Hello Nigel, Robert son of John and Mary STEPHENS living in Town, Kingsclere, occ Carpenter baptised 25 November 1827 As spelt in the Kingsclere Parish Register. There is the baptism of a daughter Frances to Daniel and Sophia STEVENS of Town occ Carpenter born 8th August baptism 1 September 1825. Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel St C Gerdes" <nigel.gerdes@milnet.uk.net> To: <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:39 PM Subject: [King] John STEVENS born ca 1856 Kingsclere, Hants or near by > Hi List, > > I am in correspondence with a researcher tracing their > Ecchinswell/Kingsclere > STEVENS family. > > In the course of doing census searches I found in the 1881 census at > St Giles > Reading, Berks at 23 Silver St an unmarried lodger called John > STEVENS giving > his birth year as 1856 and a birthplace of Kingsclere, Hants. His > occupation > was Shoeblack. > > He might be: > > Birth FreeBMD Whitchurch 1857 1Q 2c 176 STEVENS, John Alexander > > There is a Robert STEVENS and Elizabeth ALEXANDER on the same page > at Marriage > FreeBMD Andover 1851 2Q 7 63. > > If it all matches Robert STEVENS could be Robert STEVENS b 1827 > Kingsclere > Town baptised 25 Nov 1827 and described on John's website. We do > know Robert > b 1827 was a shoemaker and that he was at Hurstbourne Tarrant in the > 1851 > census > > Can anybody help with a PR baptism or his family, there are no > records for > this person on John's website? > > Thanks in advance for any assistance, before having to send for the > certificate to investigate. > > Regards, > > Nigel >