Louisa Durban

Louisa Durban 

Born: 1843, Stepney 

Father: Charles Durban (b. 1818)

Mother: Elizabeth Durban (b. 1808)

Brothers: William Durban (b. 1842)

Sisters: Elizabeth Durban (b. 1848), Emily Durban (b. 1850), Anne Durban (b. 1852)

Marriage:        1865, Lewisham 

Husband:         Charles Alexander Stevens 

                        b. 1845

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Charles William Stevens (b. 1868)

#2 Edith Louisa Stevens (b. 1870)

#3 Emily Marion Stevens (b. 1873)

In 1851 – 

She is at Seaton Carew, Stockton. Her father is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Louisa, her mother and siblings (William, Elizabeth and Emily) are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Trinity National School, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Ship Builders Clerk’. Louisa is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher National Schools’. Her mother and sisters (Elizabeth, Emily and Anne) are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Portfield Road, Oving. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Louisa and her children (Charles and Edith) are unlisted. There is a servant, Eliza J Bacon (b. 1857). 

In 1881 – 

She is at National School, Park Lane, Tottenham. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Louisa, her children (Charles, Edith and Emily) and her nephew, William L Durban (b. 1873) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Tredegar Square, Mile End. Her husband is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher School Board’. Louisa is unlisted. Her son, Charles, is listed as ‘Clerk Civil Service’. Her daughter, Edith, is listed as ‘Student in Training College’. Her daughter, Emily, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There is a servant, Emily A Attfield (b. 1877). 

In 04/95 – 

Address is St. George's Yard Ragged School, Whitechapel. 

d. 27 April 1898, Essex

STEVENS, Louisa of 32 Raymond Road, Upton Park, West Ham, Essex (wife of Charles Alexander Stevens) died 27 April 1898. Administration London 24 May to the said Charles Alexander Stevens, schoolmaster. Effects £186, 16s, 6d.