Walter Edward Stevenson, who was born in 1848 in Buffalo, New York,
was the third of Dr. James D. G. and Mary Elizabeth (Sizer) Stevenson’s six
children. Stevenson taught school and worked as an accountant for most of his
life. He married Mrs. Mary Louise
(Hocke) Miller of Pierpoint, New York,
in 1888. She was the widow of August
Miller, by whom she had four children: Jessie, Mary Cordelia, Bertha Louise,
and Frederick William. Following her
husband’s death, Mary Louise’s children were adopted by Rev. Gaylord Hartupee
of Holmes County, Ohio. The adoption was accomplished through
a legal instrument of indenture. Mary
remained in York Twp., caring for George Steward, a York Twp. farmer, and his
daughter, who was mentally handicapped.
Following their deaths, she inherited the Steward home and large farm on
York Township’s North Ridge, known as
Sunnyside. All five children of Walter
E. and Mary Louise (Hocke) Stevenson were born at Sunnyside. They were Walter James, Ethel, Marie Lois, and
twins Hortense and Harriett. Walter and Mary eventually sold the farm and
settled on land near Green Springs,
Ohio. Later, they resided in Clyde, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. Following Mary’s death, Walter lived with
siblings in Buffalo, New York, until his death in 1922.
Scope and Content
The Stevenson Family Collection is comprised primarily of
identified family photographs, documents, and artifacts. The bulk of the material, dating from the
Civil War to 1932, focuses on the Walter E. and Mary Louise (Hocke) Miller
Stevenson family. Also included in the
material are images of and documents associated with Mary Louise=s children by her first husband, August
Miller, and his family. Many of the
photographs of earlier generations of Stevensons and collateral relatives were
identified by the donor, Mrs. Norman Sinclair, a daughter of (Mrs. Haven)
Hortense Stevenson Sturdevant. Others
were identified by older Stevenson and Miller family members.
The photographs and documents are filed in family groups
that preserve the arrangement and description created by the donor. Artifacts and an album of identified images,
primarily carte de visites, are housed in Box 3.
In most instances, the name of the individual appearing in the image is
listed on the album page. However, in some cases, only the name and/or location
of the studio is listed on the album page. This information has been recorded
in the Inventory. Two large diplomas
belonging to Hortense Stevenson Sturdevant were transferred to the Oversize
Area and several books were transferred to the General Collection. For a detailed genealogy of the Walter E.
Stevenson family, see James Stevenson Family Genealogy by George Urie
Stevenson, 1964. [CS71.S81S81 ORR]
Inventory
Ac. 5567, 5705
2 linear ft.
Box 1
1. Dr. James David Gilson Stevenson-Photos (1)
2. Walter E. Stevenson - Photos (14)
3. Walter E. & Mary Hock Miller Stevenson Home - Sandusky County, Ohio
- Photos (7)
4. Walter E. Stevenson - Photo Album - (15)
5. Clara Louise Stevenson - Sister of Walter E. Stevenson - Photo (1)
6. John M. & Margaret Elizabeth Stevenson Family - Photo (1)
7. James A. Stevenson Family - Photo (1)
8. Will S. & Marie A. Stevenson Family - Photos (4)
9. Walter J. Stevenson - son of Walter E. & Mary Hock Miller
Stevenson - Photos (4)
10. Haven & Hortense (Stevenson)
Sturdevant Family - Photos (12)
11. Frank & Ethel Stevenson Bishop
Family - Photos (12)
12. Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
(Mother of Walter E.)- Photo (1)
13. Bat & Harriet Stevenson
Boyer Family - Photos (5)
14. Dan & Marie Stevenson
Dumbick Family - Photos (7)
15. Fred Miller - Photos (3)
16. Jessie & Mary Miller -
d/o August & Mary Louise Hock Miller [Stevenson] - Photos (5)
17. Arthur & Phoebe Stevenson
Family - Photos (8)
18. Arthur E. Stevenson Family -
Photos (6)
19. Hock Family - Photos (11)
20. Louis Hocke (Uncle of Mary
Hock Miller Stevenson) - Photo (1)
21. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mueller
Family - Photos (6)
22. Perry G. & Mary Miller
Jones Family - Photos (10)
23. Mr. & Mrs. Ortive Haff -
Photo (1)
24. Stereopticon Views -
Miscellaneous (9)
25. Fremont Flood - Photos (6)
26. Photographs:
Haven & Hortense (Stevenson) Sturdevant, 13 May 1962
Unidentified man, ca. 1950
Unidentified woman, ca. 1950 (2 photographs)
Frank & Ethel (Stevenson) Bishop, 1947
Fred Miller, 1945
Frank Bishop, Bat Boyer, Haven Sturdevant, & Dan Dumbick, 1923
Mary L. Stevenson, ca. 1918
Gus & Mayme, 25
September, n.y.
Fred & Mayme, n.d.
Walter James Stevenson, n.d.
Mary L. Stevenson, n.d.
Bat Boyer, n.d.
Hortense Sturdevant, Marion Sturdevant,
& Harriett Boyer, n.d.
Hortense & Harriett Stevenson, n.d.
Walter Stevenson, n.d.
Hortense (Stevenson) Sturdevant, n.d.
Marie Lois Stevenson, n.d.
Harriett and Hortense Stevenson, n.d.
Hortense, Mary L., & Harriett Stevenson,
n.d.
Harriett and Hortense Stevenson, n.d.
