Victor Ross Stevens^{[1, 2]}

1875 - 1960  (85 years)

• Name	Victor Ross Stevens
  Born	23 Jul 1875	Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Census	10 Jun 1880	Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  		Mount Union Borough, 1880 97.109: J. Frank Bair, (head), age 25, printer; Bell. A., (wife), age 25 Lena M, (daughter), age 1; Victor R. Stevens, age 4, step-son
  Occupation	1898	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  	lists occupation as Cigar maker in 1898 Lancaster city directory thru 1940 Reading census
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  		Lancaster, 1900 732.106: Victor Stevens (head), b. July 1875, cigar maker; Bertha (wife), b. February 1876, married one year
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  		Lancaster, 1910 732 Marietta Avenue: V Ross Stephens, (head), age 36, cigar maker; Bertha (wife), age 34, married twelve years
  Residence	1917	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		1917 City Directory (Reading, p. 1163) Victor R & Helen B Stevens, 334 S 3d
  Military Draft	12 Sep 1918	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		WWI: V. Ross Stevens Draft Registration
  Census	10 Jan 1920	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1920 700 Green Terrace: Victor R. Stevens (head), age 35, cigar maker; Ella (wife), age 19; Ethel (daughter), age 1 4/12
  Census	3 Apr 1930	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1930 1261 Muhlenberg Street: V. Ross Stevens (head), age 49, cigar maker, property value $2200; Ethel, age 11; Shirley, age 10; Elizabeth, age 7
  Census	5 Apr 1940	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1940 1261 Muhlenberg Street: Ross V, 64, head, widowed; Elizebeth, 17, daughter
  Census	5 Apr 1950	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1950 87 N 10th St. V Ross Stevens (74)
  Died	05 Dec 1960	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Death Certificate V. Ross Stevens
  		Obituary Reading Eagle, 7 Dec 1960
  Buried	09 Dec 1960	Saint John's Cemetery, Gibraltar, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Stevens, V. Ross Father · V. Ross Stevens · 1875 - 1960
  Person ID	I000009	Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Unknown
  Mother	Amanda Belle Stevens,   b. 03 Nov 1854, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Jan 1897, Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F00235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bertha Titus Higman,   b. 19 Feb 1876, Milton, Sussex County, Delaware ,   d. 12 Feb 1942, Milford, Kent County, Delaware  (Age 65 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1898	Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  		Marriage Application V. Ross Stevens & Bertha Higman
  Divorced	04 Sep 1915	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  News		Marriage Announcement The Inquirer (Lancaster PA), Oct. 15, 1898, p. 5
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F00003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Helen Blanche Bierbower,   b. 20 Sep 1900, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jan 1969, Bellmawr, Camden County, New Jersey  (Age 68 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1917	Maryland
  		Marriage Application V. Ross Stevens & Helen B. Bierbower
  Children	1. Daughter Stevens,   b. 20 Aug 1917, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Aug 1917, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 0 years) + 2. Ethyl Jean Stevens,   b. 13 Sep 1918, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Feb 2005, West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 86 years) + 3. Evelyn Shirley Stevens,   b. 4 Jan 1920, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Mar 1999, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 79 years) + 4. Elizabeth Mae Stevens,   b. 07 Jun 1922, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 07 Apr 1975, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 52 years)
  News		Marriage Announcement Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia), March 24, 1917, p. 3
  Family ID	F07142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Residence - 1917 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Military Draft - 12 Sep 1918 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 10 Jan 1920 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 3 Apr 1930 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 5 Apr 1940 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 5 Apr 1950 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Died - 05 Dec 1960 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Victor Ross Stevens Brick building behind is home of Aunt Ethyl and Uncle Leonard Deeds in Kenhorst
  		Ross Stevens
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  		Victor Ross Stevens
  		Ulrich Family 1917 Reading
  		Kerrie, Ross & Betty Mae
  		Ross Stevens, Betty Mae Peggy Berger, Betty Mae (Stevens) Berger, Mary Alice Berger, Ross Stevens, Kathy Jo Berger
  		Ethel, Ross, Helen & Shirley Stevens 1920
  		Ross Stevens, Ethel & family, Shirley & family Back: Ross Stevens, Leonard Deeds, Barry Deeds, Ethyl (Stevens) Deeds, Claire Kane Front: Howard Loose, Marilyn Loose, Duffy Loose, Shirley (Stevens) Loose
  		Ross, Shirley, Betty Mae & Ethel Stevens
  		V. Ross Stevens

  
  

  Documents		Correspondence Ross Stevens - letter to daughter Betty, 1958
  		Social Security Application: Ross Stevens Ross lists his grandfather and grandmother as his parents, perhaps because he lived with them most of his childhood.

  
  

  Histories

  A Manuscript History of the Stevens Family, unpublished

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 7 Dec 1960. V. Ross Stevens Services for V. Ross Stevens, 85, of 908 Franklin St., who died in the Reading Hospital, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the F. F. Seidel, Inc., Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in St. John's Union Church Cemetery, Gibraltar. Born in Lancaster, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Asa Stevens, he was a retired cigarmaker. Surviving are three daughters: Ethel J., wife of Leonard G. Deeds, Kenhorst; Shirley E., wife of Howard J. Loose, Reading, and Betty M., wife of Russell A. Berger, Rowley, Mass; nine grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Leone Steck, South Bend, Ind. [S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 6 Dec 1960. Ross Stevens Ross Stevens, 85, of 908 Franklin St., died last night in the Reading Hospital. The Francis F. Seidel, Inc., funeral home has charge.