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I'm sure Choccy will answer you, but here on GR none of us "helpers" are likely to be related to people who ask questions - we (I speak for myself only!) are just a bunch of sad nerds who like researching and know where to look.

Once someone gets a handle on your family, they can find stuff out very rapidly.

Morning Dorothy,

As Madmeg says 'you have to know where to look' and have subscriptions to the various sites available.

I am just one of many 'helpers' on GR (who I must admit enjoys a bit of a challenge).

Finding the family tree on the Ancestry site was definitely a bonus!

Yes! The combination of Daisy Violet and Ethel, with their ages, and in Whitchurch. Charles E. must have been older than we thought - nothing surprising there. Thank you Choccy!

I don't know about Madmeg's "sad nerds": looking up records seems a perfectly rational occupation to me, and I am grateful. I'll try not to take unfair advantage of your good nature - but I only started on this a week ago!

BTW

if you are not familiar with the area Kingsclere (where Charles Edmund was possibly born ) is right next to Newbury where it seems that Violet was born.

A simple search on the familysearch website for the surname Purdue, has the name coming from the Newbury area.

1891
Edmund Stevens
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Bestlead, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Newbury
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: Newbury
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Newbury
Sub-registration district: Newbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Edmund Stevens 35 Watchmaker
Mary Stevens 37
Fred George Stevens 9
Charles Stevens 7
Daisy Stevens 2

address 7 Bartholemew Street

for Edmund on the original census the columen for "neither employer or employed" is crossed

Edmund Stevens
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Westuter, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Overton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address: High St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Watch Maker

Registration district: Whitchurch
Sub-registration district: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Edmund Stevens 25
Mary Ann Stevens 27

Edmund's place of birth does not make sense in either census.

Edmund Stevens
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Elizth
Gender: Male
Where born: West Tisted, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Medstead
Town: Medstead
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Registration district: Alton
Sub-registration district: Alton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 45
Household Members:
Name Age
George Stevens 50 occ cordwainer (bootmaker) b. West Tisted
Elizth Stevens 49 Ropley, Hampshire,
Edmund Stevens 15
Edna Stevens 12
Walter Stevens 9
Horace Stevens 6

1871

Mary Purdue
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Overton, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: St Pancras
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Pancras
Sub-registration district: Kentish Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 155
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ellis 31
Emily Ellis 28
Albert West 28
Mary Purdue 17
John G Cuthbertson 33
John Lill 21

Mary Anne Purdue Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
10 JUL 1853 Overton, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: George Purdue Family
Mother: Jane

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
I053471

1861
George Purdue
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Overton, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Overton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Whitchurch
Sub-registration district: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 132
Household Members:
Name Age
George Purdue 45 occ Bricklayer
Jane Purdue 33 Overton, Hampshire
Elizabeth Ann Purdue 23
Harriet Purdue 20
Robert Purdue 16
Mary Ann Purdue 7
Sarah Jane Purdue 4 (***she must have been the witness to Edmund and Mary Ann's marriage)

Henry Purdue 10 Mo

Edmund Stevens is listed on this website www.clockswatches.com
unfortunately my subscription has run out but you can subscribe for a day .

George Stevens Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Thomas Stevens Family

Marriages:
Spouse: Elizabeth Cooper Family
Marriage:
14 MAY 1841 Ropley, Hampshire, England

Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M146651

George Stevens
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1821
Gender: Male
Where born: Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Ropley
Hundred: Sutton (Lower Half)
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Alresford
Sub-registration district: Ropley
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George Stevens 20
Elizabeth Stevens 20

gives his occupation as shoemaker

problem with this record is that if the marriage given previously is correct then they were living together prior to marriage.

george and elizabeth still alive in 1901

George Stevens
[Goerge Stevens]
Age: 81
Estimated birth year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: West Tisted, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Bentworth
Ecclesiastical parish: Bentworth St Mary
Town: Bentworth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Alton
Sub-registration district: Alton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members:
Name Age
George Stevens 81
Elizabeth Stevens 82
Edna Stevens 39

Deaths Dec 1902 (>99%)
Stevens George 83 Alton 2c 105

Deaths Jun 1907 (>99%)
STEVENS Elizabeth 89 Alton 2c 96

looks like George Purdue has a preious marriage to Charlotte
1841
Geo Dserden (name mistranscriberd)
[Geo Purdue]
[George Purdue]
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Where born: Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Overton
Hundred: Overton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Whitchurch
Sub-registration district: Whitchurch and Overton
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Geo Dserden 25
Charlotte Dserden 20
Elizh Dserden 3
Harl B Dserden 7 Mo

1851
George Purdue
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Overton, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Overton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Whitchurch
Sub-registration district: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 110
Household Members:
Name Age
George Purdue 35
Ann Purdue 14
Robert Purdue 7
Charlotte Purdue 4

Wife of george?
Deaths Sep 1848 (>99%)
Purdue Charlotte Whitchurch 7 167


Charlotte Purdue Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
23 MAY 1847 Overton, Hampshire, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: George Purdue Family
Mother: Charlotte

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
I029280

Marriages Dec 1852 (>99%)
PURDUE George Whitchurch H 2c 352
Brown Jane Whitchurch 2c 352

Marriages Sep 1858 (>99%)

Gibbs Jane Newbury 2c 333

Purdue George Newbury 2c 333

Just for information, in the 1881 census Edmund and Mary Ann Stevens are living next door to the Purdues, with Jane Purdue, widowed, being kept by the children (Henry and Arthur).
So we can all look forward to a comfortable old-age (well, 53 is hardly old).

Thank you everyone for all this information. I'm about to sit down and examine it all in detail.

As regards Patricia's remark that 53 isnt old: I have a photograph of Bertha Stevens mother (Amelia Griffith nee Baker) and she looks like an Old Lady. It's partly the way she's dressed: in sturdy shoes, coat and hat, and firmly gripping a handbag. My mother tells me she was 64 - my age next birthday.