Box 2
Cased images and tintypes (8)
Jacob Hocke
Walter Edward Stevenson, aged 12
Mary Elizabeth Sizer Stevenson
Jane Buchanan Stevenson
Elizabeth Jane
Walter E. Stevenson
(daguerreotype), Jake Hocke (tintype)
Walter E. Stevenson (brooch with
image), 1920
Engraved plate for business cards
for Fred Miller, Indianapolis,
Indiana
1. Insurance Policies, Business Documents of Mary Miller c. 1871-1887
2. Apprenticeship Document - Children of August and Mary Hocke Miller -
1884
3. George H. Steward Receivership Papers - 1886
4. Walter E. Stevenson Guest Book Pages - 1878
5. Field Notes and Deeds, York Twp., Sandusky County, Ohio
- 1824
6. Walter E. Stevenson Correspondence - 1921
7. Hortense E. Stevenson Sturdevant Correspondence - 1920-1931
8. Masonic Membership of Fred Miller, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1921
9. Obituary of Mabel Frances Beebe - 1899
10. Diary: January -June, 1864
11. Recipes, Pamphlets,
Memorabilia
12. Greeting Cards - c. 1867-1932
13. Documents:
Stevenson family seal
Birth announcement for William Daniel McDonough, 10 April 1929
Forwarding address for Beverley Bishop & James Robbins
Funeral card for Hollis W. Bishop, 08/17/1915-04/04/1976
Funeral card for Frank Bishop, 10/12/1886-01/30/1967
Death record for Ethel E. Bishop, 26 June 1959
Drawn map of Bishop cemetery plot
Printed map of Bishop cemetery plot
Printed map of Roseland
Park Cemetery
Genealogy record for Carl & Elinor Magsamen
Wayne Co.
General Hospital & Infirmary, notification of death
certificate for Fred W. Miller, dtd 13 May 1961
Death certificate for Fred W. Miller, 05 May 1961
Funeral card for Marie L. Dumbick,
05/21/1892-06/05/1974
Funeral card for Daniel Dumbick, died
12/03/1965
Funeral card for Hortense Sturdevant, died 11/20/1983
Funeral card for Haven H. Sturdevant, died 07/20/1978
Genealogy record for Alfred Arens &
Beverley Bishop
Genealogy record for Richard Bishop & Janet Sudak
Genealogy record for Stanley Stevenson & Madeline Pullen
Genealogy record for Sydney Arnold
McDonough & Ruth Luella Stevenson
Stevenson family genealogy. 3 pgs. Typed (2 copies).
Stevenson family
genealogy. From Hortense Sturdevant,
dtd 02 February 1982. Handwritten with photocopy.
Stevenson family births & deaths
Hocke family genealogy. Handwritten with photocopy.
Cemetery payment sheets for plots of Walter & Mary Louise Stevenson
Correspondence:
AUCION, ROBERTA L.
To
Marion, dtd 18
August 1986.
BIGELOW, HELEN
To
Marian, dtd 26 February 1982.
BISHOP, BEVERLEY
To
Marion, dtd 19
March 1982.
BOYER, HARRIETT
To
Marion & Norman Sinclair, dtd 13 September 1980.
To
Marion, dtd 21
February 1982.
HURD, THADDEUS
To
Hortense Sturdevant, dtd 04 November 1983. 2 copies.
MAGSAMEN, ELINOR
To
Marion, dtd 16
February 1982.
PECK, MARIAN
To
Hortense, dtd 26 September 1980.
PECK, MARIAN &
SAM
To
Marion, dtd 30
April 1981. With attached notations of family tree.
“RUTH”
To
Marion, dtd 28
December 1983.
STEVENSON, MADELINE
To
Marion, dtd 14
February 1982.
SUDAK, JANET
To
Marion, dtd 24
February 1982.
Box 3
Photograph Album
Captain Samuel De Zoscieur
Stevenson
Belle Flagg, Oak Park, IL,
16 yrs., 1875
Unidentified
Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
Elizabeth Jane Stevenson, Aunt
Libby, b. 1852
Eva M. Hurd, Findlay, Ohio,
19 yrs., 1873
Fannie A. Hurd, 16 yrs., 1874
Mary Louise Stevenson, Mother of
Hortense and Harriet, 1854-1918
Walter E. Stevenson, husband of
Mary; Father of Hortense and Harriet, Forestville,
NY
Nellie to Walter, 1877, Buffalo, Jan 4/77
Forestville, NY
Lucinda Burley
Mary Louise Stevenson (Hoch),
1854-1918
E. P. Jones girls, Findlay, Ohio
Unidentified
Geo. Jones, E. P.’s Son, 7yrs.,
1874
Unidentified
Unidentified
Unidentified
Cousin Susie Covey, Elmira, NY,
12 yrs., 1876
Wm. F. Covey
[Studio address] Wm. Knight, Buffalo, NY,
194 Main St.
Charles W. Stevenson, July 1880
Forestville, NY
Cousin Sophia M. Benit, 18 years,
married to Charles Chamberlin, 1872
Mrs. James W. Stevenson
Charles Walter Stevenson, July
1880
Dr. James W. Stevenson
May 19, 1876, Forestville, NY
Dresden, Germany
Dresden, Germany
Forestville, NY
Elmira, NY
Ann Benjamin, Forestville, NY,
May 19, 1876
Sophia Barber, May 19, 1876, Forestville, NY
Missing
Unidentified
Unidentified
Unidentified
Unidentified
