Went to ancestor land and visited Awre church. I bought the leaflet about the St Andrew's church which included extracts from the Parish registers. " 1733 Buried Dec 3rd.N.B. This body was stolen out of the ground the same night by Saml.Steele,Thos.Sallens.Rich.Newman ,Jas.Lane. Signs of the Zodiac at side of entries in Register." Slightly early date but did he live a long time ? > Message Received: Mar 20 2007, 01:17 PM > From: "David Steel" <dsteelj@optusnet.com.au> > To: paulaknight@fsmail.net, gloucester@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: [GLS] STEEL > > paulaknight@fsmail.net wrote: > > This is of interest to me as well if I could have a copy please. > > > Courtesy of Kerrie of this list, I received a copy of the article within > ten minutes of posting my query. It was regarding documents relating > to Ann STEEL of Bromsberrow in the 1750's. Would you like a copy? > > General request for info on Steels. > > My ggfather Stephen Steel born in Bridgewater 1849 but on 1861 census for Gatcombe near Awre > > His father Charles from Blakeney with Awre christened 27/2/1814. > > I went to see the villages March 1/3rd and discovered that there was a Samuel Steel graverobber-stole body from graveyard with a group of friends 1733 and so I am even more keen to go to Record office! > > > This is interesting. In the 1760's there was a Samuel STEEL in > Coleford, not a million miles from Awre. He was a surgeon - I wonder > if he was keen to improve his dissection skills. May I ask, Paula, how > you came across this information. > > David Steel > Adelaide, South Australia > >