John Stevenson (1793-1872)
John Stevenson (1793-1872) of Stevenson and Co
Born Rothesay, Isle of Bute
1831 Married at Preston to Jane Elsworth
1835 Birth of son John Crawford Stevenson
1851 Living at West Beach, Lytham: John Stevenson (age 57 born Rothesay, Isle of Bute), Iron Founder Master employing 131 men. With his wife Jane, two daughters and two sons.
His daughter Fanny Stevenson married the Glasgow merchant Alexander Bannatyne Stewart
1857 'Mr. John Stevenson, iron-founder, of this town, has become the purchaser of the Whitehall estate, in the township of Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre, in the parish of St. Michael's-on-Wyre. The estate had been in the family of the Westbys above two centuries. The purchase money, we believe, is £28,000. The estate comprises above 800 acres.'[1]
1871 Living at 11 West Beach, Lytham: John Stevenson (age 77 born Bute), Land Owner and Civil Engineer. With his wife Jane.[2]
1892 February 04th. Died at Lytham. Proven by Jane his widow; James Crawford Stevenson of Broughton near Preston, Ironfounder, his son; Ann Orr, the daughter; Alexander Bannatyne Stewart of Rawcliffe Lodge, Langside near Glasgow, Merchant.