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Blue1

Blue1 Report 16 Jul 2011 12:04

Hi
Does any one have access to birth records for America?
If so would you look for this person please

I am looking for the birth of William Reynolds Stephens born Detroit America in 1862

I am trying to establish his parents names,perhaps the mother is nee Reynolds?
Both of the parents are British and returned to Britain when William was a child.

William later became Sir William Reynolds Stephens a famous artist.

This is all I know about him apart from his career info

He may be related somewhere along the line to my husband

Many thanks
Blue1

Researching:
Urquhart/Geddes/Plackett/Comer/Lock/Chandler.Aberdeenshire/London/Devon

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Jul 2011 12:15

?? - Detroit is in Michigan


William R. Stevens;William B. Stephens
United States, Civil War Soldiers Index

1861-1865 —Michigan

record title: United States, Civil War Soldiers Index
name: William R. Stevens
also known as: William B. Stephens
event: Military Service
rank in: Private
rank out: Private
side: Union
state (or origin): Michigan
military unit: 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry
company: E
general note: Original filed under William B./Stephens
nara publication title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Michigan.
nara publication number: M545
nara roll number: 40

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Astra

Astra Report 16 Jul 2011 12:16

A tree on Ancestry has his birth as 10th August 1862 and his parents as

William Comben Stephens 1818 – 1871
Jessie Isabella Durham 1828 – 1918

Married to Annie Ridpath in 1891 and died in Tunbridge Wells in 1943

Researching:
More in hope than expectation!

Blue1

Blue1 Report 16 Jul 2011 12:20

Thanks for replying Ann of Green Gables

I don't think this could be William Reynolds born 1862, but might be his father I suppose.
Thanks for telling me where Detroit is.It's the birth I really want so that I can find out who his father was,then maybe I can trace the parents back in Britain,hopefully England.

Blue1

Researching:
Urquhart/Geddes/Plackett/Comer/Lock/Chandler.Aberdeenshire/London/Devon

Astra

Astra Report 16 Jul 2011 12:20

The parents marriage

William C. Stephens
Birth Place: England
Residence: Hamilton Township
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
Father Name: Edward S. Stephens
Mother Name: Jane Stephens
Spouse Name: Jessie J. Durham
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse Birth Place: England
Spouse Residence: Hamilton Township
Spouse Father Name: Edward Durham
Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Durham
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1858
Marriage Location: Hamilton Township
Marriage County: Wentworth
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS248_17
Source: Indexed by: Genealogical Research Library

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More in hope than expectation!

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Blue1

Blue1 Report 16 Jul 2011 12:26

Thanks Astra,
It didn't occur to me to look in Tree's on here!
So I think my question is now answered and I can have a go at tracing back his father to see if his line fits into my husbands.

What started me off yesterday was.
I was having a go at one of my husbands grandfathers who was in Hastings at 21 Havelock Road in 1888 dissolving a partnership.

Then when I googled the address I found William Reynolds bibliography giving his address as 21a Havelock Road in 1891.
Just started me thinking.

Blue1

Researching:
Urquhart/Geddes/Plackett/Comer/Lock/Chandler.Aberdeenshire/London/Devon