Brief Life History of Opal Helene
When Opal Helene Steen was born on 23 October 1914, in McLean, North Dakota, United States, her father, John Steen, was 25 and her mother, Julia, was 30. She married Paul Charles William Whillock on 28 June 1939, in Kenmare, Ward, North Dakota, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Lowland Township, Mountrail, North Dakota, United States in 1950. She died on 18 September 1987, in Donnybrook, Ward, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Donnybrook Community Cemetery, Donnybrook, Ward, North Dakota, United States.
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- Opal Whallock, "United States Census, 1940"
- Opal Steen Whillock, "Find A Grave Index"
- Opal H Whillock, "United States 1950 Census"
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1917
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Name Meaning
North German, Norwegian, and Danish; Swedish (also Steén and Stéen); Dutch and Flemish (also Van der Steen): from Middle Low German stēn, Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten) ‘stone’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with stone (quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason). As a Swedish name it is mainly habitational name from a placename, such as Stenby, containing the word sten ‘stone’; it can also be from the personal name Sten, with the same meaning. Compare Sten .
English: from the Middle English personal name Steyne (Old Norse Steinn, Sten, meaning ‘stone’).
English: habitational name from any of various minor places in northern England and Scotland named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ (northern Middle English stayn), or in the rest of England with Old English stǣne ‘stony place’ (Middle English stane, stayne, stene), including Steane (Northamptonshire), Stein Farm in East Dean (Sussex), Stains in Funtington (Sussex), what is now Old Steine in Brighton (Sussex), and Steyne in Chale (Isle of Wight). Compare Staines .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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