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I have found on Find My Past a record that refers to a Thomas Stephens born 1831 at Mitcheldean, if anyone can help further regarding finding out more about Thomas Stephens, I would be very grateful. Many thanks Jill

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Some background?

Register Ticket Number: 176279
Issued: Cardiff 14 Oct 1847
Born: Mitcheldean in the County of Gloster 22nd Oct 1831 (Transcribed as Dec, but, reads Oct)
Age when ticketed: 16
Can write: No
Height: Growing
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Pale
Eyes: Grey
Marks: Pockmarks
When unemployed, resides at Kidderminster

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Thanks Paul for that, very helpful.
Hi Jill,
as Paul says please can you give any more background eg parents etc - Searching this site's PRs, plus LDS etc, I see a few "possibles" but no clear frontrunners. There are almost 400 PRs for Thos Stephens/Stevens in this site's BMD database, many in the Mitchedean side of the Forest, so ??. Have you tried searching thro the Marriages & Burials for him too ?.
Please help us to help you.
Thanks.

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Thank you for your response, the problem is we don't know anything about a Thomas Stephens (our grandfather) who we believe was born in Mitcheldean in 1857 - couldn't find anything out about him but did find Thomas Stephens on Find My Past born Mitcheldean 1831, Merchant Seaman and we wondered if maybe there was any connection. Will keep trying. Regards Jill

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? is this your Thomas (could you give us more background)

1881 Census, Yorkshire, Manningham

152 Fairfield St in Apartment

Thoms STEPHENS - 24, Coach smith - born Mitchel Dean Glos (assume he worked for the Railways?)
Lavinia - wife - 22 - born Bath Somerset

Freebdm

Marriage - A/M/J Qtr 1878

Bradford Y

Thomas STEPHENS + Lavinia HURD

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Church of Latter Day Saints

Birth at Manningham Yorkshire - 2 November 1883

John Charles Bennion STEPHENS

parents : Thomas & Livinia

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Manningham St Jude

Baptism record entry on Ancestry - born 18 August 1883 - Thomas (Coachsmith) - residence: 16 Bateman Street

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1871 Census, Bath

Henry P POW - 65 - Grocer, all born Bath
Matilda POW - 62
Joseph I POWE 36
Lavinia E HURD - Boarder - age 12

- with this couple on the 1861 census

as Lilly HURDE, age 2, born Parish of Twerton (1.5 miles SW of Bath)

(there are HURD's at Twerton, 1871 census)

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Thank you for your reply - unfortunately I cant give you any details, as I don't have any, other than trying to work forwards from the Merchant seaman that I posted about recently. Regards Jill

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Thank you for your response, the problem is we don't know anything about a Thomas Stephens (our grandfather) who we believe was born in Mitcheldean in 1857 - couldn't find anything out about him but did find Thomas Stephens on Find My Past born Mitcheldean 1831, Merchant Seaman and we wondered if maybe there was any connection. Will keep trying. Regards Jill

as transcribed from Ancestry

1851 Harry Hill
William Stephens abt 1803 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Stephens abt 1807 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Enoch Stephens abt 1833 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Stephens abt 1836 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Hester Stephens abt 1838 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Maria Stephens abt 1842 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Stephens abt 1847 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Stephens abt 1840 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

STEVENS Enoch
ELTON Tryphena
Forest of Dean Newnham St Peter 1854 1 170

STEPHENS Enoch STEPHENS STEPHENS ELTON 1869 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 30 372
STEPHENS Lucy STEPHENS STEPHENS ELTON 1867 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 28 116
STEPHENS Mary Maria STEPHENS STEPHENS ELTON 1861 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 21 334
STEPHENS Nimrod STEPHENS STEPHENS ELTON 1863 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 23 268
STEPHENS Tom STEPHENS STEPHENS ELTON 1857 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 17 148

1861 Harrow Hill / Mitcheldean area
Enoch Stephens 1834 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Trikna Stephens 1827 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Stephens 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Stephens 1859 Wales Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Stephens 1861 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

1881 24 Harry Hill House
Enoch Stephens abt 1833 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Tryphena Stephens abt 1827 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Tom Stephensabt 1857 Cinderford East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Stephens abt 1860 Blina, Monmouth, Wales Son Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Nimrod Stephens abt 1863 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Enoch Stephens abt 1870 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury on Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire

1891 Harry Hill
Enoch Stephens abt 1831 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Tryphena Stephens abt 1827 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Tom Stephens abt 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Stephens abt 1859 Aberestynith, Monmouthshire, Wales Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Flora Stephens abt 1866 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

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Thank you very much for the information re Thomas Stephens, please could you tell me where you found the information? Regards Jill

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Thank you very much for information, could you tell me where you ontained it? Regards Jill

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"I have found on Find My Past a record that refers to a Thomas Stephens born 1831 at Mitcheldean, if anyone can help further regarding finding out more about Thomas Stephens, I would be very grateful. Many thanks Jill"

My response to your original post was to give the detail from the record to which you were referring.

