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    Confederation. William Henry Steeves was born on May 20, 1814, in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, the eldest son born to parents Joseph Steeves and Martha Gross. His...
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  • “Stieff” was later anglicized into “Steeve”, which eventually formed into surnames “Steves” and “Steeves”. The earliest "Steeves" members arrived to Hillsborough...
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  • to an orphanage. According to Steeves, his violent behavior stemmed from sexual abuse beginning in his childhood. Steeves dropped out of school in eighth...
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    Olivia Chow were married in 1988. He is the great-great-great-nephew of William Steeves, a Father of Confederation. In the 2013 CBC Television film Jack, he...
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    councillor in Toronto for Ward 11 University—Rosedale from 2010 until 2022. William Steeves (May 20, 1814 – December 9, 1873) was a merchant, lumberman, politician...
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    Doris Elizabeth (née Steeves), and Progressive Conservative MP Robert Layton. He was the maternal great-grandnephew of William Steeves, a Father of Confederation...
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    his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation)...
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    grandmother, Edith Mary Parker, was a daughter of William Parker and Lucinda Steeves (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation)...
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  • Moncton, New Brunswick, via Chatham, Ontario. Born Manoah Steeves, a second cousin of William Steeves, he dropped the second 'e' en route. The family was the...
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  • prostate cancer. Layton married Doris Elizabeth Steeves, a grand-niece of Father of Confederation William Steeves. Robert Layton had three sons and a daughter...
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