See also
| Husband: | George Stevens (c. 1847-1910) | |
| Wife: | Emma Elizabeth Attfield (1849-1914) | |
| Marriage | 1878 | Farnham, Surrey |
| Name: | George Stevens | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1847 | Petworth, Sussex |
| Census | 1881 (age 33-34) | Agricultural labourer, Wrecclesham Street, Farnham, Surrey |
| Census | 1901 (age 53-54) | General labourer, Wrecclesham Street, Farnham |
| Death fact | 1910 (age 62-63) | 1910 Dec Q, Farnham, 2a/103 (aged 63) |
| Death | 1910 (age 62-63) | Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey |
| Burial | 14 Oct 1910 | St Peter, Wrecclesham, Surrey (aged 63) |
Emma Elizabeth Attfield
| Name: | Emma Elizabeth Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Frederick Watmore Attfield (1809-1885) | |
| Mother: | Eliza Turner (1812-1865) | |
| Birth | 1849 | Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey |
| Baptism | 2 Dec 1849 (age 0) | St Peter, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey |
| Birth fact | 1849 (age 0) | 1849 Dec Qtr, Farnham, 4/164 |
| Census | 1851 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1861 (age 11-12) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1901 (age 51-52) | Postwoman, wife in household |
| Census | 1911 (age 61-62) | Widow, living with nephew Alfred John & Louisa Attfield (Emma Jane Stevens) |
| Death | 1914 (age 64-65) | Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey |
| Burial | 20 Jun 1914 | St Peter, Wrecclesham, Surrey (aged 64) |
The Postwoman
The sight of girls helping to deliver the Christmas mail has reminded an old Farnham resident, Mr W. Barnard, of Kiln Cottage, Sandrock Hill Road, of the days when postwomen were by no means a common sight - and of the sad story of Mrs. Emma Stevens, of Wrecclesham. Mrs. Stevens delivered letters for 30 years in Wrecclesham, Shortheath and Middle Bourne, covering during that period some 200,000 miles on foot.
In 1908 she was given six weeks' notice, and, owing to what a national newspaper of the day described as a "technicality", she was debarred from receiving a pension. With a crippled husband to support, Mrs. Stevens found her income (it was from 13s. to 15s. a week) cut off, and all she received was a gratuity of £10.
The Poor Law authorities declined to offer any help until the £10 was exhausted, but Mrs. Stevens, then 60, was a lady of indomitable courage. She decided to bank the £10, draw it at the rate of 10s. a week - and look for another job. With what result we do not know: perhaps some Wrecclesham reader may? She was the daughter of the late Mr. F.W. Attfield, at one time sub-postmaster at Wrecclesham.
Source: Farnham Herald, 25.12.1970 (with thanks to Paul Stacey)