FORWARDED MESSAGE ~ SUBMITTED BY Florence S. Fosgate CFOSGATE@aol.com Hello, Researching the Steele family of Scots Bay, Nova Scotia Searching for the origins of George Steele born about 1768: Know the following descendants: Joseph Steele, son of George Steele, born August 1, 1803, Scots Bay, NS died Dec. 31, 1897, Scots Bay, NS married Rebecca Ells, abt 1825, Scots Bay, NS Jonathan Ells Steele, son of Joseph and Rebecca, born Nov. 5, 1829, Scots Bay died April 8, 1900, Scots Bay married Lavenia A. Porter, Jan, 10, 1855, Scots Bay Children of Jonathan Steele and Lavenia Porter are: Asaph Sherman Steele, b. 1856, Scots Bay, NS; d. 1939 Henry Havelock Steele, b. 1857, Scots Bay, NS; d. 1935, Deep Brook, NS Avard Taylor Steele, b. Jan. 30, 1860, Scots Bay, NS; d. 1934, Waverly, MA Elbert Bowman Steele, b. 1862, Scots Bay, NS; d. 1931, Seattle, WA Flora Lavenia Steele, b. 1866, Scots Bay, NS; d, 1931; m. Charles W. McKeen Jonathan Ells Steele, b. 1869, Scots Bay, NS;d 1949 Oxley Huestis Steele, b 1871, Scots Bay, NS; d. 1956, Scots Bay Avard Taylor Steele (above) married Emma Gertrude Rice, 1888, daughter of John Rice and Armanella Ruggles, She was born about 1864 and died 1937 Avard and Emma moved to Marblehead, MA and later to Waverly, MA. One of their seven children was my husband's mother, Edna Gertrude Steele, born October 26, 1893, in Marblehead MA, married Charles Marshall Fosgate, 1921. Information on the origins of George Steele would be appreciated. Florence S. Fosgate CFOSGATE@aol.com P.O. Box 3011 Pocasset, MA 02559