Mignonette Kathleen Jean Duff Stevens1,2

(1906 - 1997)
Father*Cecil Robert Stevens MD, FRCS1,2 b. 1867, d. 1919
Mother*Catherine Duff1,2 b. 1866, d. 1927
Mignonette Kathleen Jean Duff Stevens was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, on 2 February 1906.1,2,3,4
She was listed in the 1911 census at 32 Emperor's Gate in Kensington, London, Middlesex, in the household of her mother Catherine Duff.5

Mignonette left London on 12 December 1914 aboard the Moldavia, bound for Bombay with her mother Catherine.6

Mignonette's marriage to Stanley Ernest Rowe was registered between January 1923 and March 1923 in St George Hanover Sq, London, Middlesex.1,7

She left London on 1 April 1923 aboard the Caledonia, which was bound for Bombay, but she was only intending to travel as far as Marseilles. She gave her address as 34 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.6

She and her husband Stanley returned to England on the Majola (arrived London 23 April 1925) which had taken them from Gibraltar to Plymouth (although they gave their UK address as 34 Cheyne Ct, Chelsea) accompanied by their children Stanley.8

She and her husband Stanley left London on 17 July 1925 aboard the Narkunda for Gibraltar.6

She and her husband Stanley returned to London on the Hakozaki Maru from Gibraltar, arriving on the 23 January 1928 accompanied by their children Stanley and Robin.8

She and her husband Stanley left London for Bombay on the 9 May 1930 on board the Cormorin accompanied by their children Stanley and Robin.6

Mignonette returned to London on the Cormorin from Bombay, arriving on the 22 September 1932 accompanied by her children Stanley and Robin.8

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 16 Park Place Villas in Paddington, London, Middlesex, with Stanley Ernest Rowe; he was a retired gunnery officer and they were both ARP wardens.4

Mignonette's death was registered in August 1997 in Falmouth, Cornwall, at age 91.9

Family

Stanley Ernest Rowe (1899 - )
Children
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S487] English and European Peerages, at https://www.thepeerage.com
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Isle of Wight, Vol 2b, p622 copy A, 2Q1906, mother's maiden name DUFF. This registration does not include the name 'Mignonette.'
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Falmouth, Reg. no. 10D, district 3591, entry 219, aged 91, Aug 1997, gives this birth date.
  4. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/0416H/006/7, Letter Code: APCA, Schedule 1.
  5. [S687] Census - 2 Apr 1911, UK census, RG14PN103 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED16 SN247.
  6. [S729] Passengers leaving UK, 1890-1960, at https://www.findmypast.co.uk
  7. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of St George Hanover Sq, Vol 1a, p832, 1Q1923.
  8. [S720] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at https://www.ancestry.com
  9. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Falmouth, Reg. no. 10D, district 3591, entry 219, Aug 1997, aged 91.

Nina Stevens1

(1872 - 1908)
Father*Charles Cecil Stevens KCSI1 b. 1840, d. 1909
Mother*Mary Anne Caroline Turner1 b. 1841, d. 1933
Nina's birth was registered between October 1872 and December 1872 in Clifton, Gloucestershire.2,1
The siblings Algernon, Nina, Arthur and Henry were listed in the 1881 census at Broomhills in Honiton, Devon, with their mother Mary Anne Caroline Turner.2
She was listed in the 1901 census at 32 Harcourt Tce in Kensington, London, Middlesex, in the household of her father Charles Cecil Stevens KCSI.3

She wrote and published the novel 'The Perils of Sympathy' on life in India.4

She married Frederick Griffiths at St Mary Abbots in Kensington, London, Middlesex, on 10 June 1907.5,6,7

Nina died on 16 January 1908 at Edstone in Stratford, Warwickshire.5,8
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Clifton, Vol 6a, p55, 4Q1872, , mother's maiden name TURNER.
  2. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, ED 19 RG11-2132 Folio 107 p9 GSU roll 1341514.
  3. [S430] Census - 31 Mar 1901, UK census, ED 17 RG13-36 Folio 127 p9.
  4. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Wednesday, Jan 22, 1908; pg. 14; Issue 38549; col E (obituary).
  5. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Wednesday, Jan 22, 1908; pg. 14; Issue 38549; col E.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Kensington, Vol 1a, p236.
  7. [S1301] Newspaper - Evening Standard, issue of 10 Jun 1907, 'Todays Wedding', p6, col1.
  8. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Stratford, Vol 6d, p477.

