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                 Kåarto 
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                       Posted - 13/07/2011 :  00:37:02
                        
                        
                      
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                       All options are open since the final proof is still missing. I believe it´s the same family. Stevenson was a very rare name in Norway, only 8 persons with that name lived here in 1865, all belonged to the same family in Trondheim and 9 persons in 1900, two from the Trondheim family lived in Oslo and 7 in Trondheim.
  That three William Stevenson lived her in the late 1800s without beeing in family with each other sounds strange to me.
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 13/07/2011 :  02:48:12
                        
                        
                      
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                       Not sure if this will contribute anything new but here from Ancestry.com is the probable brith data on William Anthony Stevenson. 
  England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: William Anthony Stevenson  Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1858  Registration district: Newcastle Upon Tyne  Inferred County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear  Volume: 10b  Page: 23     
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 13/07/2011 :  04:17:41
                        
                        
                      
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                       Perhaps this gentleman can shed some light on your search. It appears he is researching the same family. 
  The Maxwell GenealogyForum Title: Mary Ann Maxwell  Posted by: Hans Jacob Brinchmann   Date: 03 January 2008  
  I am searching for information on my great great grandmother Mary Ann Maxwell born 1826 (according to Norwegian census 1865) or born 1827 in Togstan = Togston? (according to census 1875)or born 1824 (according to census 1900). She was born either in Scotland or England. She married William Anthony Stevenson, born 1821 in Philadelphia near Durham, England. They both left England ("he came to Norway with his Scottish wife")and they lived and died in Norway, where he was hired to participate in establishing the first railway in Norway, the Christiania-Eidsvold railway. Later they lived in Trondheim where he was "locomotive master". Any information about Mary Ann Maxwell and her parents and siblings will be very welcome! Also when and where she and William Anthony married. Thanks and regards Hans Jacob Brinchmann, hahacbr@online.no   The page can be accessed here  http://www.maxwellsociety.com/Genforum/ShowMessage.asp?ID=1857 | 
                     
                    
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 13/07/2011 :  04:42:08
                        
                        
                      
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                       A William Stevenson married a Mary Ann Maxwell in the first quarter of 1849. 
  Name: William Stevenson  Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1849  Registration district: Alnwick  Inferred County: Northumberland  Volume Number: 25  Page Number: 223 
  Name: Mary Ann Maxwell  Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1849  Registration district: Alnwick  Inferred County: Northumberland  Volume Number: 25  Page Number: 223 
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                 dodgeboy12 
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                       Posted - 13/07/2011 :  22:44:04
                        
                        
                      
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                       It's not much, but it's the first I've found a Stevenson  and Bergen on the same page Name:	John Stevenson Age:	40 Estimated Birth Year:	 abt 1861 Relation:	Head Gender:	Male Where born:	Bergen Norwegian Subject, Norway 	 Civil parish:	Poplar Ecclesiastical parish:	St Peter Limehouse County/Island:	London Country:	England
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  02:14:05
                        
                        
                      
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                       The marriage of William Anthony Stevenson and Julia Maia B?????  
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  I would be interested if someone could make out Julia's last name as I would pass that on to Hans Jacob Brinchmann | 
                     
                    
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  03:07:32
                        
                        
                      
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                       I queried Hans Jacob Brinchmann by e-mail using Ola's main information about his father and received this reply. 
  Dear Anton  My grandmothers grandfather was William Anthony Stevenson, born 1821 in Philadelphia nor Durham, England. He died 17 jul 1881 in Trondheim Norway. He was married to Mary Ann Maxwell, born 1824 or 1826 in Scotland. I have no more information on her – there are too many Mary Ann Maxwells! William Anthony came to Norway as railway engineer/”locomotive master” and participated in establishing the first railway in the nothern Norway. William and Mary Ann had 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters. The eldest son, Nicholas (Nicles), born 18 Oct 1850, was married to Hanna Margrehte Antonisen and they had 3 daughters, of whom the eldest, Nicoline Florence Mathilde was the mother of my father.   William Anthony and Mary Ann’s third son was William (Anthony). According to the census 1875 for Trondheim he was born 1858 and worked at a sawmill at Singsaas, near Trondheim. He was married to Julia (last name unknown). In the UK census 1881 he works as “donkey boiler” and lives in Kingston-upon-Hull. A William Franky Stevenson (1896-1970) in Trondheim may be his son.  I have no knowledge of other persons named William Stevenson in Norway. Could William Fraser Stevenson be the son of one of the other brothers of Nicholas: Charles Randolf Randal, born 1854 in Newcastle, or John Philip, born 1861 in Trondheim, or Alfred Oscar, born 1863 in Trondheim, or Halvor Henry Gustav, born 14 June 1866 in Trondheim?   Best regards Hans Jacob Brinchmann
  Thus we still do not have a way to connect William Fraser Stevenson and wife Gwendolin Olga Watson (Matson) to the William Stevenson train engineer. | 
                     
