Brief Life History of Robert Roseborough
When Robert Roseborough Stephenson was born on 30 July 1893, in Percy Main, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Stephenson, was 37 and his mother, Jane Rosborough, was 33. He married Lavinia Douglass Hopkins in 1919, in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Chirton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 3 January 1968, in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74, and was buried in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert R Stephenson in household of Charles Stephenson, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Robert Roseborough Stephenson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Robert R Stephenson, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen . Compare Stevenson 1.
English (Durham): variant of Stevenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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