Harry William Stevens^{[1, 2]}

1899 - 1969  (70 years)

• Name	Harry William Stevens
  Nickname	The Elephant Man
  Born	17 Jan 1899	Colchester, Essex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	13 Stanwell Street, Colchester, Essex, England
  Residence	1911	12 Noel Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  	At school
  Military Service	Between 1914 and 1917
  Occupation	Abt 1940
  	Groom. Sacked after his tall stories ended up in a newspaper article claiming he was an Elephant trainer, for which he was threatened with libel by Bertram Mills Circus
  		Bertram Mill's Elephants Visiting The Old Hall, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  Occupation	Aft 1940	Roses Factory, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  Died	Jun 1969	St. George's Hospital, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  	Lung Cancer (smoker)
  Notes	Father was supposed to have been "landed gentry" which would have suited Harry's swagger [3] Proud to wear his leather gloves while on the town. Except he lost one, and used to keep that hand in his pocket!
  Person ID	I21271	Red1st
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Harry Stevens,   b. Abt 1869, England ,   d. Sep 1899, Colchester, Essex, England  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Mother	Alice Maud Gibbs,   b. Abt 1880, Colchester, Essex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Jun 1898	Colchester, Essex, England
  Family ID	F5420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minnie M Crabbe,   b. England
  Married	Sep 1921	Ely, Cambridgeshire, England   [2]
  	Jean Macer thought Aft 1927
  Children	+ 1. IrisM Stevens
  Family ID	F1830805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Jan 1899 - Colchester, Essex, England Residence - 1901 - 13 Stanwell Street, Colchester, Essex, England Residence - 1911 - 12 Noel Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Married - Sep 1921 - Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Occupation - Aft 1940 - Roses Factory, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Died - Jun 1969 - St. George's Hospital, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Harry Stevens with Adrian and Julian Oates 1966

  
  

• Sources

  [S25458465290] Adrian Oates. [S-64429076157] Free BMD England & Wales, FreeBMD, (Free BMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London). [S354] Jean Oates.