My reason for my post was to give the information in the record, so that other researchers, who do not have access to findmypast, knew the content of the record.

Please help the researchers, who willingly give their time, by giving as much background as possible.

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Thank you for your help, but I dont know any more than the information I posted Regards Jill

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'the problem is we don't know anything about a Thomas STEPHENS (our grandfather) - who we believe was born in Mitcheldean in 1857'

? As Thomas STEPHENS c1857 is your Grandfather - did he marry ??? and what are the names of his child/ren (i.e. your Father's or Mother's name, ? where were they born and what year(s) - so we can work forward + backwards from there….. You have to go back, a step at a time.

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I have been in touch with my Cousin and she has the same information as you have re Thomas and Lavinia Stephens and also John Charles Stephens who she thinks may have died aged about 2. However she has been unable to find out anything further about either Thomas or Lavinia and wonders if one or both of them died. If Thomas died, then he could not have been our grandfather, as our grandmother married a Thomas Stephens in 1902. What we do know is that our grandfather was a coachbuilder who could have worked for a railway company and apart from that it is a dead end. Any further information you have would be most welcome. Regards Jill

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'as Thomas STEPHENS married our Grandmother in 1902'

Could you give us your Grandmother's name - to try and find them on the 1911 census - as there are

6 Thomas STEPHENS marrying in 1902

One in Breconshire, 2 in Glamorgan, 2 in Middlesex and one in Pembrokeshire

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I have been in touch with my Cousin and she has the same information as you have re Thomas and Lavinia Stephens and also John Charles Stephens who she thinks may have died aged about 2. However she has been unable to find out anything further about either Thomas or Lavinia and wonders if one or both of them died. If Thomas died, then he could not have been our grandfather, as our grandmother married a Thomas Stephens in 1902. What we do know is that our grandfather was a coachbuilder who could have worked for a railway company and apart from that it is a dead end. Any further information you have would be most welcome. Regards Jill

Given the Micheldean Thomas is living in Bradford area in 1881
This looks like him in 1891 with a wife transcribed as Sarah not Lavinia but
possible to understand how that was recorded.

I wonder if he is Thomas HERBERT or Thomas STEPHENS by birth ?

1891 70 St Hughes Rd
Thomas Stephens abt 1858 Bradford, Yorkshire, England Head Penge, London Coach makers Smith
Sarah Stephens abt 1859 Coldwister, Essex, (Coldwater ) England Wife Penge, London

then he remarries in 1902

Name:Nelly Amelia Alldridge
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1874
Age:28

Spouse Name:Thomas Stephens
Spouse Age:42

Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:30 Aug 1902
Parish:Ealing St Peter
Borough:Ealing
Father Name:Joseph James Alldridge
Spouse Father:Thomas Stephens
Register Type:Parish Register

and appears as
1911 7 Bank Terrace, Silver Street, Uttoxeter

Thomas Herbert Stephens 50 Coachsmith Bradford married 9 yrs
Ellen Amelia Stephens 38 Brighton
Josephine Emily Stephens 8 Brixton
Nellie Stephens 6 Clapham
Edith May Stephens 4 Clapham
Ivy Gladys Stephens 2 Birmingham
Olive Noreen Stephens 4 months Uttoxeter

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Name:Nelly Amelia Alldridge
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1874
Age:28

Spouse Name:Thomas Stephens
Spouse Age:42

Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:30 Aug 1902
Parish:Ealing St Peter
Borough:Ealing
Father Name:Joseph James Alldridge
Spouse Father:Thomas Stephens
Register Type:Parish Register

and appears as
1911 7 Bank Terrace, Silver Street, Uttoxeter

Thomas Herbert Stephens 50 Coachsmith Bradford married 9 yrs
Ellen Amelia Stephens 38 Brighton
Josephine Emily Stephens 8 Brixton
Nellie Stephens 6 Clapham
Edith May Stephens 4 Clapham
Ivy Gladys Stephens 2 Birmingham
Olive Noreen Stephens 4 months Uttoxeter

Name:Alice Amelia Alldridge ?
Date of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec 1873
Registration District:Brighton
Inferred County:Sussex
Volume:2b
Page:250

