Steen family

[aghadowey]

There are lots of different Steen branches in Co. Derry. I've a few friends named Steen and one has sent me his research notes as I've been sending him information for years now- which I'll have a look at later tonight.

1831 census only lists name of head of household, religion, number of males and females in the household.
Derry City is on the Donegal border so don't rule out the possiblity of the Steens coming from Donegal instead of Derry.

Do you have Rebecca's Scottish death certificate?- it might list the names of both her parents.

[bonjedward]

I do have Rebecca Steen's death certificate, which is where the information on her father comes from. Unfortunately her mother is not listed - although it was her daughter Margaret Jane who reported the death, she must not have known who her maternal grandmother was.

[aghadowey]

If Rebecca's daughter didn't know the mother's name perhaps the father's name is wrong (just something to keep in mind). Joseph isn't a 'Steen' name that I can find anywhere in my notes or Londonderry Sentinel index (birth, marriages, deaths 1829-1869). I did find an obituary for Mary wife of Moses Steen in 1852 but nothing else.

[bonjedward]

There is a Joseph Steen on the Irish Flax Growers list index, in Donegal in 1796. So as you say, Donegal is a possibility.

Is the Londonderry Sentinel index on-line, or published as a book?

[aghadowey]

Londonderry Sentinel index (births, deaths, marriages 1829-1869) compiled by Coleraine branch of North of Ireland Family History Society a few years ago. Their website is www.coleraine-fhs.org.uk

I checked through all of it but didn't find any trace of a Joseph Steen or Rebecca Steen or Samuel Alexander Wray.

[bonjedward]

Thanks for looking. I've had very little luck with this branch of my family, compared to the rest of my research in Scotland. Since making the original post, I've discovered that Samuel Alexander Wray was not in the RIC, which is a pity as its records are good. He might have been in the Revenue Police, the Railway Police, or the Londonderry Borough Police.

I've found some quite promising records in Donegal that could be the family I'm looking  for, so I've started a new post on the Donegal board.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=268230

[Suezy]

Have just become interested in Steen family and notice lots of my family in the list.  My grandfather was Thomas  b: 05 Nov 1879. He married Violet Agnes Burns in 1907. They had 10 children.

Thomas Jnr b: 9 Sep 1907
Joseph James b: 12 Sep 1908
Samuel  b: 1 Dec 1909
Violet Elizabeth b: 11 Nov 1911
Mary Ann *
Florence *
John *
Phyllis (Nancy) *
George *
Eileen *

The Steen family arrived in New Zealand on the 'Corinthic' in I think 1926 and settled in Cambridge in the North Island.

Allthis Steen info found @ Roots web My Family Tree - Barnett, Stewart, Thompson, Steen, Wylie, Johnston hope some of this is useful

Steen, Annie Douglas b: * in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Daniel b: 03 JUL 1916 in Edmonds, Washington, USA d: 1981
Steen, Delville Wood b: * in Johannesburg, South Africa
Steen, Donald b: 1918 in Edmonds, Washington, USA d: 1938
Steen, Eileen b: * in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Elizabeth b: 01 MAY 1865 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 30 SEP 1953 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, Elizabeth b: 08 MAY 1876 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 30 DEC 1948 in Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, Elizabeth b: 15 JAN 1888 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 15 NOV 1968 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Elizabeth Dehra b: 31 JUL 1920 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 04 OCT 1982
Steen, Louvaine b: in South Africa d: in South Africa
Steen, Margaret
Steen, Martha b: 17 FEB 1806
Steen, Martha Mary b: 27 AUG 1923 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 1993
Steen, Mary Ann b: 09 MAY 1913 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 04 JAN 1995 in Hamilton, New Zealand
Steen, Mary Ann Floyd b: 20 DEC 1877 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 21 NOV 1958 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Matilda b: 11 MAY 1868 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 10 DEC 1946 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Matilda b: 09 SEP 1874 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 21 DEC 1905 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, Matilda b: 22 AUG 1895
Steen, Phyllis Moira b: 17 JAN 1917 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 19 JUL 1990 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, Rebecca b: 18 NOV 1870 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, Robert b: 11 OCT 1881 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 11 JAN 1950 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Robert b: 19 DEC 1889 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 09 OCT 1974 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Steen, Robert Douglas b: 29 JAN 1921 in Johannesburg, South Africa d: 08 MAY 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Steen, Samuel Lamberton b: 01 DEC 1909 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 25 OCT 1991 in Takapuna, New Zealand
Steen, Sarah
Steen, Sarah Jane b: 05 MAY 1885 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 22 OCT 1948 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Thomas b: 1816 d: 26 APR 1909
Steen, Thomas b: 1862 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 02 NOV 1942 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, Thomas b: 09 FEB 1886 d: 1919 in Bristol
Steen, Thomas Jr. b: 09 SEP 1907 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 05 FEB 1969 in Cambridge, New Zealand
Steen, Thomas Sr. b: 05 NOV 1879 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 26 MAY 1951 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, Violet Elizabeth b: 11 NOV 1911 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 21 JUN 1944 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, William Burns b: 01 MAY 1917 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 09 JUN 1983 in Whangarei, New Zealand
Steen, Emily Elizabeth b: * in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Emma Jean b: * in Seattle, Washington, USA
Steen, Florence b: 10 AUG 1914 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 16 JUN 1988 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, George
Steen, George b: 1857 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: BEF 1937 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, George b: 07 SEP 1893 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 31 JAN 1953 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, George b: 17 DEC 1919 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 11 DEC 1985 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, George b: 20 JAN 1925 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 05 AUG 1975 in Northern Ireland
Steen, Henry Isaac b: 02 FEB 1915 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 15 AUG 1995 in Liverpool, England
Steen, Irene
Steen, Isaac Jr. b: 27 OCT 1883 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 03 MAR 1910 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Steen, Isaac Sr. b: 10 NOV 1846 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 04 NOV 1935 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Steen, James b: 04 DEC 1891 d: 30 SEP 1947
Steen, James Jr. b: 06 JUN 1930 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 16 JAN 1991 in Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Steen, James Sr. b: 17 JUL 1888 in Ture, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 03 AUG 1970 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Steen, Jane b: 03 MAY 1884
Steen, John b: 24 MAR 1897 in Moville, Co. Donegal, Ireland d: 22 JAN 1937 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Steen, John Wiley b: 21 APR 1916 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 22 OCT 1918 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Steen, Joseph James b: 12 SEP 1908 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland d: 14 FEB 1964 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

[Steenie]

Nancy's name was Annie Douglas Steen b 10 Aug 1918
also William Burns Steen b 1 MAY 1917
Thomas and Violet were also my grandparents

[Steenie]

I also have a photo of them before they left Ireland with Granny Burns in the photo. Thomas's father Isaac is buried in the Culmore churchyard, and his grave is taken care of very well by a 2nd cousin of mine.Thomas and Violet are buried in Auckland in a grave next to their daughter Violet.