Stean History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Stean family

The surname Stean was first found in Norfolk, where Alfricus Stein was registered in 1155.

Early History of the Stean family

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Stean Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stein, Steyne, Steyn, Steine, Stine, Steiyne, Styn and many more.

Early Notables of the Stean family

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Stean migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stean Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Stean, who landed in New York in 1835 1

Stean migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Stean Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. John Stean, (b. 1839), aged 25, British schoolmaster travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "British Empire" arriving in Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand on 6th September 1864 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html