GEORGE EDGAR STRINGER STEWARD⁽⁴⁴²⁾

Birth and death

• Birth: 1859 [59] at Bitterne, Hampshire [1861 England census]. GRO Births index for the first quarter of 1859 (S. Stoneham, 2c, 5)
• Death: 14 Nov 1913 at Blackheath Cottage Hospital, suddenly, from an accident [The Times, of 17 Nov 1913]. GRO deaths index for the Dec quarter of 1913 (Woolwich, 1d, 1234). He was 55.
• Burial: not known.
• Occupation: a mercantile clerk (1891) and later a discount broker (1901).
• Father: James Dick STEWARD⁽¹⁸¹⁾ (1818-1885).
• Mother: Mary Louisa HARRIS⁽⁴³⁹⁾ (1829-1899).

Other dates

• 1861 England Census:Aged 2, staying at Bitterne with his parents and three siblings:
  • Mary A. Steward, aged 5
  • James Steward, aged 4
  • Philip Morton Steward, aged 4 mo.
• 1871 England Census: Aged 12, a pupil at a school in Millbrook, Hampshire, with his brother Philip M. Steward, aged 10. The school was run by Emily Allford, 35. There were 16 boys at the school aged between 8 and 12.
• 1891 England Census: At 2 Champion Terrace, Blackheath Road, Charlton, aged 32, unmarried, a mercantile clerk, born at Bitterne, son of the head of household Mary L. Steward, a widow living on her own means, who was born in Rochford, Essex. Also present are:
  • Charlotte R. Steward, daughter, 23, single, a school mistress, born in Bitterne.
  • Frances J. Steward, son, 19, a medical student, born in Bitterne.
  • Douglas V. Steward, son, 16, a scholar, born at Bitterne.
  • George C. S.(?) Fry(?), a visitor, 29, solocitor, born in Scotland.
  • Alfred S. Rathbone, boarder, 37, single, a journalist, and George's cousin.
  • two servants (a housemaid and a cook).
  1901 England Census: At 168 Victoria Road, Charlton, Greenwich, aged 42, married, a disount broker working on his own account, born at Southampton. Also Mabel L. Steward, his wife, 33, born at Portsmouth, Hants. Also present are children:
  • Kenneth N. Steward, 6, born at Blackheath.
  • David H. Steward, 5, born at Blackheath.
  • Mary C. Steward, 2, born at Blackheath.
  • Alice B. Steward, 3 mo., born at Charlton.
  There are also two servants.

I have not so far found him in the 1881 census.

Marriage

• Marriage: 18 Jun 1893, [59, GRO marriage index, Jun quarter of 1893 (Woolwich, 1d, 1743)].
• Spouse: Mabel Louisa HARVEY⁽⁴⁴⁹⁾.



• Birth: 1867, Portsmouth, Hampshire [GRO births index, Jun quarter of 1867, Portsea Island, 2b, 412].
• Christening: 22 May 1867, St. Thomas, Portsmouth [IGI based on church records].
• Death: Jan 1945 [59, GRO deaths index Mar quarter 1945, Bristol, 6a, 5], aged 77.
• Burial: not known
• Father: George Henry HARVEY
• Mother: Louisa Anne MITCHELL
• Notes: Mabel Louisa was the seventh of I think nine children, all of whom were born in Poartmouth. Her father is described in the 1871 England census as secretary to the Admiral Superintendent (of HM Dockyard, Portsmouth presumably).

Children

• Kenneth Livingstone STEWARD (b. 1894 )
• Donald Harvey STEWARD⁽⁴⁵³⁾ (b. 1895)
• Mary Charlotte STEWARD⁽⁴⁵⁴⁾ (b. 1898)
• Alice Barbara STEWARD⁽⁴⁵⁵⁾ (b. 1901)
• George Norman STEWARD⁽⁴⁵⁶⁾ (b. 1904)

Some further details of these descendants can be found on a separate page.

© John Stowell 2006             Last updated on 06 Nov 2006.

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