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Ernest Deforest Stevens

Ernest Deforest Stevens

Male 1876 - 1973  (96 years)


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  • Name Ernest Deforest Stevens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Birth 1 Jul 1876  Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jan 1973  Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 14, 15] 
    Burial 30 Jan 1973  Orwell, Oswego, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 15] 
    Person ID I72496  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father John Marvin Stevens,   b. 27 Jan 1837, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1914, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Esther Amy Stowell,   b. 9 Jul 1843, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1932, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1859  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Grace Flora Anderson,   b. 1884, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1915, Marshall, Oneida County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1905  Sandy Creek,Oswego,New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Donald Randolph Stevens,   b. 4 Jun 1907, Marshall, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1986, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. George Stevens,   b. 24 Feb 1909, Marshall, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1989 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Orville Anderson Stevens,   b. 9 Jul 1910, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1960, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Albert Marvin Stevens,   b. 4 Mar 1912, Marshall, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1996, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Floyd Stevens,   b. 15 Dec 1913, Waterville, Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1981, At his home Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Hazel Mae Simser,   b. 9 Feb 1898, Lisbon, St Lawrence, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1970, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1931  Lisbon, St Lawrence, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Edwin Stevens  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Ernest Edwin Stevens,   b. 17 Jun 1932, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 2006, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Harriet Edna Stevens,   b. 28 Mar 1934, Orwell, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 2019 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Amy Stevens
     5. Esther Amy Stevens
    Family ID F24266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Ernest DeForest Stevens - July 1, 1876 - January 27, 1973. Son of John Marvin and Esther Amy Stowell Stevens. Husband of Grace Flora Anderson Stevens (married November 12, 1905 at Sandy Creek, New York) & Hazel Mae Simser Burrows Stevens (married August 16, 1931 at Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York.)
      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, January 31, 1973 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Ernest D. Stevens, 96, Passes Away January 27 - Ernest D. Stevens, 96, of Orwell died January 27, Saturday afternoon in the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown shortly after being admitted. He was born July 1, 1876, in the Town of Orwell, the son of John and Amy (Stowell) Stevens. He attended the Orwell District Schools. He was married to Grace Anderson in 1905. She died January 17, 1950. He was later married to Hazel Simser. She died January 2, 1970. Stevens farmed for many years in the Waterville area. He later returned to Orwell where he was employed by the New York Central Railroad until 1950 when he retired. He is survived by five sons, Donald of Richland, George of Lacona, Albert of Desert Hot Springs, California, Floyd of Pulaski, and earnest of Orwell; two daughters, Harriet E. Hilton of Orwell and Amy Stevens of Salt Lake City, Utah; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Eva Mae Holley of Parish and Mrs. Mary Jane Ferro of Fulton, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The funeral was 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 30 at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home with the Rev. Greenfield, pastor of the Orwell Union Church officiating. Spring burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell.

  • Sources 
    1. [S808] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Ernest DeForest Stevens
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=18010816648&indiv=try

    2. [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
      Record for Donald Stevens

    3. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 March 2019, 02:14), entry for Ernest Deforest Stevens(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCFW-VQP); contributed by various users. PersonID LCFW-VQP.
      Ernest Deforest Stevens

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      Ernest Stevens in entry for Orville A Stevens, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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      Ernest B Stevens in entry for Donald Rodolph Stevens, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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      Ernest Stevens in household of John M Stevens, "New York State Census, 1905"

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      Ernest Stevens, "United States Census, 1920"

    9. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZX1-28B : 8 September 2017), Ernest D Stevens in entry for John M Stevens, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 243, sheet 277C, NARA microfi.
      Ernest D Stevens in household of John M Stevens, "United States Census, 1880"

    10. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6JK-CNL : 13 March 2018), Ernest Deforest Stevens, 1917-1918; citing Oneida County no 3, New York, United.
      Ernest Deforest Stevens, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

    11. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4T7-5TB : accessed 1 April 2019), Ernest D Stevens, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 2A.
      Ernest D Stevens, "United States Census, 1930"

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      Earnest D Stevens, "United States Census, 1910"

    13. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3BX-LS8 : 15 March 2018), Ernest Stevens, Orwell, Orwell Town, Oswego, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-33, sheet.
      Ernest Stevens, "United States Census, 1940"

    14. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKLW-QYZ : 20 May 2014), Ernest Stevens, Jan 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexand.
      Ernest Stevens, "United States Social Security Death Index"

    15. [S1071] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-VC7T : 13 December 2015), Ernest Deforest Stevens, 1973; Burial, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 285.
      Ernest Deforest Stevens, "Find A Grave Index"

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      Ernest Stevens in entry for Mr George D Stevens, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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      Ernest Stevens in entry for Ernest Or Topper Stevens, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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      Ernest D Stevens, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"