Henry Stevens

Date	Event	Source
1815 / 1816	Born in Wiltshire: either Devizes (1871) or Bishop Cannings (1861). All these places (Devizes, Bishops & All Cannings are very close together). There is an IGI for a Henry Stephens born 4 Jun 1815, son of Richard Stephens and Mary at All Cannings, Wiltshire.	Census
1841	Not found :o(	1841 Census
1851	Not found. :o(	1851 Census
1833 - 1853	Married Eliza. According to the 1861 Census, he was 12 years older than her. There is a marriage in Romford Essex Dec 1852 of Henry Stevens to Eliza Howell (4a 107). There are also a couple of weddings in Wiltshire with no refs to check.	FreeBMD
1853	Daughter Elizabeth born in Poplar	1861 Census
1856	Daughter Alice born (in Sheerness? 1871 Census)
1858	Son Henry born in Poplar (1871 census) or Ilford (1861 census)
1860	Daughter Susan born in Stepney.	1881 Census
1861	At 4 Mary St, Stepney, Mile End Old Town: Henry (46, a watchman in WJ? Dukes?, born Bishops Cannings Wiltshire), Eliza (34), Elizabeth (8 Poplar), Alice (5 Chatpam Kent), Henry (3, Ilford), Susan (1, Sheerness). Census person got the lines wrong so birth info skewiff.	1861 Census
	Wife Eliza died. An Eliza Stevens dies in Mile End Old Town in Jun 1863. This may have been her?
1871	Aged 55, widower, born Devizes Wiltshire. He was a watchman. Living with Alice (15, b. Sheerness), Harry (13, born Poplar) = a butchers assistant and Susan (11, born Stepney). Living in Mile End Old Town, Tower Hamlets (2 Ocean Street?)	1871 Census
13 May 1879	Daughter Susan married: Thomas Jones at the Parish Church, Bethnal Green. Henry Stevens cited as a labourer. Possibly living at 7 White Street.	Certificate
1881	Was he dead? Not found. ALTHOUGH there is a Henry Stevens, born 1817 "Willshire, Eng" living at Sterling, Macomb, Michigan as a married farmer in the American 1881 Census..... 5 year old daughter Harriet and Canadian wife Henrietta (45).	1881 Census

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