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85.  Samuel Butcher STEPHENSON (Anne BUTCHER-5, Samuel-4, Joseph-3, William-2, Jeremiah-1) was born on 2 Oct 1861 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia. He died on 10 Feb 1946 at the age of 84 in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia. He was buried on 12 Feb 1946 in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. Samuel Butcher STEPHENSON and Mary Jane FORTUNE were married on 25 Apr 1884 in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. Mary Jane FORTUNE, daughter of Richard FORTUNE and Jane Elizabeth RITCHIE, was born on 20 Jan 1861 in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. She died on 10 Jan 1943 at the age of 81 in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia.   Samuel Butcher STEPHENSON and Mary Jane FORTUNE had the following children:   +107 i. Violet Jane STEPHENSON, born 6 Feb 1887, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia; married Benjamin TURNER, 12 Oct 1920, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia. 108 ii. Mary Blanche STEPHENSON was born on 20 Jan 1888 in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia. She died on 7 May 1956 at the age of 68 in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. 109 iii. Grace Gertrude STEPHENSON was born on 10 Jan 1888 in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia. She died on 15 Apr 1985 at the age of 97 in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. +110 iv. Edith Alice STEPHENSON, born 10 Nov 1893, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia; married William Henry PETTERS, 26 Oct 1915, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia; died 11 Feb 1990, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia. +111 v. Samuel Butcher STEPHENSON, born 25 Jan 1895, Richmond, Victoria, Australia; married Olive Margaret EDWARDS, Sep 1930, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia; died 30 Aug 1996, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia. +112 vi. Richard Robert STEPHENSON, born 30 Apr 1897, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia; married Edith Mary MCCAULEY, 12 Jan 1927, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia; died 16 May 1982, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. +113 vii. Frederick Ernest STEPHENSON, born 31 Jul 1901, Prahan, Victoria, Australia; married Marjorie Belle MARSHALL; died 17 Oct 1998, Churchill, Victoria, Australia. +114 viii. Irene Maude STEPHENSON, born 1 Mar 1905, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia; married William Edward HUNTINGFORD, 13 Aug 1932, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia; died 5 May 1991, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. +115 ix. Henry Edgar STEPHENSON, born 24 Jul 1905, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia; married Ruby Charlotte GERKE, 4 Jan 1936, Malvern East, Victoria, Australia; died 30 Aug 1992, Wantima, Victoria, Australia. 116 x. Reginald Fortune STEPHENSON was born on 12 Nov 1909 in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. He died on 29 Mar 1950 at the age of 40 in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia. +117 xi. Arthur Lawrence STEPHENSON, born 26 May 1885, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia; married Susan MEE, 1 Jul 1914, Footscray, Victoria, Australia; died 5 Oct 1936, Prahan, Victoria, Australia.