George Robert Stevenson (1815 - 1908)

Born 1815 in Kenton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Anna Maria Denham (Cookes) Stevenson — married 14 Feb 1842 in Saint James The Apostle Church, Dover, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 1908 at about age 93 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Biography

George Stevenson was born in Devon, England.

George was born in 1815. His parents were John and Eliza Stevenson. He was christened on 11 October 1815 at Kenton, Devon. ^[1]

George married Anna Maria Denham Cookes, daughter of Charles Burnell Cookes, on 14 February 1842 at Saint James The Apostle Church, Dover, Kent.^[2]

In 1851 George and his wife Anna Maria lived at Hawkhurst, Kent. Their children i were Anna, (6), George (5), Marianne (4), Florence (3), and Montagu (2) and Caroline (0). The birth places of family members show that they had lived mainly in in the south west of England, but that 3 year old Florence, had been born in Italy, and their youngest child, Caroline in Kent. The family also had a visitor when the census was taken. She was Marie Rufenacht (27) who had been born in Italy. The family had four servants, Sarah Durward, Elizabeth Durward, Frances Selby and Ellen Butcher. ^[3]

In 1881 George and Anna Maria and their son Montague C T, Stevenson, a Wine Merchant, lived at 20, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London their daughter Caroline and her husband George and their three children, George (4), Violet (3) and Arthur (0). The family's four servants were Elizabeth Johnston (Domestic Servant and Nurse), Annie Johnstone (Domestic Servant and Nurse), Rhoda Clement (Cook) and Jane Fielder (Housemaid).^[4]

George passed away in 1808, age 91.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N543-NL4 : 24 March 2020), George Robert Stevenson, 1815.
2. ↑ "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNN-Y1BV : 18 April 2019), George Robert Stevenson, 14 Feb 1842; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Marriage, Dover St James the Apostle, Kent, England, United Kingdom, page 64, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGL7-GBL : 9 November 2019), George Stevenson, Hawkhurst, Kent, England; citing Hawkhurst, Kent, England, p. 24, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-HZNQ : 10 December 2017), George R Stevenson in household of George W Addison, Chelsea, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 48, Piece/Folio 81/39, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,331.
5. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office Online index : accessed 17 May 2020, database entry for STEVENSON, GEORGE ROBERT (age at death 91) GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in BATH Volume 05C Page 416