Show ContentsStenholm History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Stenholm

What does the name Stenholm mean?

The Swedish name Stenholm 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.

Stenholm migration to the United States +



Stenholm Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Johan Erik Stenholm, aged 33, who arrived in New York in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Stenholm (post 1700) +

  • Charles Walter Stenholm (1938-2023), American businessman and Democratic Party politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas (1979-2005)
  • Katherine Corne Stenholm (1917-2015), American film director and the founding director of Unusual Films
  • Cindy Stenholm, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1980 2
  • Charles Walter Stenholm (b. 1938), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972, 1996, 2000, 2004; U.S. Representative from Texas 17th District, 1979-; Defeated, 2004 3
  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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