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Family History & Genealogy

The Stephens Family

11,847 Stephens records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

11,847Records in our database
1806Earliest birth
5Documented families
7Biographies
See the Stephens family trees →432 Stephens families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

11,847 Stephens records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 56 Stephens recordsSouth Dakota: 156 Stephens recordsNebraska: 575 Stephens recordsKansas: 458 Stephens recordsMinnesota: 258 Stephens recordsIowa: 506 Stephens recordsMissouri: 3,728 Stephens recordsWisconsin: 607 Stephens recordsIllinois: 1,445 Stephens recordsMichigan: 1,108 Stephens recordsIndiana: 1,078 Stephens recordsOhio: 1,863 Stephens records561565754582585063,7286071,4451,1081,0781,863
fewer more

When they were born

Born in the 1850s: 2Born in the 1860s: 860Born in the 1870s: 129Born in the 1880s: 66980Born in the 1890s: 1,425Born in the 1900s: 2,0421900Born in the 1910s: 2,216Born in the 1920s: 1,19020Born in the 1930s: 547Born in the 1940s: 29340Born in the 1950s: 186Born in the 1960s: 7760Born in the 1970s: 29Born in the 1980s: 1080Born in the 1990s: 11Born in the 2000s: 02000Born in the 2010s: 1
  • Most records: Missouri (3,728 of 11,847)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: Kate Stephens, born 1853, Kansas
  • Earliest in the county histories: Henry Stephens, born 1806
Documented families

Stephens families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

Family histories, generation by generation (2)

Family records from county histories (3)

The earliest Stephenss in the county histories

Family trees from the public record

In old newspapers

In the county history family index

Biographies from the county histories (7)

People in the record

Stephens people in our records

120 of the 10,915 Stephens people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Stephens record →

