Individual Details

Rion George STEVENS

(10 Sep 1869 - 18 Jan 1937)

Events

Birth10 Sep 1869Watlington, Oxfordshire, England
Census1871Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England
Census1881Scholar - Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England
OccupationFrom Mar 1884 to Aug 1890Great Western Railway,
Census1891Blacksmith - Apprentice - Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England
OccupationAbt Aug 1893Porter - Kensal Green, Middlesex, England
ResidenceAbt Aug 189319 Hands? Street, Kensal Green, Middlesex, England
Marriage5 Aug 1893St Judes, Kensal Green, Middlesex, England - Margaret Louisa JONES
OccupationAbt Dec 1894Railway Porter - Chelsea, Middlesex, England
OccupationAbt Jul 1897Railway Porter - London, Middlesex, England
Census1901Railway Guard - 31 Nutbourne Street, Paddington, Middlesex, England
ResidenceAbt Aug 190331 Nutbourne Street, Paddington, Middlesex, England
Census1911Railway Guard (Metropolitean Railway) - 31 Nutbourne Street, Queens Park Estate, Paddington, Middlesex, England
OccupationAbt Jun 1924Motorman
ResidenceAbt Jan 193331 Nutbourne Street, Queens Park Estate, Paddington, Middlesex, England
OccupationAbt Jan 1933Railway Inspector - Paddington, Middlesex, England
ResidenceAbt Jan 1937Shirburn Street, Watlington, Oxfordshire, England
Death18 Jan 1937The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Probate6 Mar 1937Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Families

SpouseMargaret Louisa JONES (1869 - 1933)
ChildSydney Rion Picton STEVENS (1894 - 1924)
ChildNellie Louisa Emily Ray STEVENS (1897 - 1930)
FatherThomas Joseph STEVENS (1838 - 1909)
MotherEmily BROADWAY (1842 - )
SiblingWilliam STEVENS (1866 - 1928)
SiblingThomas Joseph STEVENS (1867 - )
SiblingFrank STEVENS (1872 - 1952)
SiblingHarriet STEVENS (1874 - )
SiblingMary A E STEVENS (1876 - )
SiblingNellie E STEVENS (1877 - )
SiblingArthur STEVENS (1880 - )
SiblingAlfred STEVENS (1881 - )
SiblingLouisa STEVENS (1885 - )
SiblingErnest Edward STEVENS (1886 - 1960)

Notes

Occupation

Extract from: Railway Employment Records: Great Western - Uniformed Staff.

Name: Stevens, Rion George
Date of birth: 10 Sept 1869
Date of entering service - Occupation - Station
March 1884 - Lad Porter - Watlington
Feb 1888 - Lad Porter - Langley
Oct 1889 - Signalman - Langley
Nov 1889 - Switchman - West Drayton

Wages - Commencement of service: 8/-
4 April 1885: 9/-
4 April 1886: 10/-1
Apr 4 1887: 11/-
Feb 28 1888: 14/-
Feb 5 1889: 16/-
1889: 20/-
1890: 21/-
Reference to testimonials: 9462
Date & reason for leaving service: Aug 1890 - Resigned

Marriage

In 1911 census say married 17 years. - Extract from parish register: 1893 Marriage solemnized at St Jude's Church in the parish of Kensal Green in the county of London.

No: 488
Date: 5 August 1893
Name: Rion George Stevens - Margaret Louisa Jones
Age: Full - Full
Condition: Bachelor - Spinster
Occupation: Porter - Servant
Address: 19 Hands? Street - 5 Cadogan Square, Upper Chelsea
Father: Thomas Joseph Stevens - John Jones
Father's occupation: Engineer - Deceased.

married in St Jude's church according to the rites and ceremonies of the established church after banns by: A A Mandon?
Bride & groom signed their names - witnesses: Henry John Woods & Sarah Hannah Woods.

Probate

Extract from probate calendar - Year: 1937

Stevens Rion George of Shirburn Street Watlington Oxfordshire died 18 January 1937 at The Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford administration Oxford 6 March to Ernest Edward Stevens agricultural machinist. Effects: £1338 2s 6d.

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1869 Oct/Dec - Henley - Vol: 3a Page: 569.

2. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: Great Western Railway Company: Staff Records; Class: RAIL264; Piece: 351.

3. 1871 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG10; Piece: 1429; Folio: 99; Page: 8;.

4. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1492; Folio: 97; Page: 12.

5. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: Great Western Railway Company: Staff Records; Class: RAIL264; Piece: 351.

6. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 1160; Folio: 78; Page: 6.

7. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Jude, Kensal Green, Register of marriages, P87/JUD, Item 010.

8. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Jude, Kensal Green, Register of marriages, P87/JUD, Item 010.

9. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1893 Jul/Sept - Chelsea - Vol: 1a Page: 812.

10. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Jude, Kensal Green, Register of marriages, P87/JUD, Item 010.

11. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR237/1/R2/1.

12. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR237/1/R2/1.

13. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 17; Folio: 132; Page: 24.

14. London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911, Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV02/BEE/AD/006.

15. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 7 (Household Schedule: 163).

16. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1924 - Stevens, Sydney Rion Picton.

17. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1933 - Stevens, Margaret Louisa.

18. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1933 - Stevens, Margaret Louisa.

19. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1937 - Stevens, Rion George.

20. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1937 Jan/Mar - Oxford - Vol: 3a Page: 1936.

21. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1937 - Stevens, Rion George.

22. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1937 - Stevens, Rion George.