Individual Details

Charles was the only child of Mattie's to have children.

An online database gives Charles Hughes Stevenson's wife as Eva Rose Ellen Connolly, who he married 12 Jun 1922, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO. Charles is said to have died 15 Aug 1977 and is buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kansas City. His last address in the SSDI is Shawnee Mission, Johnson Co, Kansas [across the state line from Kansas City, MO]

Eva is also in the SSDI - she was born 3 Jul 1899, died Nov 1993 in Shawnee Mission.

World War I Draft Registration:
Charles Hughes Stevinson, age 21
Lived Hallsville, MO
Born: 15 Nov 1896, Hallsville
Father born Boone Co, MO
Employer: Farming for self, Hallsville
Nearest relative: Mattie Burke Mathes, Hallsville, MO
Signed: Charles Hughes Stevinson
Blue Eyes, Light hair
Dated 5 Jun 1918.
Note: I have no explanation for the way Charles wrote his mother's name. Mattie was living with Henry Burke in the 1920 and 1930 census. Her first husband, Isaac Stevinson, was still living in 1910.

US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File states he enlisted in the Army, 18 Sep 1918; discharged 9 Dec 1918.

1920 Census. Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson Co, MO, Hh 25
East 8th St
William W. Tucker, 60, Laborer, Stockyard
Ella G., wife, 55, Keeper, Lodging House
Ella M. Austin, dau, 8 (Bettie's daughter?)
Hughes Stevisonsen, 22, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. Germany, Instructor, Auomobile Sch
Bette B. Austin, lodger, 22, Stenographer, Investment
Myrtle Wolfe, lodger, 34, Waitress, Restaurant
Mary E. Joslen, lodger, 16, Inspector, Dry Goods

1930 Census. Kansas City, Jackson, MO, Hh 570
Locust St.
Charles H. Stevinson, 32, married at 24, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. Germany. President, Electrical School
Eva, wife, 31, married at 23, b. TX, parents b. Ireland
Charles H., son, 2 years, 3 months
Mary F., daughter, 3 months

Missouri Birth Registers: Mary Frances Stevinson, b. 6 Jan 1930.

1931. Kansas City, Missouri City Directoy
Stevinson, Auto & Electrical School. C. H. Stevinson, Pres. Mrs. Eva Stevinson, sec-treas. 2008 Main
Chas H. (Eva) pres Stevinson Auto & Electrical School home 5905 Locust
Eva, Mrs. sec-treas Stevinson Auto & Electrical School residence 5905 Locust

1940 Census. Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO, Hh 188
Address was 5905 Locust - they lived there in 1935
Charles H. Stevinson, 43, b. MO, president & teacher at automobile trade school
Eva, wife, 40, b. MO, secretary & treasurer of automobile trade school
Charles Edward, son, age 12, b. TX. Mary Frances, dau, age 10, b. MO. Joseph, son, age 7, b. MO
Dora Batson, servant, age 27, b. MO

27 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Charles Hughes Stevinson of 5905 Locust St, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO was age 45, b. 15 Nov 1896 in Hallsville, MO. Mrs. Eva Stevinson of the same address will always know his. Employed by Stevinson Aircraft & Automotive School, 2008 Main, Kansas City. 6' tall, 160 lbs. Blue eyes, brown hair.

1950 Census. Kansas City, Jackson Co, Kansas, Hh 166
5905 Locust
Charles H. Stevinson, 51, b. MO, President of Trade School, Automobile and Electrical School
Eva, wife, 50, b. TX
Mary F., dau, 20, b. MO
Joseph B., son, 17, b. MO
also in 1950 - Webster College, Webster Groves St. Louis, MO
Stevinson, Mary F., student, 20, b. MO

1 Mar 1958 City Census, Fairway, Kansas
Charles Stevinson, 2400 East Vale, age 60
Eva, age 57

1960 Fairway, KS, City Census
Stevinson, Charles, 3400 Eastvale Dr, age 63
Eva, 60
Mary F. 30

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, 16 Aug 1977, Tuesday, p.7
Charles H. Stevinson
Charles H. Stevinson of 3400 Eastdale Drive, Fairway, Businessman and civic leader here many years, died Monday at the home.
He was born in Hallsville, Mo., and had lived in this area most of his life.
Mr. Stevison founded the Stevinson Auto & Electrical School Company at 2008 Main in 1922. He was president of the company 55 years.
In 1952 h received a presidential citation for promoting equal opportunity in employment for the handicapped. He was past president of the National Rehabilitation Association. He was a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Comprehensive Rehabilitation Planning.
Mr. Stevinson was a member of the Goodwill Industries Board of Trustees 24 years. He served on the Mayor's Committee for the Employment of the Handicapped in Kansas City.
Mr. Stevinson was a member of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Sertoma Club.
He was an Army veteran of World War I.
He was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church.
Mr. Stevinson leaves his wife, Mrs. Eva Stevinson of the home; two sons, Charles E. Stevinson, Golden, Colo., and Joseph Stevinson, Kansas City; a duaghter, Mrs. Mary Frances Knapp, Roeland Park; a sister, Mrs. Helen Chalmers, Hutchinson, Kan.; 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 am Thursday at the church; burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The rosary will be said at 8 pm Wednesday at the chapel, where friends may call after 7 pm.

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, 23 Jul 1961, Sunday, p. 64
Married July 22.
Miss Mary Francis Stevinson became the bride of Mr. Kenneth Keith Knapp yesterday morning at St. Agnes Catholic Church which was decorated with white gladioli and Majestic daisies. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stevinson. Mrs. Grace Hobbs of Springfield, MO and Mr. George W. Knapp of Buffalo, MO, are the parents of the bridegroom.

SSDI shows Mary F. Knapp (Stevinson) was born 6 Jan 1930 in Kansas City, died June 1990.
She was in the Bishop Hogan High School Yearbook, "Prism" in 1946, pictured with the Pep Club.
She had made a trip abroad in the summer of 1950. She sailed from New York on 12 Jul 1950 on the S. S. Roma, bound for the port of Lisbon, Portugal. She was age 20, born in Missouri, planning to be abroad for two months. She arrived back in New York on 24 Aug 1950, having sailed on the Liguria from Cherbourg, France. Her home address listed as 5905 Locust St, Kansas City. Her luggage listed as 3 hand packages, 1 box.
FindAGrave lists her as buried Mount Olivet Cemetery & Mausoleum in Raytown, Jackson Co MO. Her spouse was Kenneth Keith Knapp.

Birth	15 Nov 1896	Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri
Death	15 Aug 1977	Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas

Father	Israel Bruton Stevinson (1858 - 1910)
Mother	Mathilde Maria "Martha or Mattie" Schniebs (1874 - 1952)
Sibling	Israel Bruton Stevinson Jr. (1899 - 1970)
Sibling	Emma Amelia Stevinson (1901 - 1906)
Sibling	Helen G. Stevinson (1904 - 1993)