| Name |
STEPHENSON, Richard |
| Birth |
17 Feb 1832 |
Pickering, Yorkshire, England  |
| Christening |
11 Mar 1832 |
Pickering, Yorkshire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
6 Jun 1841 |
Pickering, Yorkshire, England [1] |
| Child |
| Age: 9 |
| Occupation |
30 Mar 1851 |
Minster Yard with Beden, Yorkshire, England [2] |
| House Pupil |
| Age: 19 |
| Graduation |
11 Apr 1854 |
London, Middlesex, England |
- Dr Richard Stephenson L.S.A. Lon 1854
|
| Occupation |
Jun 1854 |
Skelton, Yorkshire, England |
| Doctor |
- Richards ledger indicates he practiced from mid 1854 in Skelton
The 1856 Medical Directory gives a Richard Stephenson of Lofthouse, Medical Officer of the Lofthouse district of the Guisborough Union and Public Vaccinator of the district.
|
| Occupation |
22 Aug 1854 |
Skelton, Yorkshire, England [3] |
| Medical Practitioner |
| Emigration |
Between 1856 and 1858 |
Middlesborough-On-Tees, England |
- We do not know on what ship or at which port he arrived.
to Australia
|
| Occupation |
13 Jun 1859 |
Bighill, Colony of Victoria [4] |
| Surgeon |
| Residence |
13 Jun 1859 |
Bighill, Colony of Victoria [4] |
| Occupation |
11 Oct 1861 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria [5] |
| Surgeon |
| Residence |
11 Oct 1861 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria [5] |
| Occupation |
2 Dec 1861 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria |
| Public Vaccinator |
- Agency:Chief Secretery's Office
|
| Misc |
1862 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria |
| Member of a committee creating Mechanics Institute & Free Library |
| Occupation |
1863 |
Narre Warren North, Colony of Victoria [6] |
| Part time Teacher |
- Vision & Realization
Vol 3 West Gippsland Region page 1199
1901 Narre Warren North
Apparently some private teaching was done early in the Narre Warren area, first by Miss Robinson and Doctor Stephenson. Then Allen conducted a school in a church hall built on his property, ?Rock Allen?. This school transferred to the Wesleyan Chapel where J.R. Frost and then W. Waite were the teachers. The number of Narre Warren North indicates that it opened in 1877. When the railway line came through a centre of population built up at Narre Warren railway station some 4 miles S, so in 1925 the name of the school was changed to Narre Warren North. Early Hts at the school were; William Henry Wooster (1877-79), Alfred A. Lewis (1880-85).
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| Residence |
22 Jul 1863 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria [7] |
| Occupation |
28 Jul 1863 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria [8] |
| Surgeon |
| Residence |
28 Jul 1863 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria [8] |
| Inquest |
3 May 1865 |
Eumemmering, Colony of Victoria |
- Witness at Coroner inquest into the death of Mrs. Hardy.
The Deponent Richard Stephenson
on his oath, saith as follows :-
I am a legally qualified
Medical practitioner living at Berwick.
on Sunday the 11th instant about two
o'clock in the afternoon I was sent for
to see the deceased Mrs. Hardy. I went at
once and found her dead, having been
dead apparently between 2 and 3 hours.
Her head and face were livid ? and also
the upper part of the. There were no
of violence about the body, I have
attended the patient ? two or three times
and she has a tendancy to apoplexy.
From the appearance presented by the body
and the previous knowledge I had of her
deceased I am satisfied the deceased
died from apoplexy.
|
| Occupation |
4 Apr 1866 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria |
| Public Vaccinator |
- Agency:Chief Secretery's Office
|
| Insolvency |
10 Jul 1866 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria [9] |
| owing £21/10/6 ($43.05) |
| Inquest |
21 Oct 1866 |
Euroke, Colony of Victoria |
- Witness at Coroner inquest into the death of Mary Bookless.
THE Deponent Richard Stephenson
on his oath saith as follows :--
I am a fully
Qualified Surgeon living at Donny brook
Last Wednesday I was sent for to
see the deceased child. I found her
burned over the greater part of the chest
and the upper part of the stomach. The
skin was quite destroyed in places and
the burn was deep. There was no
hope that the child would live.
The cause of death was
the effect of severe burns. The
burns were of such description that
would result from smouldering
clothes rather than from a blaze.
|
| Occupation |
Mar 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria [10] |
| Surgeon |
| Residence |
Mar 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria [10] |
| Occupation |
3 Aug 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria [11] |
| Surgeon |
| Residence |
3 Aug 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria [11] |
| Death |
8 Oct 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria |
| Cause: due to disease of the lungs supervening upon a general disease of the visceral organs". |
- An inquest was held by Dr. Nicholson, Coroner, upon the body of the late Dr. Stephenson, who died on the day previous, after a short illness. Dr. Bindley made a post-mortem examination and the verdict recorded was death from disease of the lung s supervening upon a general disease of the visceral organs".
|
| Inquest |
9 Oct 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria |
- Heard before Coroner Donald A. Nicolson
|
| Reference Number |
S0001 |
| Burial |
10 Oct 1867 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria |
Address:
Donnybrook Cemetery |
Donny Brook Cemetery is now known as the Donny Brook-Kallkalo Cemetery.
In a graveyard in Upleatham, Yorkshire there is a headstone
for Richard Stephenson Snr. and Jane Stephenson with the
inscription as follows "Jane wife of Richard Stephenson
died 5th June 1868 aged 69 years.
also:- Richard, son of the above, died in Australia, 8th October 1867 aged 45.
also:- Grandson died in infancy.
also:- Richard Stephenson died 17th May 1870 aged 75".
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| Person ID |
I407 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Oct 2026 |
Family  |
BUTCHER, Anne, b. 19 Jul 1836, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England d. 15 Dec 1885, Pakenham, Colony of Victoria (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Aug 1858 |
Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria [4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12] |
Address:
Scotch Church |
- The service was conducted by Reverend J. Low, witnesses were William Skinner and Mary Ritchie.
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| Residence |
Aft 7 Aug 1858 |
Sandhurst, Colony of Victoria |
| Residence |
Abt 1860 |
Berwick, Colony of Victoria |
| Residence |
Aft 2 Feb 1866 |
Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria |
- Bought a medical practice in Donnybrook. On the 2nd of February 1866 Richard placed an advertisement in The Argus newspaper (see news clipping). The families move to Donnybrook was the result.
|
| Children |
| | 1. STEPHENSON, Annie Gertrude d. 27 Dec 1907, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
| | 2. STEPHENSON, William Richard, b. 9 Jun 1859, Bighill, Colony of Victoria d. 29 Aug 1938, Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia (Age 79 years) |
| | 3. STEPHENSON, Samuel Butcher, b. 2 Oct 1861, Berwick, Colony of Victoria d. 10 Feb 1946, Koo-Wee-Rup North, Victoria, Australia (Age 84 years) |
| | 4. STEPHENSON, Frederick, b. 15 Jul 1863, Berwick, Colony of Victoria d. 22 Jul 1863, Berwick, Colony of Victoria (Age 0 years) |
| | 5. STEPHENSON, Arthur Ernest, b. 9 Sep 1864, Berwick, Colony of Victoria d. 22 Aug 1954, Daglish, Western Australia, Australia (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1329 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 Oct 2026 |
1832 - 1867 (35 years) Has 12 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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