Show ContentsStainback History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Stainback Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Stainback

What does the name Stainback mean?

The Swedish name Stainback is generally thought to come from personal name Sten. The word "sten," means "stone;" so it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or perhaps an occupational name for someone who worked with stone.

Contemporary Notables of the name Stainback (post 1700) +

  • Timothy Stainback, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2008 1
  • Ingram Macklin Stainback (1883-1961), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, 1934-40; U.S. District Judge for Hawaii, 1940-42; Governor of Hawaii Territory, 1942-51; Justice of Hawaii Territorial Supreme Court, 1951 2
  • Charles Stainback, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1948 2
  • C. A. Stainback, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1888, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1928 (alternate) 2
  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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