Brief Life History of Hugh Seelye
When Hugh Seelye Stevenson was born on 3 May 1887, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Renfrew Stevenson, was 28 and his mother, Mary Isabella "Belle" Cleveland, was 28. He married Jessie Iona Deming on 23 May 1910, in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bandon, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1950 and Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1968. He died on 22 January 1985, in Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Hugh J Stevenson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Hugh Seelye Stevenson, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Hugh Seeleye Stevenson, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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World Events (8)
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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