John Vere STEPHENSON lookup please

[craftybitz]

This one has me stumped

John Vere(s) stephenson born 1824 Ely

Married Catherine Washbourn born 1824 gloustershire

I am looking for John's Parents

Any info would be awesome

Thanks in advance

annie x

[lizdb]

Hve you got his marriage cert? That will give you his fathers name and occupation

[lizdb]

Presumably this is the marriage you refer to -

Oct/No/Dec 1842
Wandsworth ref 4 491
Catherine Washbourn

one of grooms - Vear Stephenson

interestingly on the same page are a Maria Stephenson and a Thomas Washbourn - wonder if it was a double wedding?

[craftybitz]

I was hoping someone might have some info, have ordered 13 certs for various other members this month.

If all else fails yes I will it gets a bit pricey when sending to Australia


annie x

[craftybitz]

I saw that too - twins marrying


annie x

[lizdb]

WEll - you say he was born Ely, but that is not what he said in 1851

HO107 1473 322 41
18 Keppel Street Chelsea
John Stevenson 27 Smith bn Harwich Suffolk
Catherine 27 bn Gloucester
Thomas Vere 6 bn Chelsea
Mary Jane 4 bn Chelsea

(By the way, Harwich is in Essex not Suffolk!)

re: the possible double wedding - might not be , and if it is, could just be siblings rather than twins!

[craftybitz]

Also meant to say John also goes by the name Vere (s) on census records


Vere is an unusual name really looking to find out where comes from

annie x

[craftybitz]

He's a shifty bugger

Ely / suffolk / cambridgshire / Ipswich

some of the birth places he has said on the census


annie x

[lizdb]

So you probably have 1861 census too, then, but I will post it to save anyone else looking for the details:

RG9 34 130 40
still at 18 Keppel Street Chelsea
Veres Stephenson 37 White Smith bn Cambridge Ely
Catherine 37 bn Gloster Barkersheard
Thomas 16 son White Smith bn Chelsea
Susan 8 bn Chelsea
MAria Washbourn widow 38 visitor bn Romford essex
Thomas Washbourn visitor 11 bn Hugglestone Middx

I wouldnt be at all surprised if this Maria wasnt nee Stephenson and is the one who might have married a Thomas Washbourn in same quarter as Vere and Catherine married!