Aimee Stephens
1960 to 2020
Michigan
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Irene Felegy Stephens
1926 to 2020
Hennepin, Minnesota
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Bob C Stephens
1930 to 2013
Iowa
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Carl T Stephens
1920 to 2013
Iowa
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Charlotte M Stephens
1934 to 2013
Iowa
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Jack Stephens
1933 to 2011
Illinois
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Donald Stephens
1928 to 2007
Illinois
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Aldy Joseph Stephens
1927 to 1999
Polk, Wisconsin
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Aleen L Stephens
1906 to 1999
Missouri
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Alleyne Stephens
1903 to 1999
North Dakota
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Almon P Stephens
1915 to 1999
Ohio
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Angela Stephens
1965 to 1999
Ohio
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Ann M Stephens
1983 to 1999
Ohio
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Anna L Stephens
1915 to 1999
Ohio
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Arley H Stephens
1916 to 1999
Missouri
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Arthur Stephens
1899 to 1999
Illinois
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Arzie C Stephens
1914 to 1999
Missouri
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Barbara J Stephens
1939 to 1999
Ohio
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Barbara J Stephens
1931 to 1999
Indiana
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Bernice M Stephens
1927 to 1999
Ohio
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Bessie C Stephens
1921 to 1999
Illinois
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Betty H Stephens
1926 to 1999
Missouri
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Betty L Stephens
1926 to 1999
Ohio
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Beulah S Stephens
1914 to 1999
Ohio
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Brian Victor Stephens
1968 to 1999
Green, Wisconsin
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Bruce M Stephens
1949 to 1999
Michigan
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Byron E Stephens
1936 to 1999
Indiana
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C L Stephens
1907 to 1999
Illinois
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C M Stephens
1910 to 1999
Indiana
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Carol K Stephens
1946 to 1999
Kansas
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Carole A Stephens
1950 to 1999
Kansas
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Carrie M Stephens
1910 to 1999
Michigan
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Carroll Stephens
1922 to 1999
South Dakota
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Cecelia M Stephens
1919 to 1999
Michigan
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Celia T Stephens
1937 to 1999
Indiana
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Charles E Stephens
1929 to 1999
Ohio
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Charles H Stephens
1915 to 1999
Ohio
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Charles W Stephens
1915 to 1999
Michigan
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Charles W Stephens
1911 to 1999
Indiana
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Chris K Stephens
1972 to 1999
Illinois
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Claude Stephens
1910 to 1999
Michigan
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Connie R Stephens
1944 to 1999
Illinois
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Dan J Stephens
1966 to 1999
Indiana
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Daniel R Stephens
1924 to 1999
Illinois
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Don Stephens
1925 to 1999
Missouri
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Doris G Stephens
1916 to 1999
Missouri
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Dorothy L Stephens
1912 to 1999
Missouri
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E H Stephens
1900 to 1999
Missouri
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Elizabeth J Stephens
1907 to 1999
Missouri
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Esther L Stephens
1901 to 1999
Iowa, Wisconsin
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Evelyn M Stephens
1922 to 1999
Nebraska
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Fred T Stephens
1915 to 1999
Missouri
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George C Stephens
1932 to 1999
Missouri
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Gerald D Stephens
1927 to 1999
Missouri
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Gertrude J Stephens
1912 to 1999
Missouri
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Mark W Stephens
1955 to 1999
Nebraska
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Annie Stephens
1880 to 1978
South Dakota
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James Stephens
1872 to 1977
Ohio
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Sopha Stephens
1874 to 1975
Ohio
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Edith Stephens
1879 to 1974
Iowa
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Sarah Stephens
1870 to 1974
Wisconsin
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Rose L Stephens
1876 to 1973
Ohio
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Eva Stephens
1875 to 1972
Illinois
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Mabel Stephens
1877 to 1972
Missouri
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Carl Stephens
1878 to 1971
Iowa
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Elsie Stephens
1879 to 1971
Iowa
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Mary M Stephens
1875 to 1971
Missouri
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William Stephens
1880 to 1971
Nebraska
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Addie M Stephens
1881 to 1970
Dawes, Nebraska
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Elsa Stephens
1876 to 1970
Ohio
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Thomas F Stephens
1873 to 1970
Missouri
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Blanche Stephens
1875 to 1969
Indiana
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Charles Stephens
1876 to 1969
Illinois
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Cora Stephens
1876 to 1969
Ohio
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James Stephens
1872 to 1969
Illinois
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Nellie Stephens
1875 to 1969
Illinois
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Sarah E Stephens
1872 to 1969
Missouri
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William J Stephens
1876 to 1969
Missouri
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Carrie Stephens
1875 to 1968
Missouri
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Green P Stephens
1875 to 1968
Ohio
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Minnie Stephens
1874 to 1968
Michigan
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Charles Stephens
1873 to 1967
Missouri
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Effie Stephens
1874 to 1967
North Dakota
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Hattie Stephens
1866 to 1967
Illinois
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James Stephens
1871 to 1967
Ohio
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Perry Stephens
1879 to 1967
South Dakota
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William Stephens
1873 to 1967
Minnesota
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Bertha E Stephens
1876 to 1966
Indiana
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Collie Stephens
1877 to 1966
Illinois
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Harry Stephens
1874 to 1966
Missouri
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Harry Stephens
1877 to 1966
Missouri
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Orie H Stephens
1879 to 1966
Nance, Nebraska
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Viola F Stephens
1872 to 1966
Michigan
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William Stephens
1876 to 1966
Illinois
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Ennis Stephens
1876 to 1965
Ohio
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James Stephens
1873 to 1965
Illinois
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Malcolm Stephens
1874 to 1965
Michigan
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Walter Stephens
1871 to 1965
Minnesota
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Edward Stephens
1875 to 1964
Missouri
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Ida Stephens
1876 to 1964
Ohio
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John Stephens
1868 to 1964
Missouri
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Joseph Stephens
1876 to 1964
Indiana
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Mark Stephens
1871 to 1964
Michigan
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Mary Stephens
1871 to 1964
Wisconsin
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Elizabeth Stephens
1869 to 1963
Ohio
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James Stephens
1864 to 1963
Indiana
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Mattye Stephens
1865 to 1963
Ohio
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Myrtle Stephens
1882 to 1963
North Dakota
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William Stephens
1873 to 1963
Michigan
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William Stephens
1874 to 1963
Indiana
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William Stephens
1875 to 1963
Missouri
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Jake Stephens
1876 to 1958
Missouri
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Bartholome Stephens
1876 to 1951
Indiana
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Kate Stephens
1853 to 1938
Kansas
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C D Stephens
1861 to 1936
Kansas
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William Delos Stephens
1862 to 1933
Wisconsin
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W Stephens
1859 to 1932
Kansas
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Redman Davis Stephens
1874 to 1931
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Ben Stephens
1867 to 1896
Michigan
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J. W. Stephens
died 1863
Vermont
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Common questions

Stephens genealogy: FAQ

Where were Stephens ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 11,847 Stephens records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (3,728), then Ohio (1,863) and Illinois (1,445).

How far back does the Stephens family tree go?

The earliest Stephens birth in our database is 1853: Kate Stephens, Kansas. The old county histories name Henry Stephens, born 1806. We have pieced together 432 Stephens family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Stephens family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Stephens family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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