John Atlantic Stephenson

[maggie360]

Am finding the font size displayed recently difficult to read. Is it just my iPad or has the size of print shrunk? Has anyone any ideas what I can do about it?!

[ALTZA53]

Hi Maggie,

Font OK on this site so must be your ipad.

Ian

[ALTZA53]

Maggie,

I went to British Library for a few hours in 2009 to search for one of JS Snr's Journals, in the hope it may give educational titles or any other reference that could assist in researching him further.

THe 1835 Journal was part of a rare book and could not be copied or scanned, but I was able to review.

British Library had the author down as John William James Stephenson, so I was quite exicited by this as only seen references as just John Stephenson. However in reviewing book the cover page showed the following:

'Treatise on the manufacture of saltpetre, descriptive of the operations and proper plans to be used for the manufacture of culmee & cooteah'

'Dedicated by permission to the Chamber of Commerce of Calcutta by John Stephenson, Calcutta 1835 Late Superintendant of the Hon Company's saltpetre factories in Behare'.

Where the BL got the name JWJS from this was unclear. However they did have another reference to a Elementary Treatise on  Mechanics by JWJS but this was dated1864. In the end I concluded the 1835 book indexed to JWJS was incorrect.

Just mentioning this so you don't repeat this search when you are at BL. BL Ref:

http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/Q45IBS2IDSB1C38T3MLVSM29X33BSAGLRAHMXABEJRBNK4K19N-16024?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=027669987

Ian

[ALTZA53]

Hi Joy,

You've been quiet for awhile since your last post, when you were going to scan photo's and JAS birth cert. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Ian

[ALTZA53]

Hi all,

Have been going back through my records and on Leonards Birth Cert 1838 Sunderland Bishopwearmouth, place of birth and father's residence was recorded as New Town. However the 1838 Baptism record ( which I have a copy) at St.Michael and All Angels Bishopwearmouth showed residence stated as being Story's Building. The way 'building' is written could easily be mistaken for NewTown.

My understanding is that Story's Buildings was located near to Hope St & Johnson St, to the West of St Michaels Church.

My question is does anyone know (or can find out) what the Story's Buildings were or who owned them. Or who lived their 1841 Census.

Valda also raised a ? mark re this in post 19 page 2 but no one appears to have picked up further. Might just give us another clue.

Ian

[ALTZA53]

Hi ALL,

This might or might not be relevant, but found this:

The new Chapel in John's St, Bishopwearmouth was erected in 1828 and consecrated by the Bishop of Durham in 1829. The Rev George Stephenson, M.A (was for 43 years curate of Bishopwearmouth), has been appointed Minister. He was still there in 1837. A relative of JS Snr? Will have to dig into further.

Ian

[maggie360]

Hi Ian,
Have spoken to Joy who apologizes for not being in contact. She has had difficulty in posting the information on JAS on Rootschat so is mailing it to me next week and I will try to put it on the website for everyone.
Have had a conversation with a retired professional genealogist in the Northumberland area today.He very kindly checked all the monument inscriptions locally for any information that may be of help. He also said there were many  many chemical works packed into the area and has given me a list that I will follow up one by one and will look up the others mentioned in earlier posts. I have also thought that contacting the Tyne and Wear Archives and asking  their help in looking up employees of various chemical works may be another way forward. Have made a preliminary trawl through wills, mainly via British Origins indexes but nothing so far.
I read the last information you posted to the genealogist and he said although it might be of interest he had never heard of the Story's buildings. Also Stephenson was a very common surname in the area unfortunately! However I will look on Ancestry and see what I can find.
When I go to the British Library probably the best thing to concentrate on is the East India company records, both pre 1829 in England and 1841-1844? if you think of other avenues to explore let me know.
Kind regards
Maggie

[ALTZA53]

Hi Maggie,

All sounds good. Re Checking East India Co records, suggest you also include 1835 as this is when recorded as being 'former Superintendant of the Co's Saltpetre factories'.

Regards

Ian

[maggie360]

Hi all, am putting all the information from Joy on Rootschat as her access to a computer is limited.
First is a picture of JAS in later years but no date. Second is a photo of his son, Philip who was Joy's grandfather. Next is the handwritten birth certificate written presumably by Captain Billing recording JAS birth on the Argo. Next is a copy of a watercolour in Joy's possession, then a story in dialect.