When Robert Lynd Stevens was born on 31 January 1855, in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alfred Stevens I, was 40 and his mother, Christiana Lynd, was 37. He married Sarah Eliza Manning on 1 January 1877, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Slaterville, Weber, Utah Territory, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as laborer. He died on 20 March 1893, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.