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I found an obituary exists for Hanover Stevenson in Historical Obituaries ie
http://www.genealogybank.com . You would need to register and there may be charges
Quote Gaffy ‘ Hanover was the son of Robert and Mary Stephenson, he was baptised in Clough Presbyterian Church, County Down, in 1824. That date is about 6 years or more earlier than what he admits to census etc ‘ Clough is in Loughinisland civil parish. More modern Census used districts rather than parishes. Clough itself is less than a mile away from Cloughram townland in the civil parish of Kilmegan. Cloughram has a connection with Elizabeth Stevenson b 1828 a widow farmer with family, and ten years later is joined by a John [her son?] with family nearby son see 1901 and 1911 census They are Church of Ireland . This townland has the famous Mount Panther house. However I could find no trace of earlier Stephenson/Stevenson in the Tithes Applotment books or Griffiths valuation under Kilmegan One of the prior owners may have kept records
Church records exist for Clough Presbyterian Church:- Ros Davies website lists for ’Clough 1st Presbyterian Records; Linenhall Library, Belfast has records 1791-1934) -personal visits only; graveyard attached, gravestone inscriptions available UHF Vol 9; email me Ros Davies for a gravestone look-up ‘.The originals records 1791-1837 are held by Clough Non Subscribing or 2nd Presbyterian Church on Castlewellan Rd and copied by R Blackwood and this is in the Linenhall Library. That source might reveal more about Stepheson/Stevenson relatives
The below information gleaned from yourselves and
http://www.ancestryireland.com www.familysearch.com,
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/ 1. John Stevenson [bbb 1810] named as father of Robert
children
1.1. Robert Stevenson [bbb 1835.] Down regd. Downpatrick; son of John Stevenson ; married Mary Harton 21 Jun 1851 CR
Miss Mary HARTON Down regd. Downpatrick; daughter of Robert Harton ; married Robert Stevenson 21 Jun 1851CR {Notes Harten Harton scarce name existed in Killyleagh, Magheradrool, Magherally.}
children no proof of connection
1.1.1 Hanover Stevenson b~1830- . Down regd. Downpatrick; son of Robert Stevenson; married Margaret Keown 15 Sep 1851 CR
https://www.emeraldancestors.com has buy credit s normally Hanover at 74 was a a nightwatchman in the city
Miss Margaret Keown .Down regd. Downpatrick; daughter of John Keown ; married Hanover Stevenson 15 Sep 1851 CR Small database of Keown on Ros davies website.
children 7 children born, 3 living in 1910 see USA Census detail
1.1.1. John Stevenson Christening Date 15 Feb 1852 Christening Place Downpatrick, Down, Ireland what happened to John in the USA. I couldn’t identify him after 1880 usacensus
1.1.2. Maria Stevenson b 1859 Ireland see 1878 immmigration list , aged 19, did she move away, marry or die in USA between 1878 and 1880.??
1.1.3. Margaret Stevenson no location b Dec 1862 lived with parents eg age 47 in 1910 Hanover now 85, Margaret migrated or arrived recheck 17 Oct1873 via Glasgow and Movill was a dressmaker
1.1.4. Robert Stevenson b 1866 d. 20 Dec 1898 Roberts birth transcribed as Robert Steevens 17 Mar 1866 Downpatrick father Hanover Steevens lived at 7 Armstrong St. Boston, Massachusetts -married –a shoemaker- no details found of a wife and children if any.
three further unnamed children were born to Hanover & Margaret and , possibly buried Ireland and so might be in Clough Presbtyerian Ist or 2nd or even buried in the Church of Ireland. source the 1910 USA census details.
Hanover Stevenson family emigration from Co Down has insufficient dates and information.
Pre 1873 No information yet found, One would have expected Hanover to have gone first, with or without his eldest son John
1873 Margaret aged 45 and daughter Margaret Stevenson aged 11 emmigrate in 1873 Margaret is described as a Matron.
1875 The family are all together see ‘ gaffy ‘ New York State Census, 1875 . This census is all handwritten by the same enumerator
Anover Stevens b~1830 Ward 07 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States naturalised and owner of Land ticked The later address was Ward 12
Anover Stevens labourer M 45 ie b~ 1830 could be Hanover Stevenson/Stephenson
Margret Stevens Wife F 45 ie b~ 1830 could be
John Stevens Son carpenter M 22 ie b~ 1853 could be
Mary Stevens Daughter F 19 ie b~ 1856 has Monroe birth Mary, Maria? or both
Margret Stevens Daughter F 16 ie b~ 1859 has Monroe continued
Robert Stevens Son M 9 ie b~ 1866 has Monroe continued
1878. Part of the family emmigrates
Hanover Stevenson Immigration 1878 New York City, New York, United States Male 45 1833 Ireland Pennsylvania
John Stevenson Immigration 1878 New York City, New York, United States Male 21 1857 Ireland Pennsylvania
Maria Stevenson Immigration 1878 New York City, New York, United States Female 19 1859 Ireland
1880 USA Census together except for Maria, all under the name Sorenson
1880 census Household ID 10858860 Event Place Rochester, Monroe, New York
Notes:- Hanover Sorenson family 1880 USA census original examined BUT why ‘Sorenson’ the house was owned by a Sorenson. I am unable to fathom the use of the name except for enumerator error. Have you any thoughts?
1890 USA Census s mostly destroyed on orders of civil servants
1900 USA Census exists relevant entries exist
1910 USA Census exists
