BORN IN IRELAND
Records consistently state he is from Ireland. No records yet found to determine when he emigrated to Canada or with who. We also do not know if he went directly to Ontario or how long he had been there before his marriage.
MARRIED IN ONTARIO
To English-born Rebecca Upton on 8 December 1840 in Home District, Ontario. The couple appear to have moved around Simcoe County several times, as indicated by the birthplaces of their children. The family is enumerated in Ontario in the censuses in 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881.
A SHORT TIME IN AMERICA
To Michigan, likely to be near their three children who had settled in Oakland County. Rebecca Stewart’s obituary state that the Stewarts had only been in Michigan for two months when Archibald died of inflammation of the bowels. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery located in Milford, Oakland Co, Michigan.
Children of Archibald L. Stewart and Rebecca Upton
1. Edward George James Stewart (15 Aug 1841 – 14 May 1906)
2. Ann Melissa Stewart (31 Jan 1845 – bef1919)
3. Amanda Matilda Stewart (15 Jan 1848 – 13 Mar 1928)
4. Alexander Thellar Stewart (19 Apr 1849 – 20 Nov 1916)
5. Annabella Lucinda Stewart (30 Nov 1853 – aft1871/bef1897)
6. Rebecca Josephine Stewart (18 Jul 1856 – 14 Aug 1901)
7. Margaret Stewart (1857 – 20 Feb 1890)
8. William Stewart (1859 – ?)
9. Elijah Alonzo Stewart (15 Jun 1861 – 17 Apr 1925)
10. John Watson Stewart (2 Mar 1864 – 22 Apr 1950)
11. Reuben Stewart (17 July 1874 – 1938)