Editing George Stephenson (section)

====Descendants====
George Stephenson had two children. His son [[Robert Stephenson|Robert]] was born on 16 October 1803. Robert married Frances Sanderson, daughter of a City of London professional John Sanderson, on 17 June 1829. Robert died in 1859 having no children. Robert Stephenson expanded on the work of his father and became a major railway engineer himself. Abroad, Robert was involved in the Alexandria–Cairo railway that later connected with the [[Suez Canal]]. George Stephenson's daughter was born in 1805 but died within weeks of her birth. Descendants of the wider Stephenson family continue to live in Wylam (Stephenson's birthplace) today. Also relatives connected by his marriage live in Derbyshire. Some descendants later emigrated to [[Perth]], Australia, and [[Minnesota]], with later generations remaining to this day.

This Stephenson engineering family is not to be confused with the lighthouse-building engineering family of [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]], which was active in the same era.  Note the spelling difference.