Patience Virginia Deans Stevens1

(1912 - )
Father*Arthur Cornish Jeremie Stevens CBE, DSO1 b. 1875, d. 1962
Mother*Annie Elizabeth Morison1 b. 1880, d. 1962
Patience Virginia Deans Stevens was born in Mauritius on 29 December 1912.1,2
The siblings Elizabeth and Patience were listed in the 1921 census at 34 Emporer's Gate in Kensington, London, Middlesex, with their parents, Arthur Cornish Jeremie Stevens CBE, DSO and Annie Elizabeth Morison. Patience is listed here as Virginia Deans Stevens.3,4

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 'Glen Y Mor', Marine Parade in Gosport, Hampshire, along with Arthur Cornish Jeremie Stevens CBE, DSO and Annie Elizabeth Morison; she had been posted to the WRNS.2
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: GRO Army Birth Indices (1881 to 1965), p714.
  2. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/2341D/012/23, Letter Code EDNA, Schedule 182.
  3. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-28128, Armed Forces Overseas, Schedule NM page 1.
  4. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-107, RD 2, SD 1, ED 20, Schedule 173.

Phyllis Stevens1

(1886 - 1926)
Father*John Foster Stevens KCSI1 b. 1845, d. 1925
Mother*Frances Louisa Jeremie1 b. 1848, d. 1904
Phyllis Stevens was born in Gya, Bengal, on 24 September 1886.1 and was baptised on 28 November 1886 in Gya and Patna.1

She married George Cyril Bailey at St Gabriel's, Warwick Sq in London, Middlesex, on 15 July 1918.2,3
She was listed in the 1921 census at Gladesment, Dartmouth Rd in Paignton, Devon, in Ellen Edgland's house (possibly a boarding house) with her son John Cyril Lindsay Dyson Bailey and their nurse Winifred Bailey.4

Phyllis died on 15 December 1926 at St Catherine's Nursing Home in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, at age 40.5,6

Her will was probated in Bristol, Bristol, on 23 February 1927 with James Algernon Stevens appointed administrator with her estate valued at £3144/6/5d.6

Family

George Cyril Bailey (1890 - 1972)
Child
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S938] National Archives - British India Office Records, Archive Ref: N/1/198, folio 27 & 142, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal.
  2. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Thursday, Jul 18, 1918; pg. 1; Issue 41845; col A.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of St George Hanover Sq, Vol 1a, p1083.
  4. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-10495, RD 273, SD 1, ED 6, Schedule 346.
  5. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Hitchin, Vol 3a, p788, 4Q1926, aged 39.
  6. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, administration (with will) registered Bristol to James Algernon Stevens C.I.E O.B.E Imperial Customs Service India (retired).
  7. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Bath, Vol 5c, p948, 2Q1920, mother's maiden name STEVENS.

Reginald Charles Jeremie Stevens1

(1871 - 1922)
Father*John Foster Stevens KCSI b. 1845, d. 1925
Mother*Frances Louisa Jeremie b. 1848, d. 1904
Reginald Charles Jeremie Stevens was born at 2 New St in Warwick, Warwickshire, on 8 May 1871.1,2
He was listed as the grandson of Deborah Hannah Blomfield in the 1881 Census at Marwood House in Honiton, Devon.3

He passed his second exam for Bachelor of Medicine, University of Durham at England in April 1892.4

He married Kathleen Edith Cameron in Edmonton, Alberta, on 8 May 1909.5

He was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family at 3rd St West in Red Deer, Alberta, with his wife Kathleen; he was a doctor, and the household included Kathleen's sister Mary and a servant. Their child John was listed as living with them.6

He was listed in the 1916 Canadian census as Head of Household at 32-1-5 Olds in Red Deer, Alberta, with his wife Kathleen; he was working as a doctor. Their children John, James and Jeremie were listed as living with them.7
He was listed in the 1921 census at The Infirmary, High St in Plumstead, Kent, where he was the Medicine Officer.8

Reginald died on 6 March 1922 at Plumstead Infirmary in Woolwich, Kent, at age 50.9,10

His will was probated in London, Middlesex, on 27 April 1922 with his estate valued at £1118/2/7.10

Family

Kathleen Edith Cameron (1883 - 1943)
Children
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S482] Email - R Macdonald, email and other correspondence to D Ferguson, 12 Dec 2006 onwards.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Warwick, Vol 6d, p531, 2Q1871, mother's maiden name JEREMIE.
  3. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, ED 14 RG11-2132 Folio 32 p30 GSU roll 1341514.
  4. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Monday, Apr 25, 1892; pg. 12; Issue 33621; col D.
  5. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Monday, May 31, 1909; pg. 1; Issue 38973; col A.
  6. [S873] Census - 1 Jun 1911, Canada census, Red Deer, Dist. No. 5, Sub-district 105, Family 20, p7.
  7. [S874] Census - 1 Jun 1916, Canada census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Red Deer, Roll T-21954, Family 157, p15.
  8. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-3064, RD 30, SD 4, ED 27, page 1.
  9. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Woolwich, Vol 1d, p1851, 1Q1922, aged 50.
  10. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probate registered in London to Kathleen Edith Stevens, widow.

