Stephenson Stevenson Genealogy

24 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

2 Frederick William STEVENSON 1867-1943

 

 

m Leah Dingwall JUSTICE 1896

 

 

 

 

 

Frederick William Stevenson was born in Aberdeen, in a granite house which still stands at 36 Spital.  His father was a ship's engineer continually at sea, and Frederick was brought up by his mother and grandmother.  The latter had the reputation of a fearsome lady who would not even allow whistling on a Sunday "Whaur's that whistling on the Sabbath?".

 

Although he was his father's eldest child, he had an older half-brother, George, by his mother's first marriage.  It is said that Fred used to tramp the hills barefoot with a handful of grain as a child.  The family moved house at least twice in Aberdeen, from Spital to Hardgate to Huntly St before moving to London when Frederick was about 10.

 

He entered one of the new teacher's training colleges when he was about 20 and remained a teacher for the rest of his life.  School records exist up to the age of 30 during which time he taught at Byron St School, Poplar.

 

When he was 29, he married another teacher, Leah JUSTICE, who lived nearby. It is said that his father "cut him off" for marrying Leah, and this may be true since he was not mentioned in his father's will, in which his younger sister Dolly was appointed executor.

 

Frederick and Leah moved first to Manor Park where two sons were born (and twins miscarried), and then to East Ham where they lived until retirement.  Their last move was to Leigh on Sea some time in the 1930s.  Fred died of heart failure at the age of 76.

 

He was a man of strong principles, refusing to share a joke about a lunatic: "I never laugh at other people's infirmities.  Good morning." He was tall and had a mild Scottish accent.

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

 

           age

   DATE   FS LJ

 

                       EVENT

16Feb1867     

 2Apr1871  4  

     1875  8  

?    1878 10  

 3Apr1881 14  

c    1888 20  

     1889 22  

26Aug1889 22  

 5Apr1891 24  

 1Oct1891 24  

 1Oct1893 26  

 1Oct1894 27  

 1Oct1895 28  

 2Apr1896 29 24

 7Sep1896 29 24

 1Oct1896 29 24

 1Oct1897 30 25

     1897 30 25

31Mar1901 34 29

 9Oct1901 34 29

20Nov1906 39 34

     1926 59 54

?    1932 65 60

25Dec1933 66 61

?             

12Jul1943 76 71

18Aug1947    75

born at 36 Spital, Old Aberdeen

living with mother & grandmother, step-brother and Wallace children at Hardgate Aberdeen

sister Isabella Mary born at 11 Huntly St, Aberdeen ("Dolly")

moved with parents to London

living with mother & grandmother, step-brother and sisters at 85 Blair St, Poplar

entered St Marks, Chelsea, teachers training college

supply teacher at Stoke Newington High St School

appointed teacher at Byron & Bright St School, salary 95/- (per week? worth £200 in 1991)

living with mother and sister at 373 East India Dock Rd

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 105/- on receipt of parchment (teaching diploma?)

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 115/-

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 120/-

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 125/-

married Leah JUSTICE at Bromley, St.Leonard MDX

absent from school 3 days because of death of mother

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 130/-

teacher at Byron St; salary raised to 135/-

son Ronald George born

living at 6 Park Rd West Ham with wife and son; also sister Ada and a domestic servant

son Roderick William born at 6 Park St, Manor Park

made will; teacher living at 112 Browning Rd, East Ham

son Ronald died

retired from teaching

son Roderick married; Frederick was a retired teacher living at 112 Browning Rd

moved to 27 Marguerite Drive, Leigh-on-Sea

died at Southend Hospital from heart failure

wife Leah died at Southend Hospital

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened       B=Buried

BIRTH

certificate:

 

Frederick William STEVENSON  b16Feb1867 3.40am at 36 Spital, Old Aberdeen vaccinated 25Jul1867

father: George STEVENSON engineer; mother: Isabella STEVENSON nee WALKER formerly MORRISON; informant: George STEVENSON