1881
Joseph Alldridge abt 1854 Islington, Middlesex, England Head Brighton, Sussex
Ellen Alldridge abt 1855 Angmering, Sussex, England Wife Brighton, Sussex
Ellen Amelia Alldridge abt 1876 Brighton, Sussex, England Daughter Brighton, Sussex
Joseph James Alldridge abt 1878 Brighton, Sussex, England Son Brighton, Sussex

1891 The Palace Hotel Brighton
Ellen Alldridge abt 1875 Brighton, Sussex, England Servant Brighton, Sussex

1901 50 George St Luton ( An hotel ?)
Ellen A Alldridge abt 1874 Brighton, Sussex, England Servant Luton, Bedfordshire

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and appears as
1911 7 Bank Terrace, Silver Street, Uttoxeter

Thomas Herbert Stephens 50 Coachsmith Bradford married 9 yrs
Ellen Amelia Stephens 38 Brighton
Josephine Emily Stephens 8 Brixton
Nellie Stephens 6 Clapham
Edith May Stephens 4 Clapham
Ivy Gladys Stephens 2 Birmingham
Olive Noreen Stephens 4 months Uttoxeter

possible further children

Name:Eric A Stevens
Mother's Maiden Name:Alldridge
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1914
Registration District:Leeds
Inferred County:Yorkshire West Riding
Volume:9b
Page:
725

Name:Lilian D Stephens
Mother's Maiden Surname:Alldridge
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1918
Registration District:Reading
Inferred County:Surrey
Volume Number:2a
Page Number:537

Name:Thomas H Stephens
Birth Date:abt 1857
Date of Registration:Mar 1936
Age at Death:79
Registration District:Reading
Inferred County:Berkshire
Volume:2c
Page:504

Name:Ellen A Stephens
Birth Date:abt 1876
Date of Registration:Mar 1960
Age at Death:84
Registration District:Reading
Inferred County:Berkshire
Volume:6a
Page:126

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Thank you so much for all the information, all that remains now is for me to keep trying to find Thomas Stephens place of birth and his parents.
Hope you are not too affected by this dreadful weather where you are.
Thjank you once again.
Regards Jill

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There are many Public Members Trees on Ancestry + many photographs - and the marriage certificate of Thomas STEPHENS in 1902 - in which he states, his father Thomas STEPHENS (deceased) was a Sawyer.

??? long shot (think it's a bit late!!)

Marriage at Penalt, Monmouth - 30 December 1860

Thomas STEPHENS, age 24, Bachelor : SAWYER - residence: Penalt

father: Enos STEPHENS, Gardener

married

Anne Maria THOMAS, age 20, Spinster, residence, Penalt

father: John THOMAS, sailor, by banns

witnesses: mark of James WILLIAMS and Anne JENKINS

and Baptism at Monmouth in 1865

Tom STEPHENS - parents : Thomas Sawyer and Ann

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Thank you so much for all the info, all that remains now is for me to keep looking on this site and elsewhere to try and find where Thomas Stephens was born and who his parents were. Hope you are not too affected by this dreadful weather where you are. Many thanks once again.
Regards Jill

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? Where you looking for a Thomas STEPHENS occupation Seaman - from the marriage certificate of Nelly Amelia ALLDRIDGE (age 28 and a Spinster) to Thomas STEPHENS (age 42, and a Widower) in 1902 - and assumed his father, was Thomas STEPHENS a (Seaman deceased) and not (Sawyer deceased) as stated on Thomas/Nelly's marriage certificate as per copy of this marriage on Public Members Tree. Or, do you have a copy of his previous marriage(s) which states different occupation of his father?

This marriage certificate is also on Ancestry

London, England, Marriage Banns, St Peter's Church Ealing - 30 August 1902

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Just to re-cap

Thomas STEPHENS married Livinia HURD - A/M/J Qtr 1878 - Bradford Y

and on the 1881 census - Thomas is aged 24, and born in Mitcheldean

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I contacted the FOD site originally to see if I could find out if the Thomas Stephens, seaman born 1831 Mitcheldean was in any way related to my grandfather (maybe an uncle or such) I didn't think that he was his father.
I obtained the info re seaman Thomas Stephens on the Find My Past site, and noticed the Mitcheldean connection. I am guessing that you are on the Ancestry site- what is your connection to the Stephens family? I would love to know.
Regards Jill

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As STEPHENS is a common name in the Forest

My STEPHENS connections are a bit further back - these are my x grandparents

FoD records

Marriage at Lydney - 9 April 1777

John WICKENDEN - Batchelor, Awre

married

Anne STEPHENS - Spinster, Lidney

By Licence:

witnesses: Henry STEPHENS (father/ brother - as both Henry's and I've both their Wills a useful tool in family research)

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