Stephen was born about 1841. He is the son of Samuel Axe and Sarah Unknown.[1]
By 1871, he was living with his wife Sarah, both working as agricultural labourers, at 4 The Hill, Coker, East Chinnock. He had three children, Demas aged 6, Sarah A aged 4 and Albert W aged 2.[2]
The 1891 Census shows the family living in new buildings at Yeovil, with he and Sarah still working as agricultural labourers. They had 7 children living with them: Thomas aged 18 (a miller), Elizabeth aged 16 (glover), Ellen aged 14 (Nurse), Frances E aged 12 (nurse), John aged 10, Samuel aged 8 and Walter aged 5. The younger three boys were noted to be scholars.[3]
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