 

MARRIAGE

certificate:

 

m 2Apr1896 at Bromley St Leonard, London after banns

Frederick William STEVENSON bch age 29 teacher of Bromley & Leah Dingwall JUSTICE spr age 24 of Bromley

f: George Ogilvie STEVENSON, engineer; David JUSTICE, engineer; w: Charles G TRILLO; Isabella STEVENSON

 

DESCENDANTS

 

Ronald George STEVENSON  b 4q1897 registered at West Ham

Ronald G STEVENSON       d 2q1926 registered at West Ham age 28

birth certificate

Roderick William STEVENSON boy b9Oct1901 at 6 Park Rd, West Ham

father: Frederick William STEVENSON, schoolmaster; mother: Leah Dingwall STEVENSON, formerly JUSTICE

r 18Nov1901 by father F W STEVENSON of 6 Park Rd, West Ham at Plaistow, West Ham

 

DEATH

certificates:

 

Frederick William STEVENSON male age 76 [b 1867], schoolmaster retired

d 12Jul1943 at Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford RD of dropsy & cardiac failure

r 12Jul1943 at Rochford ESS by R STEVENSON son, of 33 Ulster Avenue, Shoeburyness, Essex

 

Leah Dingwall STEVENSON female age 76 of 27 Marguerite Drive, Southend-on-Sea, widow of Frederick William STEVENSON, retired schoolmaster

d 18Aug1947 at Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford RD of septicaemia & heart failure

r 20Aug1947 at Rochford ESS by R W STEVENSON son, of 33 Ulster Avenue, Shoeburyness, Essex

 

will:

 

Frederick William STEVENSON, 27 Marguerite Drive, Leigh d 12Jul1943 at Rochford Hospital; estate £655

all to wife: Leah Dingwall STEVENSON.   exec: Roderick MORRISON 2 Shakespeare Crescent, East Ham; wit: Christina MORRISON

s 20Nov1906 F W STEVENSON, teacher, 112 Browning Rd, East Ham; p 1943 by Leah Dingwall STEVENSON

 

CENSUS

1871 Aberdeen, 54 Hardgate, Holburn parish 168b dist20 p25

 

Isabella   STEVENSON   he mar 26  1845                                                    Aberdeen

George     STEVENSON   so     8   1863    scholar                                         Aberdeen

Frederick  STEVENSON   so     4   1867    scholar                                         Aberdeen

Isabella   GRANT       mo wid 51  1820    laundress                                       Aberdeen

John       WALLACE     hb     15  1856    message boy              hb=half-brother        Glasgow

Ann        WALLACE     hs     14  1857    factory worker           hs=half-sister         Glasgow

 

1881 85 Blair St, Bromley St Leonards, Poplar RG11 503 f 113

 

Isabella   STEPHENSON  wi mar 36  1844                                                    Scotland

George     STEPHENSON  so unm 17  1863    seaman, ships apprentice                        Scotland

Frederick  STEPHENSON  so unm 14  1866    scholar                                         Scotland

Isabella M STEPHENSON  da     6   1874    scholar                                         Scotland

Eva M      STEPHENSON  da     1   1879                                                    Bromley MDX

Jane       WALLACE     wm wid 62  1818                             wm=wife's mother       Scotland

 

1891 Poplar, 373 East India Dock Rd, Bromley St Leonards  RG12/328 f 10

 

Isabella    STEVENSON   wi mar 46  1845                                                    Scotland

Frederick W STEVENSON   so     24  1867    teacher, elementary, empd                       Scotland

Isabella    STEVENSON   da     16  1875    teacher, pupil, empd                            Scotland

Eva M       STEVENSON   da     11  1880    scholar                                         Poplar LND

Ada G       STEVENSON   da     9   1882    scholar                                         Poplar LND

 

1901 West Ham, 6 Park Rd   RG13/1569  f 119

 

