i just thought i would throw this out there some times people were iliterite and the name would be spelled anyway the person felt especally in the American south my last name is Stephens but as the group got to the 1790's the name was spelt however it was thought to be spelled Stevens, stephens as annoying as it is now days for someone to misspell your name just a thought Trevor Stephens "Maggie Gurney" <tigger@likesbouncing.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >Derek > >Please don't discount any variation on the name spelling.  I too have both >variations - STEVENS and STEPHENS. > >My father is STEVENS, grandfather - STEVENS, great grandfather STEPHENS and >grt grt grandfather STEPHENS and 2 of his 4 children had STEVENS, whilst the >other 2 had STEPHENS. > >So you can see why I wouldn't discount any variations.  More often than not, >our ancestors couldn't read and wouldn't know the difference.  They >practised their signatures so it looked as though they could write on their >wedding day or when registering births etc. > >Kind Regards > >Maggs Gurney > >researching - >NUNN - Essex, Birmingham, Aston >STEVENS - Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Aston >PHILLIPS - Aston, Birmingham, King's Norton (Worcs in 1834), >BUGGINS - Wilmcote, Warks 1804 >PITCHFORD - Aston, Birmingham, West Bromwich, >BAILEY, SULLEY, MALIN, JONES, TURNER, BLUNT - Aston, Birmingham >TURNBULL, LAW, THOMAS, MURRAY, HUNTER, HUTTON, SIMPSON, PAGE, BRAGGS, - >Only looking at present in Scoonie, Lochore, Shotts and Leven, (all Fife) >and Edinburgh - Scotland > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Phil Stevens" <joe2phil@drizzle.com> >To: <STEPHENS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:40 PM >Subject: Re: [STEPHENS] Re: Richard Cotton Stephens > > >> Hello  Derek   This is your post ?? , Don`t be so quick to discount the >> different speellings !!!! ,   My name is Phil Stevens , my fathers name is >> Joseph Stevens , HIS Father is Adam Stephens , AND Adams` father is Georg >> Steffen ,  Need I say more ????? , Phil >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Derek Brooks" <derek_brooks@tiscali.co.uk> >> To: <STEPHENS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:21 AM >> Subject: Re: [STEPHENS] Re: Richard Cotton Stephens >> >> >> > Sorry no, I don't recognise the names at all. >> > >> > If spelt Stevens, then definitely not my bloodline, only spelt Stephens. >> > >> > As you can imagine there are probably tens of thousands of them over >here, >> > and I expect the same wherever you are. >> > >> > >> > Derek Brooks >> > Goonhavern >> > Cornwall >> > UK >> > CFHS#09920 >> > Cornish Extended Family >> > http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/ >> > >> > UK Surnames >> > http://www.county-surnames.co.uk/list.mv?county=Cornwall >> > >> > Cornish-L Surnames >> > http://www.cornish-surnames.org.uk >> > >> > Cornish Ancestors >> > http://www.cornish-ancestors.co.uk/Reseach/ind_res.htm >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: <bass103@juno.com> >> > To: <derek_brooks@tiscali.co.uk> >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 1:07 PM >> > Subject: Re: [STEPHENS] Re: Richard Cotton Stephens >> > >> > >> > > >> > > do you know anything about Noah Steven/Stephens?  born around 1824 >> > > >> > > -- "Derek Brooks" <derek_brooks@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> > > Dear Thomas, >> > > >> > > Nice to hear from you. >> > > >> > > I have information on my line from the 1880 US Census sent to me via a >> > > Cornish List member, but that is all. >> > > >> > > I do not have access to Ancestry.com, so perhaps you found the >> information >> > > there. >> > > >> > > I am not sure what you mean by "I am curious if you are in the >> information >> > > some of which confirms information in your query, some of which adds >> > > information, some of which contradicts your information." >> > > >> > > I was given the names I have via an old tree, from one of the names on >> my >> > > list of descendents of Burgi. >> > > >> > > I do not how accurate it is. >> > > >> > > My mother was a Stephens here in Cornwall, hence my research of the >> > family. >> > > >> > > Any information you would be happy to share with me would be >> appreciated. >> > > >> > > Regards >> > > >> > > Derek >> > > Cornwall >> > > UK >> > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: "Tom Stephens" <llanotom@msn.com> >> > > To: <derek_brooks@tiscali.co.uk> >> > > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 11:05 PM >> > > Subject: Richard Cotton Stephens >> > > >> > > >> > > > Driven by curiosity, I have searched US Census 1870 to 1910 for your >> > > Richard >> > > > Cotton Stephens and his son, Charles Henry Stephens in the 1900 thru >> > 1920 >> > > > Census.  I found them all.  I am curious if you are in the >information >> > > some >> > > > of which confirms information in your query, some of which adds >> > > information, >> > > > some of which contradicts your information. >> > > > >> > > > Thomas Robert Stephens >> > > > Llano, Texas >> > > > >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ >> > > > Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. >> > http://lexus.msn.com/ >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ============================== >> > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial.  Click to learn more. >> > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> > > >> > > >> > > ________________________________________________________________ >> > > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! >> > > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! >> > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >> > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >> > >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial.  Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial.  Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > -- Americans are broad-minded people. 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