Researching John 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 John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Stephen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John 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 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.
Investigate Parish Records for John Stephen at Find My Past.
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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 Genealogy Databases
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Find John Stephen from Ireland on findmypast.ie
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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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Stephen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Stephen
John Stephen
John Stephen (28 August 1934 – 1 February 2004), dubbed by the media "The £1m Mod" and "The King Of Carnaby Street", was one of the most important fashion figures of the 1960s.
Stephen was the first individual to identify and sell to the young menswear mass market which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was also the pioneer of the high turnover, disposable fashion ethos of such contemporary operators as Topman.
By 1967, Stephen operated a chain of 15 shops on the thoroughfare in central London which he and boyfriend Bill Franks made the epicentre of Swinging London: Carnaby Street.
"Carnaby is my creation," Stephen said in 1967. "I feel about it the same way Michelangelo felt about the beautiful statues he created."
Source: John Stephen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stephen
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