Arthur William Miles Stephens (1869)

Born 1869 in Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Freeman) Stephens — married 1908 in Gloucester

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Biography

Arthur was the son of George and Sarah Ann (Miles) Stephens. He was born in May 1869; his birth was registered at Monmouth in the 2nd Quarter 1879.(1)

At the time of the 1891 census he was living with his mother and siblings in Gloucester at 7 Ladywellgate Street, St Mary de Crypt, and working at the docks as a labourer.(2) The 1901 census shows him still living at home and now working as a bricklayer.(3)

Arthur (along with his brothers, Jimmy and Sidney; son, Eric James 'Dick' Stephens; and nephew, Eric James 'Jim' Henry Stephens) was part of the Stephens rugby dynasty, playing for Gloucester 1st XV on 144 occasions. (4)

Arthur married Elizabeth Freeman in Gloucester in 1908.

Sources

1) Forest of Dean Family History Trust' (www.forest-of-dean.net) Parish Records; ID 10428, Entry Number 2273: Reg ref: p93 IN 1/6 p. 38: Coleford

2) England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W13S-FMM : 15 October 2015), Walter H Stephens in household of Sarah A Stephens, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Gloucestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

3) "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSD1-XVY : 29 August 2015), Arthur Stephens in household of Sarah A Stephens, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing South Hamlet subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

4) Malc King,' Jimmy "Jummer" Stephens", Gloucester Rugby Heritage (www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk/page_id_762.aspx)

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DX5-Y5K : 13 December 2014), Arthur William M Stephens, 1908; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1908, quarter 1, vol. 6A, p. 451, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.