Frederick W  STEVENSON he mar 34 Board Schoolmaster (assist)             worker       SCT Aberdeen

Leah D       STEVENSON wi mar 29 Board Schoolmistress (assist)    worker       LND St George in the East

Ronald S     STEVENSON so      3                                                West Ham

Ada S        STEVENSON si sin 19 milliner                         worker       Poplar

Violet M     STEVENSON se sin 25 servant domestic                 worker       West Ham

 

next to William DONALDSON he mar 57 agent to hand sewing machine b Scotland; wife Lizzie 48 b Dunstable; family b West Ham, eldest aged 21

[Violet STEVENSON not found in 1881; may be enumerator’s error using ditto for the surname]

 

 

OTHER

school records

 

1)  Teachers Registration Council Certificate

 

Frederick William STEVENSON, registered 1Feb1916, no 13411

address: 112 Browning Rd, East Ham, E6

attainments: Board of Education Certificate

training: St Marks College, Chelsea

experience: assistant master, Hay Currie School, Poplar E, 1889-

 

2)  Byron & Bright St school; ref:Met.Arch:School Board for London minutes

 

10Oct1889 [p645] Appointment of Mr F.W.STEVENSON to Byron & Bright School

                 status A; 95/- from 26Aug1889; on probation for one year (on supply at High St, Stoke Newington School, vice Mr Wilcox)

 

11Feb1892 (p489) Byron & Bright School; Mr F.W.STEVENSON status A, Grade 4, 95/- present to 105/- Grade 5 on 1Oct1891,

                 reason p (= receipt of parchment)

 

3)  Byron St Boys School ref: London School Board Teachers Salary Register, Tower Hamlets Division  (Met Archives SBL1912)

 

   F.W.STEVENSON

Column A      B       C    D           {A Board Minutes}

 25.1.94    1.10.93   S   115          {B Date Commence or Increase}

 28.2.95    1.10.94   S   120          {C Condition of appointment}

30. 1.96    1.10.95   S   125          {D Salary (shillings)}

21. 1.97    1.10.96   S   130  

27  1.98    1.10.97   S   135

 

Record of Absence: 7.9.96 – 9.9.96 3 days due to death of mother

 

 

4)  Woolmore St girls school ref:   London School Board Teachers Salary Register. Tower Hamlets Div. (Met.Archives SBL1913)

 

Miss L JUSTICE (crossed through) Mrs L STEVENSON 4/96

Column A      B       C    D           {A Board Minutes}

 4.10.94    1.4.94    P    90          {B Date Commence or Increase}

30. 7.96    1.4.96    S   100          {C Condition of appointment}

30. 9.97    1.4.97    S   103          {D Salary (shillings)}

 6.10.98    1.4.98    S   106   will leave 9.4.99

 

Record of Absence: haemorrhage 25/4 -27/ 4/98

                               29/4 - 6 /5/98 11 days mc {medical cert}

           measles in family   31/10- 4/11/98  5 days mc

               bronch. catrh   28/11- 2/12/98  5 days mc

               bronch. catrh    9/ 2-17/ 2/99  9 days mc

                   influenza    7/ 3-10/ 3/99  4 days mc

 

5)  Raines School admission register 1906-1932   ref:Met arch    Acc1811/8/7

 

2465 Ronald George STEVENSON admitted 4Sep1909 B 28Oct1897

previous school Kensington Ave, East Ham. fprm III on entry

parent: Frederick Willm , Teacher (LCC) 112 Browning Rd, Manor Park E

promotion: Form V 1913; last day 19Dec1913 to Clark's College

 

2556 Roderick W STEVENSON admitted 18Sep1911 B 9Oct1901 feepaying

previous school Kensington Ave Manor Park; form I on entry

parent Frederick W  schoolmaster, 112 Browning Rd, E.Ham

promoted form III 1913; last attendance 22Dec1915 engr apprentice at Hunt's Ltd, Millwall

 

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