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STEPHENSON, James Samuel

STEPHENSON, James Samuel

Male 1915 - 2014  (99 years)   Has 52 ancestors and 22 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name STEPHENSON, James Samuel
    Nickname Jim
    Birth 15 Apr 1915  Footscray, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Address:
    "Blair Drummond," 12 Greig Street 
    • STEPHENSON (nee S. Mee).–On the 15th April, at Nurse Thomson's private hospital, "Blair Drummond," Greig street, Footscray, to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stephenson, of "Hillsleigh," Narnargoon– a son (James Samuel).

      Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Saturday 1 May 1915, page 56
    Gender Male
    Residence 20 Apr 1915  Footscray, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Education 1921  Pakenham South, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Pakenham South State School 
    Address:
    Cnr Hall road and McDonald Drain road 
    • The old school building is now the Pakenham South Community Hall.
    Education Jun 1922  Clayton South, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    South Clayton State School. 
    Address:
    Clayton Road 
    • In 1929 he completed 8th grade
    Occupation 1931  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Apprentice Tailor, under Bishop Morehead 
    Address:
    O'Brien & Earl, Albany Court, 230 Collins street 
    Occupation 1932  Wron Wron, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Agricultural Labourer/Milking. Pay was 10/- ($1.00) a week and keep. 
    Occupation 1933  Nagambie, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Agricultural Labourer. Pay 12/6 ($1.25) a week and keep 
    Occupation Bef 1942  Musk Creek, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Machine Operator 
    Address:
    Country Roads Board 
    Military Service 20 Jul 1942  Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • World War 2
      Service:- Australian Army
      Service Number:- VX103954
      Date of Birth:- 15 Apr 1915
      Place of Birth:- FOOTSCRAY, VIC
      Date of Enlistment:- 20 Jul 1942
      Locality on Enlistment:- OAKLEIGH, VIC
      Place of Enlistment:- IN THE FIELD, WA
      Next of Kin:- STEPHENSON, D
      Date of Discharge:- 07 Nov 1945
      Rank:- Corporal
      Posting at Discharge:- 116 AUST BDE W/S AEME
    Occupation 23 Dec 1942  Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Mechanic, M.T. A.I.F. 
    Residence 23 Dec 1942  Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Address:
    38 Henry Street 
    Occupation Aft 1945  Lorne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Road Patrolman 
    Address:
    Country Roads Board (CRB) 
    • He was originally employed as a Motor Mechanic, but as he did not have an A grade mechanics certificate the union members refused to allow him to work on vehicles he was therefore transfered to the position of Road Patrolman.
    Occupation 15 Feb 1947  Lorne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Motor Mechanic 
    Residence 15 Feb 1947  Lorne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Address: 
    • Role: Resident
    Residence 15 Feb 1947  Lorne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Address:
    Ocean Road 
    Occupation 1948  Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Timber Labourer 
    Occupation 1948  Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Timber Labourer 
    Occupation 1951  Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rotary hoeing contractor 
    • In about 1951 Jim bought a Howard DH22 tractor and rotary hoe, in about 1952 changed the pneumatic tyres for steel tyres, he then obtained an Austin 3 ton truck to transport the tractor and rotary hoe
      Agency:Self employed
    Occupation 1954  Gembrook, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Motor Mechanic/Truck Driver 
    Address:
    E.A.C Russell, Main Road 
    Occupation 1956  Doveton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Motor Mechanic 
    Address:
    S.A. Cheaney. Power Road 
    Occupation 1959  Clayton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Motor Mechanic 
    Address:
    Home Pride Bakery, Rosbank Avenue 
    • As well as working at Clayton for most of his employment with the bakery he worked at Kilsythe branch whith short stints at Oakpark, Tyab and Werribee.
    Will 11 Oct 2011  Noble Park, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address: 
    • Agency:Borchard & Moore
    Death 5 Jun 2014  Noble Park, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Septicemia,/Methicillin Resistant, Staphylococcus aurues 
    Address:
    Noble Manor, 
    • 11 pm.
      Septicaemia
      Septicaemia is the presence of disease-causing bacteria in the blood. The human body is host to a range of different bacteria that live harmlessly in various places such as the mouth, skin, bowel and genital tract. However, these bacteria can ca use disease if they get into the bloodstream, particularly if a person is unwell or if their immune system isn?t strong enough to keep the invading organisms under control.
      M.R.S.A.
      Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It is also called oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). MRSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus th at has developed, through the process of natural selection, resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, etc.) and the cephalosporins. Strains unable to resist these anti biotics are classified as methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, or MSSA. The evolution of such resistance does not cause the organism to be more intrinsically virulent than strains of Staphylococcus aureus that have no antibiotic resistan ce, but resistance does make MRSA infection more difficult to treat with standard types of antibiotics and thus more dangerous.

      MRSA is especially troublesome in hospitals, prisons and nursing homes, where patients with open wounds, invasive devices, and weakened immune systems are at greater risk of infection than the general public.
      Certifying Medical Practitioner:- Dr. G. MacAuly
    Cremation 11 Jun 2014  Springvale, , Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Address:
    Springvale Botanical Cemetery (ex Necropolis), 
    Burial Nov 2014  Springvale, , Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Springvale Botanical Cemetery (ex Necropolis), 
    • Plot:- R.T.M. Prescott Lawn, Row BT, Grave 09
    Reference Number S0009/0535 
    _COLOR 11 
    _UID 825C0FB5B3014476BD3EF194FA9766D65D37 
    Person ID I17  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2026

    Father STEPHENSON, Arthur Lawrence,   b. 26 May 1885, Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1936, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Mother MEE, Susan,   b. 31 Mar 1888, Flemington, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1982, Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 1 Jul 1914  Footscray, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • The Reverend Joseph Binney conducted the service according to the rites of the Church of Christ. Benjamin Turner and Violet Annie Jane Stephenson served as witnesses.
    Residence 1915  Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Seymour Road 
    • Arthur bought this property but due to floods and the loss of his potato crop he walked of the land in 1922.
      As the house did not have a stove Susan was forced to cook over an open fire. Her only cooking utensils were two saucepans and a campoven.
    Residence 1922  Pakenham South, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Five Mile Road 
    Residence 1925  Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Seven Mile Road 
    Residence Abt 1927  Clayton South, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Deal Road 
    Residence 1929  Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1930  Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1931  South Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    taunton Avenue 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 PAYNE, Dorothy Flora,   b. 23 Oct 1920, Essendon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1985, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marriage 23 Dec 1942  East Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Address:
    Care Takers House, North Road 
    • Clergy:- Stanley Heighton
    Children 
     1. STEPHENSON, L.E.
     2. STEPHENSON, R.W.
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

    Family 2 BURGIN, Nellie May,   b. 8 Mar 1908, Nullawil, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1991, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 26 Jan 1987  Noble Park, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    15 Namur Street 

    • The wedding took place in the back yard of the brides home. The service was conducted by a Thomas V Wier.
    Family ID F533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Birth Footscray, Victoria, Australia (12 Greig Street) 15 Apr 1915 James Samuel STEPHENSON.

    2. [S33] Marriage East Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia (Care Takers House, North Road) 23 Dec 1942 James Samuel.

    3. [S29] Birth Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia 8 Feb 1947 Laurence Ernest STEPHENSON.

    4. [S24] Memorial; Springvale, R T M Pescott Lawn, Row BT, Grave 09; Laurence E. Stephenson; 9 May 2023 (Reliability: 3).