Stephen Edwin Charman of Koo Wee Rup, Cardinia Shire County, VIC Australia was born on March 19, 1821 in Warnham, West Sussex County, England United Kingdom to Elizabeth Slaughter Charman and Michael Charman. He married Jane (Wilson) Kenny-Charman. Stephen's partner was Mary Ann Rees Charman, and they had children George Edwin Charman, Elizabeth Lucy Charman, Stephen Herbert Charman, Francis Maria (Charman) Ward, John Arthur Charman, Charles Percy Charman, and Robert Arthur Charman. Stephen Charman died at age 85 years old on July 5, 1906 in Koo Wee Rup, Cardinia Shire County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Lang Lang Cemetery in Lang Lang.