Researching Alexander Stephen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5251 people with the Stephen surname? In that year Stephen was ranked number 809 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alexander means "Helper and defender of mankind" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Alexander Stephen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alexander Stephen and the Stephen Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stephen Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Stephen family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 5870 people with the Stephen surname in the UK? Stephen is now ranked number 1022 for popularity in the UK. |
Stephen Family Tree Databases
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Stephen Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Stephen surname in the USA? Stephen is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Alexander Stephen
Alexander Condie Stephen
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen (20 July 1850 – 10 May 1908) was a British diplomat and translator from Russian and Persian.
He was the first translator of Lermontov's long poem "The Demon" into English, in 1875. He translated "Fairy Tales of a Parrot" from Persian in 1880.
In 1884-5, he was Assistant Commissioner on the Afghan Boundary Commission. he had the crucial role of keeping communications open between the Commission, in north-west Afghanistan and threatened by a large Russian army, and the British government in London. When the Commission's presence almost triggered a war in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, he was sent to London to report to the government in person.
He was knighted KCVO on 24 August 1900, for being HM minister resident in Dresden and Coburg. He was Groom in Waiting to King Edward VII from 1901.
He was caricatured in a Vanity Fair "Spy" print on 18 December 1902, as "Russian, Persian and Turkish".
Stephen is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Source: Alexander Condie Stephen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stephen
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