Hi Laura, I'm not used to having questions being asked of me - it's more usually me doing the asking! I'm sorry, I'm not related to the Steel family, Richard Steel married into my family of interest. The woman he married, Eliza Harriet HAMILTON was born at Knayton Grange, the family is listed there in the 1891 census - Richard & Emma HAMILTON and family. They had been married in 1881, after the census of that year. I don't know when they moved to Knayton Grange, or who was there before then. Richard HAMILTON died in 1902 and it's possible that his widow, Emma, continued to farm the property. In a 1913 trade directory, she is listed as a farmer of Knayton. Did Richard STEEL move to Knayton Grange when Emma left, perhaps? Richard STEEL and Eliza HAMILTON married in 1918 and his address is given as Knayton Grange, hers as Knayton. He was aged 32, a bachelor and his father was Joseph STEEL, also a farmer. A witness to the marriage was a George STEEL. Richard died in 1947 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Leake. Eliza died in 1974 and is also buried in the same churchyard, although there is no headstone to mark her resting place. I assume she would be in the same plot as Richard. They had no children. That's all I know of Richard STEEL. If you are able to give me more information about him, it would add to the overall picture for me. I do have a photo of Richard and Eliza on their wedding day, if you are interested. It was given to me by another distant relative. Last year I visited the area and met a lady who thought that the property she lived on was once called Knayton Grange. It now has another name. I was never able to confirm it, though. If any of this is of assistance to you, I'm pleased to help. I look forward to hearing from you again. Regards Ailsa Petrie Hamilton New Zealand Laura Broughton wrote: > Hi, this is for Ailsa who i have seen every so often on the list. > > Whilst researching on the rootsweb forums i came across an old old > message of yours regarding a Richard Steel who farmed at knayton > grange. Knayton Grange is where many of my family farmed (the harland > family) and they married into the Steele family, so this is of great > interest to me! > > Are you decended from the steele family at all? They were a large family > and i have been hoping to find any decendants :-) > > Sorry if i am totally on the wrong tracks, ignore me if i am! > Laura Broughton -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/273 - Release Date: 2/03/2006