Shears, Benjamin was born in Nov 1860 in Harbour La Cou, Petites, Newfoundland, Canada; was christened on 10 Feb 1861 in Harbour Le Cou, Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland, Canada; died on 12 May 1927 in Rocky Harbour, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, Canada; was buried in May 1927 in Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada.