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Stevenson Genealogy
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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3 George Ogilvie STEVENSON 1845-1896 |
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m Isabella MORRISON (nee WALKER) 1865 |
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George was born in 1845 in the Euston area of London where his father worked as an organ builder. But his father died of TB the following year and his mother took George and her other children back home to Aberdeen. George became an engineer and married Isabella, a young widow with one child in 1865 when they were both 21. A son Frederick was born the following year, but then George went to sea. From 1868 to 1872 he was based mainly in Bombay sailing on mail ships through the newly opened Suez Canal. In 1872 he sat and passed his second engineers exam at Southampton, and two years later he obtained his first class certificate at London. His wife and son were still in Aberdeen and a daughter Isabel Mary was born there in 1875. From 1874 to 1871, George was sailing regularly between London and the Far East, and around 1878 the family moved to Poplar. Eva Maude was born in 1880 and Ada Gertrude in 1882. In 1881 the family were at Blair Street with Isabella's mother and her son by her first marriage, but by 1891 they were on their own in a new property in East India Dock Rd. After a spell of sailing to the West Indies (1882-1887), George sailed frequently between 1888 to after 1891 from London to Sydney Australia as 2nd engineer on the Wilcannia. At some time after 1895, he became chief engineer on the Echuca, also engaged in sailing to Sydney. Isabella died in 1896 aged 51, and George made his will the following year, leaving everything to his 3 daughters and making his eldest daughter executor; his son Frederick now married, was not mentioned. A rift between them is supposed to have been caused by Frederick’s marriage George died in the London Hospital of Bright's disease (a kidney condition) in 1897 aged 52 |
EVENTS
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age DATE GS IW |
EVENT |
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2Jan1845 23May1846 1 1Dec1848
3 30Mar1851 6
7Apr1861 16 28Dec1865
21 21 16Feb1867
22 22 16May1868
23 23 2Apr1871 26 26 4Oct1872 27 27 7Aug1874 29 29 1875 30 30 ? 1878 33 33 17Mar1880
35 35 3Apr1881 36 36 1882 37 37 28Jun1886
41 41 5Apr1891 46 46 4Sep1896 51 51 11Feb1897
52 52 30Dec1897
52 1868 to 1897 1868-1872 1874-1878 1878-1881 1882-1887 1888-1891 |
George born at 8.30am at 22 Melton Place, St Pancras, London father died of TB at University College Hospital, London George baptised at St John's (Episcopal) Aberdeen scholar at 164 Gallowgate Aberdeen with mother and sister census not found married Isabella at St Pauls (Episcopal) Chapel, Gallowgate, Aberdeen son Frederick William born 3.40am at 36 Spital, Old Aberdeen George began work in Bombay dockyard family living at 54 Hardgate Aberdeen; George at sea George passed second engineer examination at Southampton George passed first engineer examination at London; address 14
Grenville St, Brunswick Square dau Isabella Mary born at 11 Huntly St, Aberdeen moved to London dau Eva Maude born at 85 Blair Street, Poplar, London Isabella at 85 Blair St with children and her mother; George at sea dau Ada Gertrude born, birth registered at Poplar Eva Maude started school; address 427 East India Dock Rd Isabella at 373 East India Dock Rd with children; George at sea Isabella died at 373 East India Dock Rd; death registered by George George made last will George died at London Hospital of Bright's disease; chief engineer of
SS Echuca George was continually at sea; known voyages are as follows: London to Bombay on various mail ships London to India etc on Thibet, Bangalore and Nizam London to East Indies on Nizam, Hydaspes, Ancona London to West Indies on Antilles, Sargasso and Salerno London to Sydney Australia on Wilcannia transferred to Echuca after 1895 |
PRINCIPAL RECORDS
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
BIRTH
certificate:
George STEVENSON boy b2Jan1845 8.30am at
22 Melton Place
father: Alexander STEVENSON organ builder;
mother: Jane STEVENSON nee RONALD
r 6Feb1845 by A STEVENSON of 22 Melton
Place at James Town, St Pancras, MDX
MARRIAGE
certificate:
m 28Dec1865 at St Pauls Chapel, Gallowgate,
Aberdeen after banns according to forms of English Episcopal Church
George Ogilvie STEVENSON bch age 21 engine
fitter journeyman
Isabella MORRISON wid age 21 of 1 Berry
Lane Aberdeen widow of George MORRISON dec railway clerk
fathers: Alexander James STEVENSON dec
organ builder master; John WALKER dec master grocer
mothers: Jane mar nee RONALDS; Isabella nee GRANT; witness: James WYSE; Joseph COUTTS
DESCENDANTS
Frederick William b 16Feb1867 3.40am at 36 Spital, Old
Aberdeen
Isabella Mary b 11Jan1875 11 Huntly
St, Aberdeen; (m Carl THEISS)
Eva Maude b 17Mar1880 at 85 Blair Street
Ada Gertrude b 3q1882
registered at Poplar; (m Edward WRIGHT)
birth certificates
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
Isabella Mary STEVENSON female b11Jan1875
9.30am at 11 Huntly St Aberdeen vaccinated 17Jun1875
fa: George STEVENSON engineer (steam); mo:
Isabella STEVENSON nee WALKER formerly MORRISON, m 28Dec1866, St Nicholas, ABD
r 12Feb1875 by Isabella STEVENSON
Eva Maude STEVENSON girl b17Mar1880 at 85
Blair Street
father: George Ogilvy STEVENSON marine
engineer; mother: Isabella Johanna STEVENSON nee WALKER
r 26Apr1880 by Geo O STEVENSON of 85 Blair Street, Bromley at
Bromley, Poplar, MDX
marriage certificates
m 27Jul1900 at St Matthias, Poplar after
banns
Carl Edward THEISS bch age 27, schoolmaster,
of 34 Brunswick St; Isabell Mary STEVENSON spr age 25, of 27 Woodstock Rd
f: Ister THEIS dec baker; George Ogilvy
STEVENSON deceased engineer; w: Frederick THEIS; Ada Gertrude STEVENSON
m 24Sep1904 at St Matthias, Poplar after
banns
Edward Blowers WRIGHT bch age 26, clerk,
of 29 Dinsdale Rd; Ada Gertrude STEVENSON spr age 22, of 27 Woodstock Rd
f: John Blowers WRIGHT dec police officer;
George Ogilvy STEVENSON deceased engineer;
w: Edwin Thomas JACKSON, Carl Edward
THEIS, Lillian Blanche SAUNDERS, Isabella Mary THEIS
DEATH
certificates:
d 4Sep1896 Isabella STEVENSON at 373 East
India Dock Rd, age 51, wife of George Ogilvy STEVENSON marine engineer, of
carcinoma of lungs
r 5Sep1896 by J STEVENSON of 373 East
India Dock Rd at Bromley, Poplar
George O STEVENSON male age 52 of London,
chief engineer Echuca 95520,
d 30Dec1897 at London Hospital, of Heart
and Bright's disease r Jan1898
will
George Ogilvy STEVENSON of 373 East India
Rd, Poplar MDX marine engineer d 30Dec1897 at London Hospital Whitechapel
effects £355
1st daughter & exec: Isabella Mary
STEVENSON residue
2nd daughter : Eva Maud STEVENSON £30
3rd daughter : Ada Gertrude STEVENSON £30
already arranged as apprentice premium
s 11Feb1897 p 29Jan1898 by Isabella Mary
STEVENSON
witness: Arthur W DEAN, engineer,29 The
Avenue, Wallsend on Tyne; George MCINTYRE, engineer, 12 The Warren, Manor Park,
Essex
no will found of Isabella
CENSUS
1851 164 Gallowgate
Aberdeen (photocopy from AFHS)
Jane
STEVENSON he wid 40 1810
Montrose,
Forfarshire
George
STEVENSON so 5
1845 scholar
England
Rebecca
STEVENSON da 3
1847 scholar England
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 f113
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 f10
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
OTHER
RECORDS
school records
Oban St school; ref:GLRO
EO.div5/OBA A&D/4
a=date arrived; q=date left
Eva Maude
STEVENSON b17Mar1880 a 28Jun1886 q 23Jul1891 grades II-V 88-91
father: George 427 East India
Dock Rd
last
school:Oban St infants; left for Thomas St school
Ada
STEVENSON b21Mar1882 a
24Jun1889 q 20Jul1891 grade I in 1890 father: George Ogilvie
427 East India Dock Rd
last
school: Thomas St
Thomas St Central girls
school; ref:GLRO EO.div5/THO A&D/14 a=date arrived; q=date left
Eva
STEVENSON b17Mar1880 a 24Aug1891 q 1Nov1894 father: George 373 East India Dock Rd
last school: Oban St
Ada
STEVENSON b24Aug1882 a 24Aug1891 q 16Aug1894 bad health; father: George 373 East India Dock Rd
last school: Oban St
marine records
2nd class engineer
application (ref:photocopy from Greenwich)
27Sep1872
George Ogilvy STEVENSON of 49 Oxford Terrace, Southampton, b2Jan1845 London,
applied to be examined at Southampton
statement of
service with name and registration number of ship
Bombay Dockyard 5th 16May868--2Nov868
SS Bengal (London 30709) 5th
3Nov868-17May870
Bombay Dockyard 5th 18May870-22May870
SS Golconda (London 48575) 4th
23May870-15Jul870
SS China (London 27199) 3rd 16Jul870-23Jul870
SS Golconda (London 48575) 3rd
