb 2025).
  21. [S5819] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT3307, Lot 321, Plan 339 (1882), Stephen Miles Edwards to Jane Chowen, 26 Sep 1882; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  22. [S5820] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT5633, Lot 320, Plan 339 (1901), Stephen Miles Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, his wife to Margaret Edwards, 02 Apr 1901; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 Feb 2025).
  23. [S5781] Ontario marriage registrations, 5 Jun 1901, no. 013874, Walter Francis Edwards and Alice Amelia Mitchell; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 5 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 105, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  24. [S4670] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT6463, Lot 1, Park Lot No. 21 (west half) (1908), William G. Wills, Sarah E. Edwards and Bertha Wills, heirs-at-law of Henry Lawrence Wills to Martha Ida Gummow, 30 Oct 1908; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 19 May 2024).
  25. [S5807] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT6770, Lot 343, Plan 339 (1912), Stephen Miles Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, his wife to James Kane, 16 Jan 1912; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 10 Feb 2025).
  26. [S5803] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT7466, Lot 342 and rear 20 feet of Lot 320, Plan 339 (1919), Stephen Miles Edwards to Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, his wife, 08 Mar 1919; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 10 Feb 2025).
  27. [S5809] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT8143, southern part of the western half of Lot 46 and the northern part of the western half of Lot 63, Plan 339 (1924), Stephen Miles Edwards to Wilfred Ferguson Levy, 01 May 1924; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 11 Feb 2025).
  28. [S5810] Mitchell, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. MIT8144, southern part of the western half of Lot 46 and the northern part of the western half of Lot 63, Plan 339 (1924), Wilfred Ferguson Levy and Vera Viola Levy, his wife to Stephen Miles Edwards, 01 May 1924; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 11 Feb 2025).
  29. [S5772] Ontario marriage registrations, 21 May 1878, no. 004060, Henry Hoar and H E Malissa Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 27, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  30. [S5768] Perth County Surrogate Court, "Estate files, 10129-10207 1930," loose bundle of 34 pages, estate file no. 10,138, Stephen Miles Edwards, probate granted 29 Mar 1930; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3MH-LVXZ : accessed 03 Feb 2025), images 315-350 of 2977; citing FHL digital film 008444707 of original records in the Archives of Ontario.
  31. [S5801] Surrogate Court of the County of Perth, "Register 7 (v. 22) 1929-1931," unpaginated, entry no. 52-1930, Stephen Miles Edwards, Letters Probate granted 29 Mar 1930; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/… : accessed 09 Feb 2025), images 252-254 of 1159; citing FHL digital film 008485617 of original records in the Archives of Ontario.
  32. [S5811] Mitchell, Ontario, Assignment of Mortgage, instrument no. MIT8769, southern part of the western half of Lot 46 and the northern part of the western half of Lot 63, Plan 339 (1934), Frank Alexander Campbell and Walter F. Edwards, executors of the estate of Sarah Elizabeth Edwards to Mary Wills, 11 May 1934; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 11 Feb 2025).