Annie Susannah STEPHENSON

1873 - 1963  (90 years)

• Name	Annie Susannah STEPHENSON
  Birth	1873	Crawlees Merrington Co Durham
  	Baptism
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	14 Jul 1873	St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham
  	Parish Records, Durham County Records, No.973 to Benjamin & Ann of Fog House
  Death	12 Oct 1963
  	Ancestry Wills and Probate Annie Susanna otherwise Annie Susannah Raine of 17 South View Kirk Merrington Durham widow who died 12th Oct 1963 probate 5th Dec to Robert Benjamin Stephenson and Ralph Manners Stephenson farmers. Effects £22,598 15s Information from Jane - buried in Kirk Merrington churchyard where she had overseen the burial of all her brothers an sisters with the exception of one (Sarah Edit). She was known by her nephews as"The Dowager Duchess" and is remebered as quite intimidating although from photographs, she has a kindly face. She didn't have children of her own but doted on the nephews who survived. She was one of 10 children but from them, there were only 9 children born and only 4 survived into adulthood. Two of those children lost their mother when they were in their teens so she stepped in
  Person ID	I2425	Main Tree
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin STEPHENSON,   b. 1848, Merrington Co Durham d. 30 May 1891, Crawlees Merrington Co Durham (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Anne WALKER,   b. 1851, Copelaw Co Durham
  Marriage	1872
  	FreeBMD Sep 1872 Darlington 10a 1
  Family ID	F683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William RAINE,   b. 1868, Woodham Co Durham
  Marriage	4 Sep 1895	St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham
  	Merrington Parish Records no 63 4th Sep 1895 William Raine aged 27 bap farmer of Eldon son of Michael Raine dec farmer to Annie Susannah Stephenson aged 22 spin dau of Benjamin Stephenson dec farmer. Witnessed by H W Stephenson and Sarah Edith Stephenson
  Family ID	F1153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1881 RG11 4921 40 at Crawley Merrington dau single aged 7 born Crawley. Named as Anne 1891 RG12 4072 78 at Crawley Farm Merrington dau single aged 17 born Crawley 1901 RG13 4646 146 at Eldon wife married aged 28 born Leasingthorne 1911 RG14 29721 296 at Eldon Hall New Shildon wife married 15 years no children aged 37 born Crawleas