William STEVENSON

G'day from Brisbane, Australia! I am trying to find out about my father, William Stevenson, who died when I was a toddler. Unfortunately, I have very little information, but I'm hoping that maybe someone could help me with where to go looking? I've looked at a number of ancestry sites and various archives with little or no result. The only details I have are as follows: William STEVENSON Date of birth: Unknown Place of birth: Bergen, Norway Father: William Fraser STEVENSON Mother: Gwendolin Olga Watson (also noted as Matson, presumably a misreading) Date of death: 1942 Place of death: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia I have assumed, from the above information, that my grandparents were probably from the UK, but I have no details of how they got to Norway for my father to be born there. Also, somewhere along the line, my father emigrated to Australia. Again, the details are unknown and I have had no luck trying local immigration records, due to the common name. The only written records I have are my mother's Australian birth certificate and marriage certificate. (My mother died when I was a teenager.) I located my father's date of death from Australian records. It is a very vague memory of my family (all older than me, now long deceased) that he may have had something to do with ships as an occupation. I believe that my father was in his 60s when I was born in 1939, but that is unconfirmed. The only thing I have been able to find is the following record from http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_avansert_e.aspx: First name Surname Family status Marital status Birthplace Birth year Alfred Oscar Stevenson deres Søn ug Throndhjem 1864 Charles Randolf Stevenson deres Søn ug England 1855 Fransese Jen Stevenson deres Datter ug Throndhjem 1861 William Stevenson Husfader g England 1821 Nikles Robert Stevenson deres Søn ug Throndhjem 1850 Wiliam Stevenson deres Søn ug England 1858 John Phillip Stevenson deres Søn ug Throndhjem 1861 It may or may not be relevant, I really have no idea. As I have three sons, and three beautiful granddaughters, I would really like to be able to pass on some information about their Norwegian heritage before I, also, pass on (not that I'm planning on that for a good few years yet!) [;)] Is anyone able to offer any suggestions or assistance please? Thank you, Ola Stevenson