George Wold Stephenson
George Wold Stephenson was my great-great-grandfather. He and his wife Agnes Catherine Hamilton immigrated from England to the United States in 1844, living first on Long Island, New York, before settling in St. Johns, Michigan. One of my prize possessions is his family Bible where the family carefully recorded marriages, births, and deaths. This Bible was passed down to my great-grandfather Edward William Stephenson, then to my father, and finally to me. Pictures of the Bible and the inscribed pages are shown here.
George Wold Stephenson's Bible.
Deaths recorded in the Stephenson Bible.
Agnes Stephenson
Shown below are pictures of two very old bookmarks which were found in the Bible. The bookmarks are in needlepoint on perforated paper, one worked in silk, the other in wool. The silk bookmark has the words “Faith Hope Charity.” The wool bookmark says “Simply to Thy Cross I cling.” We don’t know who made the bookmarks, but perforated paper embroidery being popular in Victorian times, it is easy to picture Agnes stitching the bookmarks for George’s Bible.
Bookmark: Faith Hope Charity
Bookmark: Simply to Thy Cross I Cling
Jim Winegar's Genealogy Blog 
Quite a treasure. Thank you for sharing it. I especially enjoyed the bookmarks.
Hi, we live in cd juarez Chihuahua México our last name is Stephenson, always I wont to know my family tree, huge sthepenson lived in el paso tx in 1800 and he married with Maria Azcarate, acording with the history, huge is from england.
Regards. Esther Stephenson.