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Shears, Benjamin

Male Bef 1861 - 1929  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Shears, Benjamin  [1, 2]
    Birth Bef 10 Feb 1861  Harbour Le Cou, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Christening 10 Feb 1861  Rose Blanche, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Burial 1929  St. Matthews Anglican Cemetery, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Death 15 May 1929  Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID I4947  Loder
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2026

    Father Shears, Jonas,   b. Abt 1836, Harbour Le Cou, Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1909, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Buffett, Harriet,   b. 17 Dec 1837, Bonne Bay , Hermitage Bay District, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1874, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Marriage 6 May 1858  Burgeo, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F1594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Parsons, Elizabeth,   b. 1864, Rose Blanche, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1915, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Marriage 13 Dec 1883  Rocky Harbour, St Barbe, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Shears, Harriet Lavinia Maud   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Shears, George Gordon   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Shears, Ella Alexandra   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Shears, Walter Nathan   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Shears, Jonas Hayward   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Shears, Mary Edith   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Shears, James Ernest   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Shears, Meshack Parsons   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Shears, John M.,   b. 20 Sep 1884, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, St Barbe Dist. Newfoundland and Labrabdor, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1963, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, St Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     10. Shears, Benjamin Wilson,   b. 8 Jan 1894, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, St Barbe, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1897, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, St Barbe Dist, Newfoundland. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     11. Shears, Harold Clyde,   b. 28 Dec 1907, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1973, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     12. Shears,   b. Bef 8 Apr 1915, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1915, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2026

    Family 2 Clarke, Selina,   b. 18 Jun 1875, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1952, Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
      Other partners: Oates, Willam , Parsons 
    Marriage Abt 1917  Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Oates, Lydia,   b. Nov 1905   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Shears, Effie Maude,   b. 1912   d. 1978, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Shears, Willis Clarke,   b. 23 Dec 1918, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 2004, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F13261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Feb 2018), entry for Harriet Buffett, person ID KJC2-GSP. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S122] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Oct 2026), entry for Harold Clyde Shears, person ID LZP1-2W1. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S122] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Oct 2026), entry for Benjamin Shears, person ID KJC2-GHM. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S122] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 23 Feb 2018), entry for Elizabeth Parsons, person ID KNBS-VP2. (Reliability: 3).


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