MAYBELLE E. DRESSING STEVENSON

Class of 1911


Maybelle Dressing was the daughter of Philip Louis Dressing and Henrietta Garman of Pittsburgh.

1900 Census, 18th Ward, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pa.
5162 Keystone St.
Philip Dressing, Head, 41, b Nov 1858, Marr. 23 yrs., Roller, b Pa., parents b Germany
Henrietta, Wife, 40, b May 1860, 4 children/4 living, b Pa., father b Ger., mother b Pa.
Annie, Dau., 22, b Apr 1878, Teacher, b Pa. [m Wm. E. Slonaker (1907). d 1950.]
Charles, Son, 20, b Mar 1880, Laborer, b Pa. [m Louisa E. Hulcup 1904, Phila., d 1965.]
Henrietta, Dau., 17, b Jan 1883, b Pa.
Mable, Dau., 14, b May 1886, School, b Pa.
(Also a male boarder in the home)

1900 Census, Union Twp., Lawrence County, Pa.
#347/362
James Hamilton, Head, 78, b July 1821, Wd., b Scotland, parents b Ireland, Immig 1842
Martha, Dau, 51, b May 1849, Single, b Pa.
Annah, Dau, b Nov 1856, 44, Single, b Pa.
Albert, Son, b Oct 1863, 36, Single, Day Laborer, b Pa.
Edward, Son, b Sep 1865, 34, Single, Farm Laborer, b Pa.
Jinette E. Stevenson, Dau, b Mar 1851, 49, Wd., 1 child/1 living, b Pa.
Richard R. Stevenson, Grandson, b May 1885, 15, At school, b Pa.

At the time of the 1910 Census, Maybelle Dressing, 24, was a boarder at St. Francis Hospital, where she was a student nurse. Richard R. Stevenson, 25, was single in 1910 and was a roomer in Parnassus Borough, Westmoreland County. Occupation: Architect, Aluminum Co.

"Mabel Eulalie Dressing" married Richard Roscoe Stevenson in 1912, per article in New Castle News, October 19, 1912. The marriage record is online and states her birthdate as May 7, 1886.

1920 Census, New Kensington, Ward 3, Westmoreland County, Pa.
1040 Victoria Ave.
R. R. Stephenson, Owns home, 35, Mechanical Engineer Aluminum Plant, b Pa., parents b Pa.
Marelle E., Wife, 33, b Pa., parents b Pa.
Henrietta J., Dau, 5, b Pa.
Annie L., Dau., 1 yr 7 mos., b Pa.

1930 Census, New Kensington, Ward 3, Westmoreland County, Pa.
204 Charles Ave.
Richard R. Stevenson, Owns home, $30,000, 44, VP Aluminum Co., b Pa., parents b Pa.
Mabelle, Wife, 43, b Pa., parents b Pa.
Jeannette, Dau, 15, b Pa.
Anna Lou, Dau. 11, b Pa.
Mary Cherry, Servant, 20, b Pa., parents b Poland

On May 14, 1938, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, Henrietta Jeannette Stevenson, 23, born 22 Nov 1914 at New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pa., the daughter of Richard R. and Maybelle (Dressing) Stevenson, married John Frampton Wilson, 29, born in Clarksburg, the son of Frank L. and Elizabeth (Brown) Wilson.

Mabelle Stevenson was listed in the 1940 census of New Kensington, but she and her husband are also listed in the 1940 census of Miami, Florida where they were listed as guests.

(Henrietta) Jeannette Stevenson is found in the Social Security Death Index as Jeannette S. Wilson. Her death occurred February 29, 2000; last residence, Harrison County, West Virginia.

Richard R. Stevenson, born in May 1885, died in May 1974; last residence, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.

When did Maybelle (also Mabel) Dressing Stevenson die? Nothing additional has been found.




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