STEVENS, Benjamin Stanley (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 22, 2020, 03:52 (1735 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

For completeness, and to confirm Mike's post, this site's PRs show Benjamin's older brother stayed in the FoD after their parents died;

Record_ID: 96762
Entry_Number: 435
Year: 1940
Month: Sep
Day: 19
Surname: STEVENS
Forenames: William Robert
Residence: Pike House 1 Valley Road Cinderford
Age_at_death: 71 yrs
Officiating_Minister: A G Partridge
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 55
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: S315

Record_ID: 96822
Entry_Number: 495
Year: 1941
Month: Apr
Day: 30
Surname: STEVENS
Forenames: Harriett
Residence: Valley Road Cinderford
Age_at_death: 71 years
Officiating_Minister: A G Partridge Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 62
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: S315

Record_ID: 50453
Entry_Number: 211
Year: 1941
Month: Jun
Day: 14
Grooms_Surname: STEVENS
Grooms_Forenames: William Robert
Grooms_Age: 35
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Bricksetter
Grooms_Residence: 1 Valley Road Cinderford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Stevens
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William Robert
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Police Constable deceased
Brides_Surname: DUGGAN
Brides_Forenames: Minnie May
Brides_Age: 36
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: Housekeeper
Brides_Residence: Highfield House Morse Lane Drybrook
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Duggan
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Colliery Plate layer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Gladys Ruby Bullock
Witness_2: Harold Barnard
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: A G Partridge MBE Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN1/22
Page_Number: 106
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex_Groom: S315
Soundex_Bride: D250

If his brother Benjamin was still in the area, wouldn't he have been a best man or a witness ?. Where were the other siblings ?

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1964
STEVENS WILLIAM R 59 F.OF DEAN 7B 427

Surname First name(s) DoB District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1969
STEVENS Minnie May 4Ap1905 Gloucester C 7b 889

Cannot find their burial records. They are not at Mile End or Yew Tree Brake.

Cannot find any sign of offspring in PRs or by using FreeBMD.

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Back to other siblings ?

Maybe sister Edith ?;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1920
Stevens Edith H Williams Westbury S. 6a 855
Williams Harry R Stevens Westbury S. 6a 855

GlosBMd confirms;

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
WILLIAMS Harry Rhodes STEVENS Edith Harriett Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1920 18 72

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1897
Williams Harry Rhodes Westbury S. 6a 239

1939 Register have these Cinderford entries (cannot access full household, if any);
Henry Rhodes Williams 1897 East Dean R.D. Gloucestershire England 26 Upper Bilson Road
Edith Harriett Williams 1897 East Dean R.D. Gloucestershire England 26 Upper Bilson Road

FreeBMD suggests it may have been a large household, the first matches their marriage year;

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Dec 1920
Williams Beryl Stevens Westbury S. 6a 536

Births Sep 1925
Williams Elsie I E Stevens Westbury S. 6a 474

Births Dec 1929
Williams Olga M Stevens Westbury S. 6a 380

Births Sep 1931
Williams Dorothy H Stevens Westbury S. 6a 418

Births Sep 1934
Williams Harry R M Stevens Westbury S. 6a 379

Births Sep 1936
WILLIAMS William T A Stevens Westbury S. 6a 440

Cannot find any of these in the PRs.

GlosBMD suggests these were born in East Dean district aka Cinderford,
for example

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
WILLIAMS Beryl STEVENS 1920 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, East Dean 27 270

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
WILLIAMS Olga Mary STEVENS 1929 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, East Dean 34 209

sadly;
Death Details
Surname Given Names Age Year Died District Register Entry
WILLIAMS Olga Mary 1w 1929 Westbury on Severn, East Dean 15 378

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
WILLIAMS William Thomas Anthony STEVENS 1936 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, East Dean 38 167

etc etc, see http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/SimpleSearch.aspx

No obvious sign that parents Harry & Edith died in the FoD area.

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FreeBMD has brother Charles' birth;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1898
Stevens Charles Joseph Hackney 1b 456

(Hackney includes Stoke Newington ref 1911 census).

No obvious sign of a marriage, and I'm unable to see the full household if there is one, but;

1939 Register
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth year Borough / District County Country Address
Charles J Stevens 1897 Hackney London England 4 Blanchard Road

Is this his death ?;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1971
STEVENS Charles Joseph 13Fe1897 Hackney 5b 1322

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