Dorotha Zebulene Stevenson

Brief Life History of Dorotha Zebulene

When Dorotha Zebulene Stevenson was born on 14 December 1904, in Moulton, Moulton Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Simeon Stevenson, was 32 and her mother, Ann Lura Campbell, was 33. She married Rev Lester Emerson Lee on 2 September 1925, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Penn Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Summerfield Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States in 1950. She died on 8 June 1981, in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev Lester Emerson Lee
1906–1998
Dorotha Zebulene Stevenson
1904–1981
Marriage: 2 September 1925
Edwin Emerson Lee Sr.
1926–1998
Ruth Ladonna Lee
1928–1930
Robert Eugene Lee
1931–1932
Betty Jean Lee
1940–
Rev Martin Lester Lee
1944–2023

Sources (20)

  • Dorothy Z Lee, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dortha Zebulene Stevens, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Dorothy Zebuline, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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