1. Dr. George Major Stephenson was born in England. He died in Burin, NF.
Note: From a series of letters written by (Mary) Ellen Morris (living in St. John’s Newfoundland) circa 1927 to Mary (Casement) Furlong wife to Harold Albert Furlong:
The Stephenson family in Newfoundland date back to 1804, as in that year Dr. George Major Stephenson was appointed Governor Magistrate at Burin. He came here as a Doctor in a Ship of War. He died and is buried in Burin. After [h]is death his family left here, except one son, John, Grandfather of Harold. He was for many years Sheriff of the Southern District Court and I will [well ?] remember him as one of the old school perfect gentlemen. A brother of Sheriff Stephenson was a Doctor William Stephenson. He went through the Crimean War and was a Surgeon to the forces at Chatham, England. Later he practiced at Rochester, Kent, England.
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Excerpt from an Address by Doctor L. Keegan, President of the Newfoundland Medical Society at the opening of its second annual convention of Monday, July 13, 1925.
Even before Carson's arrival in the country, Burin is found looking after her sick, under the direction of Stephenson. He was there in 1804 and I find that his Commission as Justice of the Peace is dated 1805. Stephenson was an ex-naval doctor, when he decided to settle in Burin. He brought his family out from England so he must have been middle aged at that time. He was an excellent doctor and a very accomplished man, being a great musician. Practising with Stephenson was an Irishman called Row, who was also an ex-naval doctor.
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Newfoundland Ancestor - Volume 8, No. 3 - Pages 99 -112: Article entitled EARLY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 1663-1900 by John F. O'Mara.
Stephenson: Born England. Ex-Naval doctor. At Burin 1804; J.P. 1805
He had the following children:
+ 2 M i Sheriff John Joseph Stephenson + 3 M ii Dr. William Stephenson