Researching Harry 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 Harry means "Form of HAROLD. army-power" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Harry Stephen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harry Stephen and the Stephen Genealogy
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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 History 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. |
Miscellaneous Stephen Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Harry Stephen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harry Stephen
Harry Lushington Stephen
Sir Harry Lushington Stephen, 3rd Baronet (2 March 1860 – 1 November 1945) was a British barrister and Judge of the Calcutta High Court.
The third son of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Harry Lushington was educated at Rugby School before matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1878, graduating LLB in 1882 and LLM in 1904. He was called to the Bar in 1885 and practised on the South Wales Circuit from 1886 to 1901. He became Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, on 18 November 1901. He was knighted in 1913. He retired in 1914.
On his return to England, he was Alderman of the London County Council from 1916 to 1928. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium for services rendered in connection with the First World War. He died in 1945 at Hale Close, Fordingbridge.
In 1904, he married Barbara, youngest daughter of W Shore Nightingale of Embley Romsey and Lea Hurst, Derbyshire. He had one son, James Alexander Stephen, who succeeded to the baronetcy.
He is the author of Law of Support and Subsidence, 1890. It was "a useful little monograph". He was the editor of the fourteenth edition of Oke's Synopsis, the eighth edition of Oke's Formulist and State Trials: Political and Social, 1899.
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