John Atlantic Stephenson

[brian.1948]

Hello all following the JAS trail. I`ve been missing for quite a while and just managed to get logged back into Roots Chat.

I notice that a grave site registration has been found in a Gateshead cemetery; just wondering if anyone has checked it out already? If not, I`ll go look for it and see if there is indeed a headstone that I can photograph and post.

[ALTZA53]

Hi Brian,

Welcome back. I was beginning to think Maggie and I were the only ones still actively interested in JAS Chat. Would be great to see if you can actually find the Grave.

Perhaps those of us who are still following this Chat might like to just 'Post' a hello.

Ian

[Bryan Bates]

Yes I am still watching with interest too.  I wrote up a summary from this string for my relatives to give them the family history on our Stephenson side. Excellent information, keep up the good work.

[brian.1948]

Hi Ian,

For some reason or other I simply could not access the site other than to read posts, however, i`ve managed to re-register so ok now.

I`ll go and have a look at the cemetery; its in the area that  has been associated with the family over quite a period of time. Its also one of the local cemeteries that were used to bury people in `Cholera Graves` during the many outbreaks of the disease locally. There would have been an outbreak during the time of Elizabeths death.

I`m on leave just now and the weather is awful! so not doing anything special this week. I`ll be back in touch soon.

Brian

[maggie360]

Hi there Ian and Brian, and everyone else on the Stephenson trail...
It would be great to actually find the gravestone if you are near Brian!
Have been trying Leonard Quintus Stephenson's name in various ancestry sites, but no more info has come to light.
After this long quiet spell with no new research or leads, it makes you realise how lucky we were to hook up with so many people on this thread originally and make such good progress doesn't it?
Best wishes,
Maggie

[brian.1948]

Hi Maggie,

Its not more than a 15 minute drive from where I live, so no problem in getting there. It is a big cemetery, so I`m going to look for a map of the layout, that would save some time. Having said that it should be easy to see in which direction the cemetery was developed from the dates on the markers...unless that is too simplistic an idea. Sometimes, cemeteries were begun at one end and continued overtime in a particular direction, but I have seen one or two that don`t follow that system. I`ll let you know what I find.

I can see that there have been quite a number of new members since my earlier visits; I originally set out on this journey thinking that we would be few in number; how wrong I was.

Brian

[ALTZA53]

Hi Brian & Maggie,

Agree on all the above. All we need now is some relatives of Leonard Quintus Stephenson & Alfred Septimus Stephenson to come forward to complete the picture re the siblings.Like you Maggie I have tried & tried searching without success. We just need another breakthrough.

Bryan also good to see you are still following and interested in the Chat.

Ian

[Bryan Bates]

Thanks Ian.

There are a couple of branches of the family here in New Zealand. It is a long way from English graveyards so great to have you guys doing the hard yards.

cheers

Bryan

[brian.1948]

Hello all, sorry I have been missing for so long and had trouble accessing the site; all seems to be well now.

Unless I am missing some posts, there seems to have been nothing added for a while; I`m just wondering if the topic is still open?

Happy New year to you all,

Brian