24Jul870-27Apr871
Bombay Dockyard 3rd 28Apr871-24May871
SS Surat (London 54738) 3rd 25May871-13Jul871
SS Tanjore (London 52761) 3rd 14Jul871-17May872
SS Simla (London 13852) 3rd 18May872-14Sep872
Mail
Service in India has been my employment all the time I have been at sea, each
of my Indian discharges are missing or t----
passed
4Oct1872; 2nd class certificate of Competency No.10496 issued at Southampton
8Oct1872
1st class engineer
application (ref: photocopy from Greenwich)
31Jul1874
George Ogilvy STEVENSON of 14 Grenville St, Brunswick Square, London, b2Jan1845
at London; applied to be examined at London
statement
of service with name and registration number of ship
SS Bengal (London 30709) 5th
3Nov868-17May870
SS Golconda (London 48575) 4th
23May870-15Jul870
SS China (London 27199) 3rd 16Jul870-23Jul870
SS Golconda (London 48575) 3rd
24Jul870-27Apr871
SS Surat (London 54738) 3rd 25May871-13Jul871
SS Tanjore (London 52761) 3rd 14Jul871-17May872
SS Simla (London 13952) 3rd 18May872-24Jun873
SS Timsah 2nd 25Jun875-12Jul873
SS Timsah acting chief 13Jul873-30Jun874
passed 7Aug1874;
1st class Certificate of Competency No.10496 issued at Aberdeen 17Aug1874
Lloyds Index
ref:Guildhall Library
voyages
for Bengal, Golconda, China, Surat, Tanjore, Simla, Timsah and Thibet have been
extracted from the index but not looked up in the list:
Engineer’s register ref PRO BT139/7
George
Ogilvy STEVENSON 10496 Born London 1845; 2nd class Southampton 4Oct1872; 1st
class London 7Aug1874 RNR 01-02
[ports are represented by numbers in the
register: 64 London; 90 Southampton etc, not all of these can be interpreted]
Timsah 30 tons, tug, 23Jun73
Southampton-Alexandria
remained on board at Alex. C 20Aug73 port
no.11 [11=Berwick?
C=?]
7Oct74 London-Aden
70628 Thibet
11Mar75 Bombay-London
16Mar75 London-Aden
1Jul75 Bombay-London
28Oct75 London-East.Indied 56802 Bangalore
26Dec75 dis-Bombay
C
24Oct76 [interpretation unknown]
8Aug77 Eng-Venice
68455 Nizam
2Apr78 Venice-London
4Jan78 London-FPS
1Jul78 East.Indies-London
26Aug78 London-East.Indies 65730 Hydaspes
29May79 East Indies-London
8Aug79 London-East Indies
76194 Ancona
18Dec79 East Indies-London
18Dec79 London-East Indies
9Sep80 London-East Indies
7Feb81 East Indies-London
8Feb81 London-East Indies
20May81 East Indies-London
2Sep82 London-West Indies
85073 Antilles
13Nov82 West Indies-London
29Dec82 London-West Indies
27Feb83 West Indies-London
9Mar83 London-West Indies
10Apr83 West Indies-London
29Jun83 London-West Indies 87117 Sargasso
27Aug83 West Indies-London
21Aug83 London-West Indies
22Nov83 West Indies-London
1Dec83 London-West Indies
6Feb84 West Indies-London
26Feb84 London-West Indies
28Apr84 West Indies-London
10May84 London-West Indies
6Jul84 West Indies-London
28Oct84 West Indies-London
12Nov84 London-West Indies
16Jan85 West Indies-London
30Jan85 London-West Indies
6Apr85 West Indies-London
13Apr85 London-West Indies
17Jun85 West Indies-London
12Apr86 London-West Indies 82560 Salerno
21Aug86 West Indies-London
14Oct86 London-West Indies
19Jan87 West Indies-London
3Feb87 London-West Indies
21May87 West Indies-London
1Jun87 London-West Indies
16Sep87 West Indies-London
23Jul88 London-Australia 95440 Wilcannia
no further records found in UK
Crew lists of ships arriving in New South Wales including
Wilcannia listed at http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/
Wilcannia
London
to Sydney arr 22Sep1888 Geo
STEVENSON 2nd engineer age 43
London
to Sydney arr 5Feb1889 G O STEVENSON 2nd engineer age 44
London
to Sydney arr 8Jul1889 G O STEVENSON 2nd engineer b 1845 [age44]
London
to Sydney arr 2Jan1890 G O STEVENSON 2nd engineer age 44
London
to Sydney arr 31May1890 G
O STEVENSON A.B age 44
London
to Sydney arr 13Nov1890 G
O STEVENSON 2nd engineer age 45
Lv’pool
to Sydney arr
19Apr1891 G O STEVENSON 2nd engineer
age 46
via Melbourne
Wilcannia continued to sail to Sydney until at least 1909, but crew lists
later than 1890 have not yet been transcribed at this website
Echuca
The Echuca
also sailed to Sydney during the late 19th C; crew lists for
arrivals in 1894 and 1895 show that Stevenson was not on board
This
suggests that he joined the Echuca not long before his death in Dec1897.
Both
Wilcannia and Echuca are named after towns in Australia, Wilcannia in NSW and
Echuca in Victoria
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