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    1. [QUEEN] Queen-Steelman
    2. For anyone interested in the same Queen lineage that is mine (which is from NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, and MARYLAND) maybe the following will be of help: I was born in Baltimore, MD. I may have cousins still in the Baltimore area. These cousins are the children of my father's only brother, FURMAN W. QUEEN. Furman married Mary TYSON (from N or S Carolina). Their children are ALFRED, ELVIRA, ROGER, SUSAN, BARBARA and WILLIAM. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO FIND THEM! My father was WILLIAM H. QUEEN (4th) born in Philidelphia, PA - married Manila STORIE. He was the son of WILLIAM H. QUEEN (3rd) born and died in New Jersey - married Myrtle McKenzie STRONG. He was the son of WILLIAM H. QUEEN (2nd) 1841-1917 born Brooklyn, NY - married Eliza STEELMAN (1856-1934) Eliza was the daughter of HEZEKIAH STEELMAN, Jr. and Ruth STEPHENSON. Hezekiah Jr. was the son of HEZEKIAH STEELMAN and Anne ESTELL. Hezekiah was the son of JONATHAN STEELMAN and Hannah CORSON. Jonathan was the son of MATTHIAS STEELMAN and Sarah ADAMS. Matthias was the son of PETER STEELMAN and Gartara KEEN. Peter was the son of HANS MANSSON and Ella STILLE. The name change between Hans Mansson and his son Peter Steelman was brought about due to Hans having changed his name to Mansson just prior to coming to this country in 1634 from Sweden. After Hans' death in 1691, all of his sons (Peter was one of six sons) changed the name back to Steelman. However, the name Steelman was technically not Hans' surname in Sweden. Hans was the son of Sven BENGTSSON and Brita LILLIEBIELKIE. At some point Sven had been knighted and in being knighted his name was changed for him to "Man of Steel". Well, his son, Hans, committed some offense and he didn't want to bring disgrace upon his father and family and so he changed his own surname and chose the name Mansson because, at that time, there were no other families by that name anywhere around where he lived in Sweden - therefore he wouldn't bring shame on any other families either. As punishment for his offense Hans was "sent" to this country. That's why he came here, not as either Bengtsson or Steelman (Man of Steel) but as Mansson. Later, when his sons changed the family name back, the family name had become Steelman (Man of Steel). Is anyone out there doing research on the same family? I have most of the sibling names to go with the above listing.

    12/03/2000 01:41:11