Monthly Archives: March 2013

Stevens – Tank or Motorcycle?

I finally received the information I requested from the National Archives on my father’s military service. There wasn’t much because it appears that his files were burned in a fire in the Archives in 1973. They pieced together what little … Continue reading

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Stevens – Henry Burl Stevens Jr-Military

I always knew my father served in WWII and drove a tank but I never knew much about what he had done and where he had served. Now that I am very interested, my father is gone and I can’t … Continue reading

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Stevens – Barbara Mary Stevens McKay

This is my Aunt Barbara, my father’s sister. She was born on 27 June 1931 in Indiana to Georgia Mary Coakley Stevens and Henry Burl Stevens Sr. She was 7 years younger than my dad. He thought the sun rose … Continue reading

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Stevens – A tough looking gang

You might think that this is a tough looking gang of “thugs”. But, a closer looks reveals these thugs to be Henry Burl Stevens Jr, Tom, Bill and dad, Henry Burl Stevens Sr. sitting on the front porch of their … Continue reading

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Stevens – HB Stevens Home From The War

This is my father, Henry Burl Stevens, and his mother, Georgia Mary Coakley Stevens. Dad was just home on 30 day leave upon his return from Europe after the war in 1945. All three of Georgia’s boys served in the … Continue reading

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Stevens – Small World – Cary Stevens

My husband, Jack, is researching his family at the same time that I’m researching mine. He has just found that his grandfather, Robert Henry Wormworth, was in the Spanish American War serving in the Phillipines in 1900. My great-grandfather, Cary … Continue reading

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