Sometime around 1926 the compulsory attendance age was lifted from 12 to 14 years.[1]
The Catholic School had 94 students in 1927 and 129 in 1928.[2][3]
In The Handbook of British Honduras 1888-89 it is stated that H. J. Marchand was appointed as Deputy Registrar for San Estevan in 1887.[4]
Spelled as San Estavan in the 1980 census, likely a spelling error.[5]
In 1949 the police force consisted of 1 officer, and then in 1950 a new one man police substation was erected.[6]
in 1854 Father Antonio Ayerve had built a church at San Estevan, and on the eve of Palm Sunday, when everything was ready for the opening, a fire broke out in a house adjacent to the church and in a few hours the building was entirely destroyed. Thus the good Father was left without a church and without resources.[7]
In 1928 San Estevan was transferred to Orange Walk Town and the Mission of Caledonia was transferred to Corozal Town.
St. Stephen's Church In 1900, Father Rigge had a small naphtha launch and used it to serve small settlements along the Río Hondo.[8]
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