Stephen married Lydia Tough on Boxing Day 1918. They initially lived with Lydia's parents at 22 Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland. In November 1919 she bore him his first daughter, Linda, who was closely followed by his second daughter, Norah. Stephen worked as a shipwright in the shipyards on the River Wear.

Towards the end of the 1920's Sunderland's shipyards were closing due to the onset of the depression and Stephen was forced to work and lodge in London to support his family. Eventually in approximately 1930 Stephen's family joined him in London, initially in Kilburn, in the North West of the city. A few years later Lydia managed to find work as a caretaker at a High School for Girls that provided accomodation so the family moved to Balham, South London.

Their eldest daughter, Linda, left blitz-hit London in approximately 1942 to live Lydia's sisters in Grangetown, Sunderland.

Stephen and his remaining family eventually settled in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. When Stephen died in 1962 he was a grandfather of four. His occupation is described as Fitter/Turner (Retired). Stephen died primarily of cancer though the death certificate goes into more detail and lists three causes; Respiratory Failure, Carcinoma of the Lung and Cerebral Matastases.

Respiratory Failure is described in medical dictionaries as

Metastases is described as