Name: Margaret Virginia Courtney

Life Range: 30 Jan 1866 - 11 Apr 1937

1866 Jan 30 Birth: Virginia, Stafford County, Hartwood. 

1880 Census: Virginia, Stafford County, Hartwood.  

                                                 Surname Courtney

1886 Dec 29          Marriage:          Virginia, Stafford County.  Hezekiah Samuel Stephens (1858-1902).  In , Stafford County, Virginia.  STEVENS, H.S. s/o T.M.& H.E.Stevens age 28 S wheelwright POB POR Stafford & COURTNEY, M.V.; d/o J.T.& F.Courtney age 21 S POB POR Stafford; POM Stafford 22 Dec 1886 minister J.W.Steele STMR

1888 Dec 16          Child born (#1):          Virginia, Stafford County.  Lillian Virginia Stephens (1888-1955).  Born in , Stafford County, Virginia.  Died on 11 Nov 1955.

1890 Apr 20          Child born (#2):          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.  Maurice Hezekiah Stephens (1890-1939).  Born in Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia.  Died on 10 Apr 1939 in Sykesville, Maryland.

1897 Feb 19          Child born (#3):          _______________.  Earnest Stephens (1897-1907).  Died on 3 Apr 1907.

1899 Aug 31          Child born (#4):          Virginia, Stafford County.  Samuel Hysen Stephens (1899-1941).  Born in , Stafford County, Virginia.  Died on 2 Jun 1941.

1900          Census:          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.  

                                                sh. 2b, S.D. 8, E.D. 86 - Falmouth - 2 June 1900

                                                33 - Stephens, Hezekiah H 51mm 13 Oct 1848 blacksmith

                                                Margarett V.wf 34fm 13 Jan 1866 4-0

                                                Virginia dtr 11fs Dec 1888 at school

                                                Maurice son 10ms Apr 1890 at school

                                                Earnest son 3ms Feb 1897

                                                Samuel H. son 9/12ms Aug 1899

1902 Jan 1          Death of Spouse:          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.  Hezekiah Samuel Stephens (1858-1902). 

1902 Aug 29          Death of Mother:          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.  Frances E. Timmons (1832-1902). 

1907 Apr 3          Death of Child (#3):          _______________.  Earnest Stephens (1897-1907). 

Between 1922-1937          Residence:          Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1112 Sophia Street. 

1910          Census:          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.  

                                                Sheet 7b, SD 8, EW 103, 27 Apr 1910, Falmouth

                                                126 - Stephens, Margarett V H 44fwd 4-3 dressmaker

                                                Lillian V dtr 21fs bookkeeper

                                                Hybin son 10ms

1911 Feb 25          Death of Father:          Virginia, Stafford County, Hartwood.  James Thorton Courtney (1836-1911). 

1937 Apr 11          Death:          Virginia, Fredericksburg.   Mrs. Margaret Virginia Stephens, 71, a well known resident of Fredericksburg for a number of years, died Saturday morning a 8 o'clock at her home at 1112 Sophia Street after being critically ill for about two weeks.

                                                 Address:  Margaret Virginia Courtney, 1112 Sophia Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA

1937 Apr 12          Obituary:          _______________.  Free-Lance Star. 

1937 Apr 12          Burial:          Virginia, Stafford County, Falmouth.   Margaret was buried in Falmouth Cemetery.  Funeral services were conducted by Dr.  Robert F. Caverlee  from the Fredericksburg Baptist Church.  Active pallbearers were: B. K. Winston, Robert Huffman, W. S. Chesley, George S. Berry, John W. Berry, and J. M. H. Willis.

                                                Mrs. Stephens was survived by one daughter, Lillian Stephens, of Fredericksburg, two sons, S. Hysen Stephens, of Fredericksburg, and M. H. Stephens, of Sykesville, Md.; one brother, Madison Courtney, and one sister, Miss Cornelia Courtney, both od R. F. D. 1, Fredericksburg.

                                                 Address:  Falmouth Cemetery

                                      Medical Notes:          Mrs. Stephens had been a semi-invalid since 1931 when she suffered two strokes of paralysis.  Her condition did not become alarming until about a fortnight before her death when she was taken quite sick and gradually became worse.