When John Stevenson was born about 1847, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Stephenson or Stevenson, was 27 and his mother, Catherine Boax, was 25. He married Jane Mclehose on 2 June 1871, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 29 August 1887, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 41.
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English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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