Brief Life History of William Hugh
When William Hugh Stephenson was born on 27 May 1887, in Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, United States, his father, William Harlan Stephenson, was 30 and his mother, Lydia Ann Williams, was 24. He married Carrie Edna Thomas on 1 March 1909, in Washington Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Keokuk Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Washington Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 29 November 1972, in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Eldon Cemetery, Eldon, Wapello, Iowa, United States.
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- William Stephenson, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Iowa, U.S., Birth Records, 1856-1944
- Wm H Stephenson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen . Compare Stevenson 1.
English (Durham): variant of Stevenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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