George was interested in machines. He helped his dad. That's how he learned about steam engines.
George didn't go to school. From the age of 8, he went to work. He looked after cows on a farm. He drove horses that worked at the mine. When George was 14 he decided to help his father at the cole mine. He liked to take machinery to bits to see how they worked.
He wanted to learn how to read, write and count to get a better job. For 3 nights every week he went back to school after work.
George's father was Robert Stephenson. His mother's name was Mabel Carr.To earn extra money, George mended shoes. He taught himself to mend clocks. He was saving up to get married.In 1802, George married Frances Henderson. She was a servant at a farm. They had a son called Robert. In 1806 Frances became ill and died
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