When George Stevenson was born about 1875, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Stevenson, was 37 and his mother, Mary Ann Newbold, was 37. He married Mabel Eliza Barker in 1903, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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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’.
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