Robert Charles Stevens1

(1879 - 1940)
Father*Joseph Nisbet Stevens1 b. c 1848, d. 1923
Mother*Emily Louisa Tindal1 b. 1848, d. 1882
Robert's birth was registered in 1879 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.1

He was named as a beneficiary of the will of Joseph Nisbet Stevens, his father, dated 2 September 1920 at 11 Erica Ave in East Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria; he was to inherit an illuminated testimonial, a silver watch and gold chain, cameo tie ring and any other jewellery his father possessed, £250 from his life insurance and the residue of the estate shared equally with his mother and siblings. However, in a codicil dated 14 Aug 1922, the estate residue was directed solely in favour of his mother.2

Robert's death was registered in 1940 in Middle Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria.3
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S502] Index - Victoria BDMs online, at https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj, Birth Reg. No. 19634/1879.
  2. [S1007] Will - Joseph Nisbet Stevens.
  3. [S502] Index - Victoria BDMs online, at https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj, Death Reg. No. 5403/1940, aged 60, as Charles Robert.

Margaret Stevenson

(c 1847 - 1876)
Father*William Stevenson1
Mother*Mary McMullin1
Margaret Stevenson was born in Ireland circa 1847. Her claimed age at death was 39, but her entry on the Renfrewshire passenger list means she was 10 years younger. Family stories claim Henry gave her death certificate age as 39 to be closer to his age.

She married Henry Collins, son of (--?--) Collins and (--?--) (---?---), in Tullylish, Co. Down, on 17 August 1863.2

Margaret arrived at Brisbane, Queensland, on 20 September 1875, on board the 'Renfrewshire' accompanied by her husband Henry Collins and children Sarah Jane, Henry James, Samuel Albert, William Alfred, Bessy, Richard (aka Frederick) and Lucy. They were assisted immigrants and had left Glasgow on 5 Jun, apart from Lucy, who was born during the voyage.
Henry's sister Jane was also on board, travelling as an unassisted passenger.

According to family lore, they had been advised to go to a warmer climate, specifically Australia, because of Margaret's 'weak lungs.3'

Margaret died on 23 April 1876 at Brisbane Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, of a 3-week fever, stated age as 39.1 She was buried on 24 April 1876 at the Toowong Cemetery, Cnr Frederick St & Mt Cootha Rd in Toowong.4

Family

Henry Collins (c 1833 - bt 1881 - 1884)
Children

Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1876/B10601, parents William STEPHENSON and Mary MCMULLIN.
  2. [S120] Family Group Sheet - I Kemp, "Family group: Robinson-Collins."
  3. [S1222] Regional Archives - Queensland Government Archives, Register of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals 1848-1912, Item ID 18477, Series ID 13086, Digital Image ID 39246.
  4. [S489] Brisbane City Council Cemeteries database, at https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-and-safety/…, Toowong Cemetery, location 16-10-9. Records also indicate a Jimmy Solomon bur. 27 Dec 1892 and James Frederick Bell 10 Jul 1916 at same location.
  5. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth Reg. No. U/1865/32/1006/3/235, Banbridge.
  6. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth Reg. No. U/1867/32/1006/5/421, Banbridge.
  7. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth Reg. No. U/1869/32/1006/8/107, Banbridge (although mother's maiden name given as WADDELL?).
  8. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth Reg. No. U/1871/32/1006/10/211, Banbridge.
  9. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth Reg. No. U/1873/32/1006/12/332, Banbridge.

William Stevenson1

He married Mary McMullin in Ireland.1

Family

Mary McMullin
Child

Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1876/B10601, parents William STEPHENSON and Mary MCMULLIN.

Parnel Steward1

Family

(--?--) Paul
Child

Citations

  1. [S1258] Regional Archives - Norfolk Public Record Office, Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, ref: PD 240/1.

Alexander Stewart

(1841 - 1878)
Father*John Stewart b. c 1793, d. 1867
Mother*Janet Cameron b. c 1811, d. b 1851
Dr Alexander STEWART
(1841-1878)
Alexander Stewart was born in Tullochcrosk, Fortingall, Perthshire, on 29 June 1841.1
The siblings Alexander were listed in the 1851 census in Tullochcrosk, Fortingall, Perthshire, with their mother John Stewart.2

He graduated with an MD from the Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1862.3

Alexander left Glasgow on 11 October 1862, on board the 'Ben Lomond' for Port Chalmers, arriving 19 Jan 1863.4,5 He was described as "a fine good-looking clear-complexioned man, well-cut features, light brown hair with fair coloured beard and whiskers" on his arrival in New Zealand in 1863.6,7

