Census (1881) 1881 aged 42
Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada(now Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Recorded as a widower, aged 72, in the household of his daughter Elizabeth (Eliza) Ferguson and her husband James Henderson. Stephen's entry carries no new dwelling/family number after the Henderson household (127/127), indicating he boarded with them rather than keeping a separate household.