STEPHENS

[bry-l]

Hi Deb,

Found the following on IGI
John 25/12/23, Thomas 26/03/26, Isaac 26/12/32, Ann 23/07/33, Mary 17/09/35, Henry 05/08/37, Samual 19/08/39, Sarah Catherine 12/08/41 & Richard 29/09/45

As you said Barkla seems to be the recognised surname (although it appears local to Cornwall in this period).

Bry

[bry-l]

Deb,

You were right, the father is Nicholas who was a miner. Address appears to be Luay - St. Agnes.

Bry

[deb usa]

Hi Bry

Back again ... something funky happened with my computer ...everything okay now 

I wonder if their address on marriage was 'Quay" ?

i also asked my friends for help on the USA info ... This is what they came up with...

Nicholas Stephens
Date of Arrival~ 12 april 1880
Estimated birth year~ abt 1833
Age ~ 47
male
occupation~ MINER
Port of departure~ Glasgow Scotland; Moville Ireland
Place of origin~ Scotland
Nationality~ Scottish ............................... This is the only thing that is off
ship~ Circassia
Port of Arrival ~ New York

There was also this...
1880 census
Nicholas SteVens
40 years
Nationality~ English
Father~ English
Mother~ English
occ~ works in mine
Status~ married
Home in 1880~ Randolph, Morris, New Jersey

Those were the only two ....
Unfortunately the US 1890 census records were destroyed by fire ..

deb

[Kenbro]

I am a descendant of Nicholas Stevens (Stephens) and Ann Barkla (Barkle). They are my 3rd great grandparents
Their daughter Mary Anne Stevens (1858-1931) married Francis Young (1856-1895) in October 1876.
The family probably moved north to the Lothians to work in the coal mines. Frances was born in Gladsmuir East Lothian.

Perhaps Nicholas was a mining engineer and his skills were sought after abroad?

[bry-l]

Hi Kenbro, Snap, I'm a descendant of Francis & Mary Anne, (I'm a Young)
Nicholas came back to Scotland and eventually died in Midlothian in 1913

[Kenbro]

Hi
Isabella Young (1882), daughter of Francis and Mary Anne, was my great granny. She was married to William John Grant (1882)
One of their sons John Young Grant (1914) was my granddad. My mum was Mary Grant (1940).
And I'm a Kennedy.  Small world. We must be related in some way.

I've been reading about Nicholas Stevens and for some reason I had his death as 1899 so I'm intrigued to find out that he spent time in the US. I've not finished the "chat" yet so I'll return to it tomorrow.
Great to hear from you
Anne

[bry-l]

Kenbro, pm me and I'll give you details on Nicholas's death
Cheers
bry-l

[Kenbro]

  Arghhhhhhhh
Sorry Bry-1 I've tried to pm you and it says you are offline and that you don't exist.
Not my morning so far.
I'm really new to this site so I'm probably doing something wrong, sorry.
I would like to hear about Nicholas Stevens death.
Anne

[Barkle007]

Hi there. Very interesting read.
Ann Barkla (or Barkle) b1833 and married Nicholas Stevens, was my gg Grandfathers sister. His name was Samuel b1939 who sadly who died age 25. Nice meeting you cuzzies!
Craig