There is a Moosic in coal country between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. We are another Carpenter family, and perhaps I can help eliminate some in Clay county for you. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Veneskey <stevev@netdirect.net> To: INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: Steele's > > My great grandfather was Robert Steele. He came from England and >his father was Scottish, his mother English, they were coal miners. >Robert's wife was from Wales and her name was Sarah Jane Carpenter, >mostly she went by Jane. Jane's father was from Wales and her mother >from England. > They settled in PA and then moved on to Clay Co., IN. Their >children were born in PA and IN. Robert was born about 1840-44, he >arrived in the U.S. about May the 23rd 1876. We have William born on >3-28-1871 (PA), John born on 9-24-1872 (PA), Joseph born on 3-12-1874 >(PA), Elizabeth born on 3-1875 (PA), James born on 2-21-1878(IN), >Thomas born on 1-11-1880 (IN), George born on 11-15-1882 (IN), Sarah >Martha born on 1-27-1884 (IN), Herman born on 4-25-1886(IN), Robert >born on 2-24-1888 (IN), Frank and Archie born on 11-17-1892 (IN). An >aunt was with them her name was Anna Steele born on 5-20-1869. A John >Carpenter is listed with the Steele family as a neighbor in the 1900 >census, he was also listed as a coal miner. John's parents were one >from Wales and one from England. He was 23 in 1900 and born in PA. He >could be a brother to Sarah Jane Carpenter Steele. I hope this may help > >someone and maybe myself. > I believe that William may have lived in a place named Moosie ( is > >there such a place?) or may be Moon, these came from an old newspaper >clipping. It was close to Pittsburgh and William was a miner, those are > >the two things I know about him. >. > There are more, Stories, Karen > > Thank you for taking time to read this. > > > > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >This list brought to you by Rootsweb,be sure to check us out at >http://www.rootsweb.com/ >