Title: Lewis, Stephens, and McKay Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1844-2010

Call Number: River Falls Mss FE; PH River Falls Mss FE

Quantity: 1.1 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 oversize folder) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

The Lewis, Stephens, and McKay family collection consists of family papers of three generations of Welsh and Irish immigrants who settled in western Wisconsin. Daniel Lewis (1821-1887) emigrated from Wales, first settling in Green Bay and working in the logging business. In 1854, he moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, continuing in the logging business before becoming a full time farmer. In 1859, he married Catherine Walsh (1836-1926), with whom he had six children: Hannah Eliza, Margaret Ann, Evan Walter, David James, Mary Frances, and Elizabeth Jane. Mary Frances (1873-1961) married John Stephens and had two children, Elizabeth and Mary Esther. Only Mary Esther (1906-1990) survived to adulthood and in 1936, she married Gerald Eugene McKay, and they had six children. The collection consists of correspondence (both within the United States and family members in Wales), land transfers, tax receipts, obituaries, cemetery records, oral history transcripts, restoration records, class notebooks, certificates, diplomas, and photographs.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf00fe

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mary Frances McKay, 2015. Accession Number: M2015-187

River Falls Mss FE Box   1 Folder   1	Stephens, John James, 1873, 1923-1956
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Stephens, Mary Frances (Lewis), 1885-1962
Box   1 Folder   4	Stephens, Elizabeth, 1917-1923
Box   1 Folder   5	McKay, Mary Esther (Stephens), 1911-1973, 2010
Box   1 Folder   6	Land transfers and deeds, 1856-1920
Box   1 Folder   7	North Dakota documents, 1909-1938
Box   1 Folder   8	Walters, Evan in Wales, 1885-1894
Box   1 Folder   9	Lewis, Thomas, 1884
Box   1 Folder   10	Thomas, Mary (Lewis), 1848, 1880-1904
Box   1 Folder   11	Real estate and personal property tax, 1860-1980
Box   1 Folder   12	Lewis, David, 1865-1882
Box   1 Folder   13	Lewis, Daniel, 1858-1906
Box   1 Folder   14	Lewis, Henry, 1867, 1878, 1887
Box   1 Folder   15	Lewis, Evan, in United States and Canada, 1844-1894
Box   1 Folder   16	Children of Evan Lewis, 1885-1886, 1914
Box   1 Folder   17	Lewis, Catherine (Walsh), 1887-1927
Box   1 Folder   18	Durning, Hannah (Lewis), 1882-1902
Box   1 Folder   19	Durning children, 1902, 1906, 1966
Box   1 Folder   20	Lewis, David, 1885, 1919-1936
Box   1 Folder   21	Lewis, (Evan) Walter, 1883-1930
Box   1 Folder   22	Lewis family, estate and cemetery documents, 1887-1949
Box   1 Folder   23	Lewis, Margaret, 1880-1938
Box   1 Folder   24-25	Lewis, Elizabeth “Bess,” 1885-1907
Box   1 Folder   26	Oral history transcripts and restoration records, 1890-1921, 1989-2001
Box   1 Folder   27-30	Lewis, Elizabeth, class notebooks, 1894-1903, undated
Box   1	Certificates and diplomas
PH River Falls Mss FE	Photographs
Box   1 Folder   1	Lewis family
Box   1 Folder   2	Stephens family
Box   1 Folder   3	Mary (Lewis) Thomas, Mary Esther (Stephens) McKay, Durning children, North Dakota