Thomas STEVENSON
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Name Thomas STEVENSON Birth Abt 1838 Ratcliff, Middlesex 
[1] Gender Male 1841 Census "Martins Buildings", Shadwell, Middlesex [2] At 1841 Census, he is 3 1851 Census 2, Victoria St., Shadwell, Middlesex [1] At 1851 Census, he is 13 1871 Census 47, Kerbey St., Poplar, Middlesex [3] At 1871 Census, he is 32, occ "Basket Maker" Person ID I201 Webb Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
Father Thomas John STEVENSON, b. 12 Sep 1808, ?Abbot? St., Tower Hamlets Relationship natural Mother Sarah CHAMBERLAIN, b. 23 Oct 1812, Shadwell, Middlesex Relationship natural Marriage 1828 Christ Church, Spittalfields, London [4] Notes - Slightly awkwardly, John Thomas STEVENSON(?) marries Sarah POTTER on 20/9/1830 at the same church, and one of the witnesses is Mary CHAMBERLAIN. There is a high chance this is the same Sarah, though I do not know why the surname changes. However I am taking it that the birth name is Chamberlain, if only because there are baptisms of STEVENSON children at St Dunstan, Stepney recorded in IGI as follows:
Frederick Alfred Henry, bapt 6/9/1829
Emma Sarah, bapt 22/5/1831
Robert, bapt 27/5/1832
Mary Ann, bapt 22/12/1833. Mary Ann matches a name and age from the 1851 Census.
Family ID F59 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Slightly awkwardly, John Thomas STEVENSON(?) marries Sarah POTTER on 20/9/1830 at the same church, and one of the witnesses is Mary CHAMBERLAIN. There is a high chance this is the same Sarah, though I do not know why the surname changes. However I am taking it that the birth name is Chamberlain, if only because there are baptisms of STEVENSON children at St Dunstan, Stepney recorded in IGI as follows:
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Birth - Abt 1838 - Ratcliff, Middlesex 
1871 Census - At 1871 Census, he is 32, occ "Basket Maker" - - 47, Kerbey St., Poplar, Middlesex = Link to Google Earth
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