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Colonel John St. Alban Sewell

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Colonel John St. Alban Sewell Veteran

Birth
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Death
21 Apr 1875 (aged 80–81)
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Q-166
Memorial ID
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Son of Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell and Elizabeth Cornfield. (See http://www.robertsewell.ca/johnstalban.html)

Married in Cork & Ross, Ireland in 1821 to Margaret Hobbs.

Colonel of the Canadian Militia and formerly Captain of HM's 49th Regiment of Foot. (See for more info: http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/military/military6.html)
"Gentleman usher of the Black Rod and postmaster of Quebec" (per son, Delaware's, 1835 baptismal registration.)

Their children together included:
John St. Alban Sewell (Jr), b 1822
Edmund Willoughby Sewell, b 1825
Robert Shore Milnes Sewell, b 1827
Henrietta Elizabeth Story Sewell, born 1829
Margaret Sewell, born 1831
Stephen William Sewell, born 1833
Delaware Sewell, born 1835
Frances Story Sewell, born 1837, married Joshua Thompson in Quebec City in 1883
Son of Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell and Elizabeth Cornfield. (See http://www.robertsewell.ca/johnstalban.html)

Married in Cork & Ross, Ireland in 1821 to Margaret Hobbs.

Colonel of the Canadian Militia and formerly Captain of HM's 49th Regiment of Foot. (See for more info: http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/military/military6.html)
"Gentleman usher of the Black Rod and postmaster of Quebec" (per son, Delaware's, 1835 baptismal registration.)

Their children together included:
John St. Alban Sewell (Jr), b 1822
Edmund Willoughby Sewell, b 1825
Robert Shore Milnes Sewell, b 1827
Henrietta Elizabeth Story Sewell, born 1829
Margaret Sewell, born 1831
Stephen William Sewell, born 1833
Delaware Sewell, born 1835
Frances Story Sewell, born 1837, married Joshua Thompson in Quebec City in 1883


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