Olan Stevens

Brief Life History of Olan

When Olan Stevens was born on 18 August 1917, in Texas, United States, his father, Lee Stevens, was 25 and his mother, Martha Azlee Furlow, was 18. He died on 22 January 1996, in Shelby, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby, Texas, United States.

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Olan Stevens
1917–1996
Reolus Delvinie Thompson
1920–2010

Sources (7)

  • Olen Stephens in household of Willie R Elliott, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Olan Stevens, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Olan Stevens, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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