Mary Stephens

Mary Elizabeth Stephens (nee Williams: 1854 - 1927) was an Englishwoman from Bristol, she was married to Charles Stephens, and the mother of Florence, Robert, John and Henry. She was the daughter of Giles and Elizabeth, and the sister of George, William, Charles, John, Samuel, Robert, Henry and Ellen.

History
Stephens was born in 1854 in Bristol, to Giles Williams and Elizabeth Andrews. She had four older brothers named George, William, Charles and John and four younger siblings named Samuel, Robert, Henry and Ellen. She married Charles Stephens in 1874.

She and Charles lived together at 55 Rowley Road, along with their four children. In 1891, she is reported as working as a laundress and living on Oak Road in Horfield, with their three two sons Robert and John, while their other two children Florence and Henry were living at her parents house, although the reasons why still remain a mystery. In 1901, she is reported as living with Florence, her son William, and Robert, John and Henry, as well as her mother Elizabeth at 341 Gloucester Road, although this changes in 1911, when she is noted as living with Henry, his wife Elsie and their son Herbert at 48 Golden Hill in Horfield.