Stevenson family

[R3GaN]

Hi
I am looking for information on James and Jean/Jane Stephenson/stevenson.
I believe they were both born in Ireland and the census data lists him as a Greenwich pensioner when they were in Wigtown by 1850s etc.
James Stevenson was born around 1788ish and died I think in the 1870s.
His son Edward b 1833 is my ancestor.
I haven’t been able to locate birth death or marriage specifics for either of them. Nor do I know any details about his career, which I assume was in the navy. I think I lack access to navy records from Australia.
Thanks 😊

[trish1120]

They were there 1841;
James Stephenson 60 Pensioner Army
Jean Stephenson 55
Margaret Stephenson 20
Elizabeth Stephenson 10
Edward Stephenson 7
Mary Stephenson 5
William Stephenson 4
Samuel Stephenson 2
Thomas Stephenson 5 mths


JAMES Stevenson
Birth Date   10 Jan. 1841
Baptism Date 18 Jan. 1841
Parents JAMES Stevenson and Jane MILLS

As James appears on 1861 Census if you look for his Death Cert on scotlandspeople it should name his Parents.

The fee is very small to download cert compared to OZ/NZ certs

[rosie17]

This could be a possible death for James Stevenson on scotlands people
1863 Old Luce or Glenluce  age 89 years

Rosie

[trish1120]

Looks good Rosie

[rosie17]

Looks good Rosie

The only drawback is no mother's maiden name showing on index but still worth viewing
Most of the children born Wigtownshire not seeing a death for the mother so far

Rosie

[Neale1961]

There is a prison record for James
https://www.scottishindexes.com/prisontranscript.aspx?prisonid=570203302
You might find a mention in the newspapers.

[rosie17]

There is a prison record for James
https://www.scottishindexes.com/prisontranscript.aspx?prisonid=570203302
You might find a mention in the newspapers.

Also Jane Mills /Stevenson 1848 possibility

Rosie

[Millmoor]

Dumfries and Galloway Standard 19 Apr 1848; Sherriffs Criminal Court, Stranraer

" Mary McQuiltin, and Jane Mills, Glenluce, for resetting various quantities of woollen yarn warp and waste, stolen from the dye mill at Glen? ( this name is smudged). Found guilty, Sentence, 60 days imprisonment each".

I note that the index on Scottish Indexes has her age as 40 or 48 ( there are 2 entries in the index) and has her as Spinster, Glenluce. This raises the question as to whether they actually married.

William

[rosie17]

Yes William did notice it said she was spinster and born Glenluce so just a possibility it might have been her . As you said maybe there was no marriage

Rosie