Researching John Steen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 584 people with the Steen surname? In that year Steen was ranked number 2995 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Steen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Steen and the Steen Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Steen 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 Steen family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1241 people with the Steen surname in the UK? Steen is now ranked number 2897 for popularity in the UK. |
Steen Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Steen surname in the USA? Steen is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Steen Databases
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Some Famous People called John Steen
John Steen (Texas politician)
John Thomas Steen, Jr. (born c. 1949), is a lawyer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as the Texas Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014. Steen was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on November 27, 2012 after Esperanza Andrade resigned four days earlier from the position that she had held for more than four years. Steen is Texas' 108th Secretary of State and one of six officials to have formed the Executive Department of state government.
After just over a year in the position, Steen resigned and was succeeded on January 7, 2014, by another Perry appointee, Nandita Berry, an Indian native and naturalized American citizen from Houston.
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