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James Stevenson 1809 – 1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Sep 1809

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

Death Date: 12 Feb 1857

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

Father: William Stevenson

Mother: Margaret Gemmell

Spouse(s): Margaret Young

Children(s): Robert Stevenson, James Stevenson

According to available records, James Stevenson was born in 1809 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, the child of William Stevenson and Margaret Gemmell. Following those early years, James Stevenson married Margaret Howie Young, and their family grew to include Robert Humphrey Stevenson and James Young Stevenson. In the later years of life, James Stevenson died in 1857 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

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Parents

William Stevenson
1764 – 1836
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
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Margaret Gemmell
1776 – 1841
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Young
1807 – 1846
Birth Location: Stewarton, Ayrshire
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Children(s)

Robert Stevenson
1841 – 1885
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
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James Stevenson
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Sep 1809
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Feb 1857
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
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