Stephenson Family - Newcastle upon Tyne - Mid-1800s -

[Gadget]

PS

I think that this is the 1910 that you have on your online tree:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGW8-FMN

A good match with the 1880 one.

Gadget

[heywood]

May I just ask then, is there a connection to Newcastle on Tyne, England or should it be just Newcastle West, Limerick?

Looking at Irish census indexes http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ , the few Stephensons in Limerick (none in Newcastle West district) are all Roman Catholic in 1901.

[Mark Stephenson]

Gadget:  You are right that to does match well.  But I have little or no information on the sons.  Mary became an IHM sister and died in her 90s.  She and my father's sister Marie were contemporaries in the order.  Looks I like I've added more details to address, and thanks again.

Heywood:  Yes,  oral history is very clear that JPS was born in Ireland (presumably Newcastle West) to a Stephenson family that emigrated there from Newcastle upon Tyne.  My goal is to make the link all the way back.  I need to get his PA marriage certificate to see if his parents are identified, and from there see if there's a match to Griffith's Valuation.  With that in hand, I'll have some basic information to look at Newcastle upon Tyne to see how we fit in.  Does that explanation help?

[Radcliff]

Mark ,
Do you know when Mary his wife died and estimated year if possible,

[aghadowey]

If you are looking in Ireland, as well as Stevenson and Stephenson also check for Stevens and Stephens- all can be used interchangeably.

[Mark Stephenson]

Radcliff and Gadget: 

I made some progress using another person Helen Stephenson.  Richard M Stephenson had a son Richard, who married Ellen M. Stephenson (who was English).  They had a daughter Helen, who was my father's contemporary.  What is interesting and ties into Gadget's reference to the 1880 survey results is the 1940 census.

Listed as living on Aspen Street were Ellen (2609), Joseph A. (2613) and Richard M. (2615).  My father's older brother was Joseph Aloysius.  It fits well.  Ellen's husband was killed while working on the Pennsylvania Railroad and the 1940 census lists her as a widow.  I think that's enough data points to confirm this piece.

More directly, I do not have a date of date for Mary, JPS's wife.  I am visiting Old Cathedral Cemetary soon.  They have records there that I can look at.

Again, all, thanks for your interest and help.

[Radcliff]

Did Joseph die in 1888 aged 12 years,

[Gadget]

Mark, please note that on both the censuses John's parents are given as born Ireland and not Newcastle upon Tyne, England. If you do trace the family  back to Newcastle upon Tyne, I promise to go and take photos of their birth places as I live there 


Gadget

[Radcliff]

Lucky you Gadget, visit often,