When Marja B Steadman was born on 30 May 1890, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, her father, William H Steadman, was 34 and her mother, Ada "Addie" Louisa Van Dyke, was 33. She married O Dewitt Fear on 4 August 1923, in Livingston, Park, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Morgan District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 6 February 1979, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.
English:
occupational or topographic name from Middle English stede ‘place, farm, estate’ (Old English stede) + -man, used for someone who lived or worked on a farm, or who lived at a place so named. Compare Stead .
occupational name for someone who worked with horses, from Middle English sted(e) ‘horse, stallion’ (Old English steda) + -man. Compare Steed .
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