Died
at about age 64
in West Maitland, Maitland City, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
William, born about 1855, was the son of Samuel Stephenson and Alice Sill.[1] He may have been a coal miner living in Hutton Henry, Durham, with his wife Isabella and two children in 1881.[2] Some time before 1887 William travelled to Australia, where Isabella and the family joined him in January 1887. He died there in1919. [3]
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZT-RXF : accessed 9 July 2015), William Stephenson in household of Samuel Stephenson, Easington Lane, Hetton-Le-Hole, Durham, England; from "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 10, folio 57, p. 4, Houghton Le Spring registration district, Hetton-Le-Hole subdistrict, ED 6, household 18, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 847,435.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3RP-BPB : accessed 9 July 2015), William Stephenson, Hutton Henry, Durham, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 45, PRO RG 11/4971 / 79, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 1,342,196.
↑ Death - West Maitland, Maitland City, New South Wales, Australia Find A Grave: Memorial #190729017
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