Hi everyone, In July 2012 I put a request on this board for information regarding Francis Guise Stevens of somerset, his eldest daughter Ethel louisa and younger daughter Hilda Grace (according to info from family in South Africa) I thought that folks might like to know the outcome. It took many months of fruitless combing of records of various sorts and emails to numerous folk and societies but finally a lady in New Zealand thought out of the box and came up trumps, via rootschat.com where I had also put a query. It turned out that there were 3 Francis Guise Stevens in the family 1 b Chard 1833,2 b Branscombe 1852 and 3 b Greenwich, d Camberwell 1879. It transpired that Ethel and Hilda were sisters of FGS NO.3 and because no 2 was an alcoholic and thought to be partially responsible for death of his son (no3) the girls were brought up by an aunt and not by their parents and that is where the New Zealand lady found them. Another barrier to our search was that when found Ethel Louisa was found to be Ethel Lydia Florence Mary, and Hilda Grace was Hilda Gertrude Hannah. postscript. A couple of months ago a direct descendent living in Cornwall, who has many paper records pertaining to the family got in touch so now many more fact may come to light. A big thankyou to all who took the time, to look up records, email tips and encouraging comments. Apologies for the length of this epistle. Thanks again peter .

Dear Peter, That is wonderful. It is always nice to hear of the end result and it is good to know that all your (and many other people's) labours paid off. I wonder if Hilda Grace didn't lie her real middle names, although I rather like Ethel Louisa's full name - quite impressive. Good luck and happy hunting with the rest of it. Regards, Kathryn -----Original Message----- From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of P Elliott Sent: Monday, 19 August 2013 11:57 PM To: ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SOM] RE Francis Guise Stevens Hi everyone, In July 2012 I put a request on this board for information regarding Francis Guise Stevens of somerset, his eldest daughter Ethel louisa and younger daughter Hilda Grace (according to info from family in South Africa) I thought that folks might like to know the outcome. It took many months of fruitless combing of records of various sorts and emails to numerous folk and societies but finally a lady in New Zealand thought out of the box and came up trumps, via rootschat.com where I had also put a query. It turned out that there were 3 Francis Guise Stevens in the family 1 b Chard 1833,2 b Branscombe 1852 and 3 b Greenwich, d Camberwell 1879. It transpired that Ethel and Hilda were sisters of FGS NO.3 and because no 2 was an alcoholic and thought to be partially responsible for death of his son (no3) the girls were brought up by an aunt and not by their parents and that is where the New Zealand lady found them. Another barrier to our search was that when found Ethel Louisa was found to be Ethel Lydia Florence Mary, and Hilda Grace was Hilda Gertrude Hannah. postscript. A couple of months ago a direct descendent living in Cornwall, who has many paper records pertaining to the family got in touch so now many more fact may come to light. A big thankyou to all who took the time, to look up records, email tips and encouraging comments. Apologies for the length of this epistle. Thanks again peter . ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message