                    
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  04:35:19
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  A family tree can be found for John Philip Stevenson born abt 1860 in Norway on Ancestry.com. It shows him married to a Mary Hatcliffe, living in England and with five children born between 1887 and 1895 and all born in England. None of them are named William or William Fraser. The two males are George William and John. The family tree sources the 1891 and 1901 UK Census. | 
                     
                    
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                 jkmarler 
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  05:13:20
                        
                        
                      
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 quote: What source is there for the death date of 1970
   Only source is the e-mail from Hans Jacob Brinchmann
  NHDC 1900 Census shows a birth place for Franky Stevenson
  Name Family status Marital status Occupation Birth year Place of birth Ethnicity  Gina Olsen hm e Huseier 1858 Brunlanæs JL   Hanna M. Olsen d ug Datter 1886 Larvik JL   Ole Karlsrud el ug Telegrafistlærling v Jernb. 1880 Hedrum JL   Pritrine Berger hm e ved Søn 1853 Larvik JL   Christian Berger s ug Kontorist Tobakfabrik 1880 Larvik JL   Viliam Tranky Stevenson Dattersøn fl ug ingen 1896 Larvik JL 
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                 jkmarler 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  05:18:33
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi,
  Guess there could be 2 of similar name.  But take a look at the baptism,  there is a note that he has taken the name "Stivenson".  His father's given name is Gustav Anton Gustavson.  Lots of little notes, apparently family went to America.  Not sure what the note with date of 911 (1911?) not sure what's going on with this.
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                 Ola Stevenson 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  05:51:28
                        
                        
                      
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                       Oh my!  What have I started?!! *grin*
  Many, many thanks to all of you who are helping me with this project.  I salute you all!
  Unfortunately, due to various renovations over the years and moving things about the house, I have not yet been able to locate the only records I have (birth and marriage certificates of my mother).  However, I am still looking; please bear with me? :)
  Cheers, Ola
 
 
 
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                 jkmarler 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  05:52:42
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi,
  Wife of Willam Anthony Stevenson's "maiden name" or her farm name Bustad.  Apparently she and daughter Julie went on a pleasure trip to visit soskende in 1907
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                 jkmarler 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  16:20:09
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi,
  This appears to be Gustav Anton Gustfavson aka Gustave A Stevenson in 1910 at HeritageQuest.  
  STEVENSON  GUSTAVE A 38 M W NORW NY KINGS  8-WD BROOKLYN  1910   Lena is the name of the wife and it says she has had 1 child, none living, married 14 years.  So it appears that William Franky Stevenson may be gone if this Lena = Bertha, mother of William Franky.  
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                 AntonH 
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                       Posted - 14/07/2011 :  16:48:59
                        
                        
                      
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                       Here is the 1910 US Census for Gustave Stevenson, only Gustave and wife Lena listed
  Name: Gustave A Stevensen [Gustave A Stevenson]   Age in 1910: 38  Estimated Birth Year: 1872  Birthplace: Norway  Relation to Head of House: Head [Self (Head)]   Father's Birth Place: Norway  Mother's Birth Place: Norway  Spouse's Name: Lena Stevensen  Home in 1910: Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York  Marital Status: Married  Race: White  Gender: Male  Year of immigration: 1889 
  The census data also shows the years of marriage as 5. Must not be Gustave"s first wife. Also Lena arrived in US in 1892. | 
                     
                    
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