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IRELAND - STEPHENSON
Stephenson and Cator Blog Page
For our Stephenson line the family history begins in Ireland. Because
of this I have no further back-in-time personal research for my database as I have never tried to
research Irish heritage overseas.
The FNU Stephenson in our
lineage that
emigrated to America had a known son,
Joseph W. Stephenson
was born about 1839 in NY and sometime during his life he moved
to
Prince George's County, MD where he married Annie Stark and raised a family. He died before 1910.
This is an old map that was sent to me in this
shape and I do not know where the original
is online. Do you?
My husband's great
great grandfather is Joseph W. Stephenson
who married his bride, Annie Stark, our great great grandmother. Annie
was born in Maryland in 1844 and was the
daughter of John Stark. John was born in Austria! He married a
Mary LNU. At some point in their young lives John and Mary came to America,
together or independently. Their daughter
Annie was born, named after Annie Stark Stephenson.
Their known children are:
Our Great Grand Uncle Charles Wilbur Stephenson
born April 29th 1866 in Maryland. He married Annie Rebecca Mullikin
on August 19th 1885 in MD. Charles died on 25 Jun 1942 in Clinton, Prince George's
County, Maryland, USA.
Rebecca was born on March 2, 1865 (at the end of the Civil War) in
Montgomery, MD. She died
20
Aug 1944.
Photos by
Kapke- Caplette tree on Ancestry.com
In the 1940 Census Charles W. and Annie live on Leonard Town Pike in
PGC, MD, in a home that they owned that was worth $4000. He and his
wife Annie are not working. She is 76. Living in their home is
their son Dennis who is 34. Also Ruth M. who is 28 and their
daughter-in-law. Two grandchildren make lots of noise in the home,
no doubt, as they are a boy Dennis Jr. age 10 and a girl Jean who is
likely delightful as well as terrible as she is the age of two, the
infamous terrible twos! A three generation household. Love
it!
Two years after this census, Granddad Charles passed on; 2 years later,
Grannie Annie joined her husband Charles.
Our Great Grand Uncle
Joseph L. Stephenson
born about 1868 in District of Columbia. He lived in Surratts in
1880 when he was but 7. I have not been able to find any other
info to date.
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Our Great Grandmother
Sarah F. Stephenson
was born in 1871 in Maryland. She married Charles Conrad
Cator Sr. on 4 Dec 1890 in District of Columbia. Charles
SR. is my husband's great grandfather. Sarah died in 1898
in Maryland. (See next generation)
Our Great Grand Uncle
Robert L. Stephenson
was born
about 1877 in Maryland. He died in 1949. Mom, Annie, lived
with her son Robert in Baltimore City, MD, during the taking of the 1910
Census. Annie was 68 and widowed as her husband died prior to the 1910
census. By the 1930 Census Robert was married since he turned 26 and his
bride Elizabeth L. LNU turned 18. They are now 52 and 44.
They rent for $30/month at 3014 Nichols Avenue, in DC. With them are
their daughters Florence A. (17) and Mildred E. (14) Stephenson. Robert
pops off to work daily as an auto salesman. By 1940 they have moved to
538 11th St. in DC where they rent for $40/month. Robert is now 63 and
is a building construction painter. It is most interesting to see
on this census that Florence is now married to a "Reynolds" and has a
child Barbara A. Reynolds. And, Mildred has married a FNU Frank
and has a child Robert E. Frank. No husbands on the scene if you
look at just this census. And the daughters and grandchildren are
all listed as "foster daughter" "foster grand daughter" and "foster
grand son". There is a story to be told here!!
Our Great Grand Uncle
William W. Stephenson
was born
in Jul 1873 in District of Columbia. I have not been able to find
any other info to date.
Our Great Grandmother
Sarah F. Stephenson
was born in 1871 in Maryland. She died in 1898 in Maryland at the age of 27.
Likely she died in birth because the grave states "and children". On December 4,
1890 in DC, Sarah married into our Cator line
when she wed
Charles Conrad
Cator Sr.
son of Thomas
Cator and Sarah E. LNU. At this time both Charles Sr. and Sarah F.
were living in DC. Charles was born in May 1863 in DC. He died in
1943 in DC. Years later he would join Sarah in her grave, along with some
of their children.
Thanks Robert Malay!
Sarah
F. and Charles Conrad Cator Sr. had the following known children:
Son Age 5 months Cator
was born in 1891.
He died on 25 Apr 1892. Note: There was at least one other baby
buried with Sarah F. and Charles. This may be a baby born to Sarah
when she was 27 and died, likely during childbirth. The grave says
"and children."
Our Great Aunt, Mabel E. Cator
was born in May 21 1893 in
DC. She died in August 1984 in Whitestone, VA.
Mabel married Ralph Mason Drummond. Mabel is buried at
Saint
Barnabas Church Cemetery in PGC, MD.
Ralph and Mabel were the parents of Inez Drummond who was 19 years old
in 1940. According to the 1940 Census, her dad, Charles
Conrad Cator, Sr. was living with Mabel and Ralph and Inez. At
that time Charles was 77 and widowed. Charles and Mabel did not work.
Ralph was a foreman for the fire department and Inez was a telephone
operator for an office building. G Granddad Charles died three
years later. They lived at 11th St. SE in DC.
Ralph is also buried at St.
Barnabas. Ralph was a
Sgt. U.S. Army WWI.
