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Date Posted: 03:11:24 06/09/04 Wed
Author: Peter Stephenson
Subject: Re: George Stephenson
In reply to: M Young 's message, "Re: George Stephenson" on 01:44:15 02/02/04 Mon

I also have George Stephenson as a distant, avuncular relative. I would like to see any family tree information, and can share what I have--there are some gaps in it. But, basically, part of the family left Britain and moved to North America (New York), where they continued built the street car system...married into the mayor's family, and so forth. Also evidently involved in railway bridge construction over the ST. Lawrence in Montreal. The family converted it's railway business to creating gun carriages for the Union during the civil war; we still have some nice Silver from Abraham Lincoln given as thanks for that. The business closed a long time ago, and we are now all mainly professionals, professors, etc. Interestingly many of us even look like him a good bit.

Drop me a line if you want to connect, via my email.

Peter Stephenson

>I am searching for information on George Stephenson
>1781-1848 (father of British Railway).
>If we are talking about the same fellow, I am trying
>to track down the name of his 3rd and last wife, whom
>George married only a couple of years before he died.
>
>>Hi. George Stephenson was my great great great great
>>great uncle(aparrently). I have a full family tree
>>tracing him back on my mother side - Carr family. If
>>you would like further info, i would be more than
>>happy to dig it out.

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Replies:

Re: George Stephenson -- Robert Walford, 12:02:21 07/11/04 Sun
- Re: George Stephenson -- Karina Thirling, 17:48:33 07/12/05 Tue
Re: George Stephenson -- L. Hoffman, 11:31:40 07/26/04 Mon