Born: 11 April 1860

Birth Certificate:

Father: Joseph Stevens

Mother: Mary Simmonds

5-generation pedigree

Siblings:

1. Mary Stevens [2^nd qtr 1855 Amesbury RD - ] married 3^rd qtr 1895 Hendon RD Harry James Beaven [1^st qtr 1863 Devizes RD - 1^st qtr 1942 Market Harborough RD]
   Harry James Beaven had three sons by his first wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann Brassell, his second cousin.
   1 Kingsgate Rd, Hampstead MDX: RG12/113 f39 p26 {1891}
   Post Office, High Street, Amersham BKM: RG13/1335 f26 p11 {1901}
   High Street, Amersham: RG14/7803 sn27 {1911 [no children]}
2.   Sarah Elizabeth Stevens [1860 - 1926]
3. Ruth Stevens [1^st qtr 1862 Amesbury RD - ]
4. Joseph John Stevens [1^st qtr 1864 Amesbury RD - ] married 2^nd qtr 1891 Devizes RD Annie Jane Brown [3^rd qtr 1863 Devizes RD - 28 March 1932]
   1. Lilian Mary Beavons Stevens [4^th qtr 1892 Devizes RD -]
   2. Hubert James Stevens [3 July 1897 Devizes - 1^st qtr 1991 Devizes RD] married 4^th qtr 1930 Devizes RD Ruth Gwendoline Morris (cousin ↓)
      1. Ruth M Stevens [5 August 1932 -]
      2. Joseph J Stevens [2^nd qtr 1934 Devizes RD -]
      3. David J Stevens [17 January 1936 -]
         "Stoneleigh", Nunsteed Road, Devizes WIL: RG101/7109C sn73 {1939 [Hubert, Ruth sr, and Ruth jr. No closed entry, Joseph and David were with their great-aunt Martha Long]}
      Rose Cottage, 44 Estcourt Street, Devizes: RG13/1927 f99 p22 {1901}
      Manor Cottage, Estcourt Street, Devizes: RG14/11932 sn308 {1911 [2 children, both surviving]}
5. Martha Ann Stevens [8 March 1866 - ] married 1^st qtr 1900 West Ham RD William Frederick Gilbert Long [- 26 September 1915]
   Martha 'Annie' Long was living with her brother Thomas in the 1891 census, visiting her sister Mary Beaven in the 1901 census, and her sister Catherine Morris in the 1911 census.
   5 Southgate Street, Devizes WIL: RG101/7110C sn110 {1939 [Also in the household were her grand-nephew David J Stevens, and a closed entry which could be Joseph J Stevens]}
6. William James Stevens [18 November 1872 - ] married Elizabeth Unknown [1867 Amersham BKM -]
   1. Ruby Kathleen Stevens [2 January 1897 -]
      Golden Road, High Wycombe: RG13/1347 f114 p52 {1901}
      High Street, Amersham BKM: RG14/7804 sn141 {1911 [2 children, 1 surviving]}
      69 First Avenue, Amersham BKM: RG101/2129J sn315 {1939 [no closed entry]}
7. Thomas Stevens [~June 1870 Shrewton WIL - 5 April 1954, Yandina, Nambour, QLD AUS ] married 4^th qtr 1897 Hampstead RD Ruth Wilkes [1869 -]
   He had a land holding of approx 600 acres that extended along both sides of the Eumundi-Noosa Road, That now is the area called Doonan. He was a Plymouth Brother. As he had a community spirit he built the Doonan School on his property and allowed the children access through to attend. The school was closed in 1954 and the land reverted to his son, Phillip whose father died in the same year. Their son Phillip built a house a little away from the parents and this is now the Noosa Golf Links along Bedington Road, the boundary of the old property.
   1. Philip Joseph Edward Stevens [1898 -] married 31 March 1931, QLD AUS Marion Ruby Crouch
      64 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone: RG13/104 f99 p11 {1901}
      Hungerford, Fordingbridge: RG14/5899 sn99 {1911 [1 child, surviving]}
8. Catherine Stevens [1^st qtr 1875 Amesbury RD -] married 1^st qtr 1906 Romford RD Alfred Ernest Morris [1872 -]
   1. Gertrude Edith Morris [1^st qtr 1897 West Ham RD - 4^th qtr 1935 Billericay RD]
   2. Alfred Norman Morris [12 February 1901 - 4^th qtr 1977 Southend ESS RD] married Gladys Unknown [25 June 1903 -]
      50 Linden Street, Romford ESS: RG101/1533G sn82 {1939 [no closed entry}
   3. Phyllis Constance Morris [4^th qtr 1902 Romford RD -] married 4^th qtr 1927 Romford RD William H Smith
   4. Ruth Gwendoline Morris [18 January 1907 -] married 4^th qtr 1930 Devizes RD Hubert J Stevens (cousin ↑ See his entry for the children)
   5. Kathleen Annie Mabel Morris [2^nd qtr 1909 Romford RD -] married 1^st qtr 1945 Romford RD William Earwaker
   6. Gordon E Morris [2^nd qtr 1916 Romford RD -]
   7. Ernest H Morris [1^st qtr 1918 Romford RD -]
      119 Wellesley Road, Ilford: RG14/9869 sn199 {1911 [4 children, all surviving]}
      Gertrude, Alfred and Phyllis are presumably children by Alfred's first wife: Alfred Ernest Morris married 3^rd qtr 1896 Poplar RD Edith Louise Firman [4^th qtr 1876 Poplar RD - 3^rd qtr 1904 Bromley RD]

Married: William Charles Read 14 April 1884

Marriage Certificate:

Children:

1. Ruth Rosamund Read
2. Mabel Eleanor Read

In the 1911 census, she is recorded as having had 3 children, one of whom had died.

All known descendants

Died: 26 December 1926

Death Certificate:

In old age

Buried: 31 December 1926, Southend ESS

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