Other information:
Sarah was 7 years old in 1880
in Surratts MD. She was living with her mom Annie Clark and dad Joe M. Stephenson, along with her three older brothers Charles, Joe L., William
W., and baby brother Robert. Also living with her was her grandmother,
Mary Clark, who was 63 years of age. Dad was a farmer.
 
Grave of Sarah and children and
her husband Charles C. Cator (Sr)
She was buried in 1898.
Charles Sr. joined her in 1948
at St. Barnabas Cemetery in Prince Georges County, MD. He was 80.
TIMELINE OF SARAH F. STEPHENSON
CATOR AND CHARLES CONRAD CATOR, SR.
| May 1863 |
YOur Great Grandfather
Charles Conrad
Cator Sr., was born in
DC. His birth was during the Civil War. |
| 1871 |
YOur Great Grandmother
Sarah F. Stephenson
was born in 1871 in Maryland. |
| 4 Dec. 1890 |
YYSarah married
Charles Conrad
Cator Sr. on 4 Dec 1890 in
District of Columbia. She would have been about 19 years
old. And he would have been about 27. |
| 1891 |
Charles and
Sarah
had a baby boy who lived 5 months. He died 25 Apr 1892.
He is buried with his mother, and now father. |
| May 1893 |
Daughter, Mabel E. Cator,
was born in DC. She would live until 1984 when she died in
Whitestone VA at the age of 90. |
| 1895 |
Y Son,
Charles Conrad Cator,
Jr. was born in Silver Hill MD. He was nicknamed
Buck and Charlie. CCC Jr. would live until 17 Jan 1997 at the
age of 92. |
| 1898 |
Sarah F. Stephenson Cator
died in 1898 in Maryland. She was 27. They were married
less than 10 years. The grave is marked "and children"
(See photo
above). St Barnabas Cemetery in MD, Section 1,
Range 5. |
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| Perhaps 1898 or by 1899 |
Y Marriage of
Charles Conrad Cator SR and
LRachel Lurania
Clifton. See 1900 Census for
further info. |
| 1900 Census |
Charles Conrad Cator SR has now married Rachel
Lurania Clifton as his second wife. She is the sister of
Charity and Joseph Clifton. This is important as Charity
married into another line (Belle Cator's line). When Sarah
Stephenson Cator died, leaving Charles SR. to take care of his two
living children, he was likely guided to marry the single Lurania to
help raise his children. Perhaps he loved her dearly, but the
stories in the family do not support this. Lurania is not fondly remembered by the family. She was mean-spirited and would punish the children
by sitting them, for example, in iced-bath water. Charges were
actually brought against her for abuse of the children. They
were dropped, but not forgotten by the family. In the 1900 Census our grandfather Charles C. Cator JR was living
with Charles SR (37) and Lurania (24). Also in the house is
Mabel Cator who is just 7 and Charles JR is just 4. Lurania's
brother Joseph Clifton who was a year younger than Lurania at 23 is
also living with them. I hope he was a good uncle to Mabel and
Charles JR. Charles SR. was working as a Helper at the Navy Yard in DC
and Uncle Joseph was working as a milk delivery man. They are
living at 333 Polk St. in DC.  |
| 1910 Census |
In the 1910 Census Charles SR was 46 and Lurania 32.
Living with them is Thomas Cator as a "boarder" who has his own
income, as well as the two children, Charles JR who is 14 and Mable
who is 16. Typical likely of Lurania to refer to her
father-in-law Thomas as a boarder instead of his kinship. Humm.
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| 1912 |
♥ ♥ ♥ Charles Sr.'s dad Thomas Cator
passed away. See Our Cators for more information on Thomas
Cator and on his passing.
http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/ourcators.html |
| Jan. 3, 1913 |
Charles Conrad Cator SR. SHOT!
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| March 1914 |
♥ ♥ ♥ Charles JR and Ruth Ridgeway elope. This is a
very interesting story as Lurania was on the prowl! See the
full story at:
http://snippetbiographies.blogspot.com/2012/12/charlie-cator-runs-away-twice.html
PS: Charles SR was not opposed as stated. |
| March 14, 1928 |
Rachel Lurania Clifton Cator dies at the age of 51.
She and Charles SR have been married approximately 27 years.
On St. Patrick's Day she is buried at St. Barnabas Church in a
solitary grave at Section 2, Range 17. Rachel, by the way, was born in MD to a KY
born father, Edward Clifton, and a MD born mother,
Isabel Burgess. |
| 1943 |
♥ ♥ ♥ Charles Conrad
Cator Sr.. died in July 1943,
outliving his second wife Lurania by about 15 years. He died
at the old Providence Hospital in DC. He is buried with his
first wife and their deceased babies at the front of St. Barnabas
Cemetery in MD. Charles Conrad Cator Sr. was 80. Section
1, Range 5. 
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These are other
Cators who are buried at St. Barnabas. You will notice that Charles
Conrad, Sarah F. Stephenson Cator (Mrs. Charles Cator), a child of Sarah F
and Charles Cator, Sarah E. Cator and Thomas Cator are all buried in Section
1 Range 5. Also there are Albert Suit, Fannie Cator (Mrs.
Charles Cator?) Emma Suit Thomas. Albert Suit is the son of Emma
Florence Ball Cator (niece of Thomas and Sarah Cator). Fannie
Cator/Mrs. Charles Cator is unknown. The following are records of St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery courtesy of Stan Jett of FindaGrave.com.
Thanks Stan!
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Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
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Gravesite of Rachel Lurania Clifton Cator
SEE ALSO:
LINEAGE OF
THOMAS CATOR
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