Looking for information on the family of my ggg grandfather, James William Stephenson, probably born about 1809. His marriage record to Jane Acheson dated 17 Feb 1828 in Diocese of Elphin, Cavetown, Co. Roscommon, stated that he lived in Killoe, Co. Longford. They had a son also named James William Stephenson, born 21 Feb 1830. Apparently, the elder James Stephenson died and Jane Acheson Stephenson and her son James immigrated to the United States, residing with her Uncle George Acheson/Atchison in Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania. In 1838, Jane married Lemuel Byers in Pennsylvania and had 10 more children. A letter written to Jane by her father, James Acheson of Cavetown, Co. Roscommon, in Apr. 1839 stated "poor Jas Stephenson's friends in the Cn Longford are doing badly. His Uncle Wm lives in Drumlish - a cripple going on crutches."
Any help in locating the family of James Wm. Stephenson will be very much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Ann O'Rourke
Friday 4th Jan 2013, 10:09PM
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Hi Ann,
Thank you for your message.
I have passed it on to one of our volunteers in the area who hopefully will be able to assist or advise you.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Suport
Friday 1st Mar 2013, 04:09PM -
Hi Ann,
Three years on, I have found some information on the Stephensons. I sent you an email last night entitled James William Stephenson. It may have gone to your spam folder so you might like to check there.
Regards, Yvonne
Friday 19th Aug 2016, 02:20PM -
Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for contacting me. I did receive your initial message but it seems to have disappeared! Could you possibly resend it to my e-mail address (squ3348@yahoo.com)?
I am very interested in the book you mentioned and your thoughts about Clontumpher. My husband and I tried to visit that area when we were in Ireland in 2013 but no one seemed to be able to give us directions. Perhaps is does not exist now.
Also, my initial thought was that James Wm. Stephenson was born around 1809 since his wife was, but in looking at the ages of her siblings and their spouses, I discovered that most of the men were about 9-12 years older than the women they married, so he may have been born as early as the 1790s. I have so little to go on here!
Again, I appreciate your response!
Ann
Thursday 1st Sep 2016, 11:44PM