Rev James Reginald STEVENS [1114]
- Born: 26 Oct 1882
- Baptised: 3 Dec 1882, Wrecclesham Church Farnham SRY
- Marriage (1): Carlotta Marion STRACHEY [22749] 2 Qtr 1952 in Surrey
- Died: 1971, Rottingdean SSX aged 89
General Notes:
James Reginald Stevens Baptism Date: 3 Dec 1882 Baptism Place: Wrecclesham, St Peter, Surrey, England Father: James Stevens Mother: Florence Stevens Reference Number: WREC/1/3
Julius Jottings. April 1900. No.2 New Addresses. J. R. Stevens Esq. care of A.W. Gundry, Esq., East Wing House, The School, Reading.
James graduated from Lincoln College Oxford in 1906 then took up articles in his father's Castle Street law practice. At age 38 he abandoned the law and followed in his grandfather's steps by becoming a clergyman. He trained, 1920, at Ridley College Cambridge and was ordained in London, he had various appointments including princible of St Matthew's boys school in Moulmein Burma. Returning to England he served as curate in several parishes until in 1944 he became the 8th vicar of St Peter's Wrecclesham, where he remained until 1953. He retired as Rector of St Margaret Hemmingford Abbots in 1961, to Rottingdean. James married for the first time, late in life, aged 70. Ref: Old Julius by Birch and Waight.
James R Stevens Registration Date: Apr 1952 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Surrey South Western Inferred County: Surrey Spouse: Carlotta M Strachey Volume Number: 5g Page Number: 1549
James Reginald Stevens Death Age: 88 Birth Date: 26 Oct 1882 Registration Date: Apr 1971 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Surrey South Western Inferred County: Surrey Volume: 5g Page: 1401
Other Records
1. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Talvancroft Seale SRY. James R is recorded as a son aged 8 born Farnham
2. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, Parkleigh Farnham SRY. James Reginald is recorded as a son aged 28 single a solicitor occupying a 10 room home, born Farnham.
James married Carlotta Marion STRACHEY [22749] [MRIN: 8178], daughter of Reginald Clive STRACHEY [31850] and Ann Ellen [31851], 2 Qtr 1952 in Surrey. (Carlotta Marion STRACHEY [22749] was born on 9 Sep 1895 in India, baptised on 8 Mar 1896 in Moradabad Bengal India and died on 9 Jan 1991 in Rottingdean SSX.)
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