He was employed in 1863 at Tuapeka Hospital in Tuapeka, Otago.8,9

To carry his sixteen stone he bought a horse through the agency of James Robertson (his brother-in-law), who broke it in for him. This horse, whose name he changed from 'Dick the Devil' to 'Doctor' became well known as a trotter and once went the distance from Tokomairiro to Dunedin (38 1/2 miles) in under two and a half hours.10,11 He was registered from 1866 to 1871 on the electoral roll at Otago.12 He was registered in 1867 and 1874 on the electoral roll at Otago.12

He married Margaret Robertson, daughter of Peter Robertson and Janet Gillespie, at Imperial Hotel in Dunedin, Otago, on 30 April 1867.13,14,15 He was registered from 1868 to 1876 on the electoral roll at Otago.12

He signed a will dated 4 November 1869 in Lawrence, Otago, naming his wife as executrix and sole beneficiary.16

Alexander died on 16 April 1878 in Lawrence, Otago, at age 36 of pneumonia.17,18,19

His will was probated in Otago on 30 April 1878 with Margaret Robertson appointed executrix.16 He was buried on 10 July 1878 at the Lawrence Cemetery in Lawrence.20,17
Grave - Alexander STEWART (1841-1878), Margaret (nee ROBERTSON)(1845-1899) and daughter Jessie (1868-1884), Lawrence, NZ

Family

Margaret Robertson (1845 - 1899)
Children

Citations

  1. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Entry 7509319/49, Perth.
  2. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, Scottish GRO 355/0A 010/00 003.
  3. [S328] Letter - A G Tough to D Ferguson, 2 May 1995, "The Roll of Graduates records that he graduated MD in 1862 and after service as a Staff-Assistant-Surgeon in the army emigrated to Tuapeka in New Zealand. He appears in the list of students enrolling in the anatomy class in session 1858-59. The matriculation register for session 1859-60 contains an entry in which he describes himself as being 18 years old, a second year student of medicine from Perthshire. His father is described as John Stewart, a farmer.
    He achieved some distinction in the class of forensic medicine, as the enclosed photocopy shows."
    Included is a copy of page 419 of the 'Prize and Degree List' showing Alexander Stewart achieving a Second Class certificate in Forensic Medicine.
  4. [S535] Immigrant Ships to New Zealand

    1835 to 1910
    Website - Immigrant Ships to NZ, 1835-1910, at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy/…, lists the 'Ben Lomond' as leaving the Clyde 11 Oct 1862 and arriving Dunedin 19 Jan 1863.
  5. [S536] Book - General Medical Council, UK Medical Registers, 1859 - 1959, the 1863 register lists Alexander Stewart, registered 9 Oct 1862, (M.D. University of Glasgow 1862) as being "on board 'Ben Lomond.'"'
  6. [S329] Book - W R Mayhew, Tuapeka - the Land and its People, p210.
  7. [S330] Book - Robert Valpy Fulton MD, Medical Practice in Otago, (p221) this book carries an identical description to that found in 'Tuapeka - the Land and its People.'
  8. [S329] Book - W R Mayhew, Tuapeka - the Land and its People, p210 "To replace Dr. Halley as superintendent of the hospital in 1863 came a twenty-two-year-old graduate of Glasgow University, Alexander Stewart."
  9. [S330] Book - Robert Valpy Fulton MD, Medical Practice in Otago, p221 "..the committee who looked after the hospital ... advertised for a medical superintendent, with right of private practice, and were fortunate in obtaining the services of a powerful, active and vigourous young Scottish graduate by name Alexander Stewart. He came from Rannoch, Perthshire, where he was born in 1841, and had entered the University of Glasgow at the early age of 17 and become M.D. in 1862."
  10. [S329] Book - W R Mayhew, Tuapeka - the Land and its People.
  11. [S330] Book - Robert Valpy Fulton MD, Medical Practice in Otago, (p221-3) carries a longer and more detailed version of the story of this horse.
  12. [S335] Otago Nominal Index of Hocken Library, at https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken/oni/
  13. [S924] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, marriage record, Reg. No. 1867/2686, married by Donald M Stuart, and witnessed by A Ferguson, MD, of Tokomairiro and Catherine Robertson of Lawrence.
  14. [S329] Book - W R Mayhew, Tuapeka - the Land and its People, p210 "In 1867 Dr. Stewart married Margaret Robertson, eldest daughter of Peter Robertson, but must have found little time for home life."
  15. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 1775.
  16. [S357] Will - Alexander Stewart, Archives of New Zealand, Dunedin Regional Office DAAC/9073 30 619.
  17. [S126] Cemetery Marker - , Lawrence cemetery, NZ.
  18. [S330] Book - Robert Valpy Fulton MD, Medical Practice in Otago, (p223).
  19. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1878/2159, aged 36.
  20. [S35] Cemetery Entry - Author Unknown, Lawrence Cemetery register, Block 1, Plot 52-53.