Joshua STEEVES
CHILDREN: Pg. 148 of teh Salt River book referenced states that they had one daughter which did not come to California with them in 1882.
BIRTH: The birth records of all the children of Joshua and Martha Steeves state that the parents were from New Brunswick, Canada, except for one which states that they were from Halifax, New Brunswick. As Halifax in in Nova Scotia, the informant may have been confused- or they may have been from Nova Scotia. We have left of New Brunswick in the record........Bla 09/11/02
SURNAME: Surname given in record of her son's, Joshua, death record on Pg. 402 of the Humboldt County Abstracts of Death 1926-1935 referenced. Pg. 403 (son's Lemuel's death record has her name spelled Tildard.)
RELATIONSHIP- BOOK- ALONG THE BANKS OF SALT RIVER BY DENIS P.EDELINE Pg 131
OTHER: Middle name Ares comes from marriage record to Frances Lafferty.
OTHER: Middle name is probably Luther as his son uses that middle name in his marriage to Lena Coeur.
I could find no death or remarriage for Lura (Luv) Jane (Steeves) Halwick. Bla 09/11/02
OTHER: This man is called Morton in the Salt River book referenced and Martin in his marriage record. I could find no death record in either the Humboldt County records or Ancestry.com for him.....Bla 09/11/02
He married Martha Jane Gaildart or Gildart Abt 1860 at of New Brunswick, Canada . Martha Jane Gaildart or Gildart was born at of New Brunswick, Canada 9 Jun 1828 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Joshua Steeves
born 6 Dec 1851.
Lemuel Ares Steeves
born 30 Apr 1858.
James L. Steeves
born Abt 1862.
Lura Jane Steeves
born Abt 1867.
Martin or Morton Steeves
born Abt 1870.
Willis Steeves
born 12 Aug 1877.
Martha Jane Gaildart or Gildart died 27 Jun 1905 at Eureka, Humboldt, California .