Before we are flooded with queries during our Roll Call..... THIS WEEK ~ Fri Feb 2, through Thrus Feb 8 ~ Northern US. The entire message from the archive is posted here so you can see what names were posted. Please handle all other responses to this message privately. AUP (acceptable user policy) # 9 does not permit the listing of articles for sale on the lists without prior permission. Thanks, Sue, List Manager for the STEELE-L http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ ifetch2?/u1/textindices/S/STEELE+1999+7131231968+F CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 83) ============================== Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:19:29 EST From: <Fmlydiggin@aol.com> To: STEELE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.488a4d45.255200e1@aol.com> Subject: [STEELE-L] 1800's (Ontario) STEELE family bible & photos available Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good day to all, I recently purchased a "1800s STEELE Family of Ontario" Bible at a "blind" auction, hoping it would provide information about my John STEEL(E) of the Niagara Region in the early 1800s. Unfortunately it is another line of STEELEs from Ontario Providence. Therefore, I am offering it for sale, hoping it will find its way to a correct descendant. I am willing to identify the major family members, to narrow the search. Bible: Very large (over 12 lbs.) beautiful leather-embossed family bible from the middle 1800s. Over 800 pages, published in Ontario, with many beautiful color plates. Family data ranges from a birth in 1822 to a death in 1994 (yes, 1994). Overall the bible has worn edges, but is intact with all pages. Photographs: 7 total. 2 older ones on "tintype" (not paper). One is an elderly man (perhaps Aaron STEELE), with a mid chest length white beard in the Mennonite fashion (no mustache). 5 other photographs, taken in Ingersoll, Tilsonburg, and Woodstock - all in Ontario. The two newest photos, listed from the 1920s are of three children on a fence. On the back are the names Wylie "Doc" STEELE, Shirley "Pickle" KINDE, and George "Chip" CASE. Family info: This is the family bible of Charles R. STEELE and Anna SHEPPARD, including their marriage recording, who were married by Minister George Lawrence of the ME Church of Canada, in Ingersoll, Ontario Prov, on July 6th, 1878. Other data includes Charles's birthdate of 9/25/1855, "Annie"'s birthdate of 1/28/1856, the names and birthdates of their six children: Aaron Elwin, Charles Edward, Franklin Ernest, Sarah Maude, Lucinda Mae, Lily Ann. About a dozen additional births are listed, the oldest being Aaron STEELE, born 11/25/1822, who married Meroah (UNK), and they had six children: Laura, Charles (mentioned above), Ansel, Eliver, Walter, and Bertha. Many marriages and deaths are included also, including the surnames: BUXTON, WOZNACK, OLSON, HACKERT, DeROSA, GELINAS, FALLMER. Please do not write asking for "lookups" as I do not wish to handle it a lot, and I will not lay it out flat to make copies. I will sell this bible, including the photographs, for US $185.00 (money order, or cashiers check), which will include first class shipping and insurance to anywhere in the US or Canada. To an ancestor it is probably worth a lot more, but I only wish to recover my costs. First come -- first served. I will start a small "reservation" list, and the first response will have one week to send payment, or I will move to the second response, and so on. I will answer each requested reservation, to let you know where you are on the list, and to provide my snail-mail address as appropriate. Best regards to all, Jackie in Virginia ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Fmlydiggin@aol.com <Fmlydiggin@aol.com> To: STEELE-L@rootsweb.com <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 03, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: [STEELE-L] mid 1800's STEEL(E) family bible w/ photos for sale Good day to all, Little over a year ago there was a STEELE(E) family bible for auction on ebay - I contacted the seller and asked for specific names I was seeking. He would not tell me any names, but the region and dates were right so I bid with a lot of hope . . . and eventually I won it. Well, it is not my lineage, and I've spent a lot of time trying to find a possible living ancestor that might be interested in the bible. At this point, I am going to offer it back up for sale, for only what I paid plus shipping. BUT, I will list the names in the hopes it will find a good home. DESCRIPTION: Deeply embossed leather cover, 10 inches by 13 inches by 4 inches thick, weighs over 11 pounds, over 1300 pages including pages for family records and photographs. Titled: Improved Domestic Bible, published in London & Ontario. The only published date I found was 1873. Has numerous engravings and rich color plates. Overall the bible is intact, with all pages present, but the edges of the cover show moderate to heavy wear. THE FAMILIES: This was the family bible of Charles STEELE (1855 - 1933) and Anna SHEPPARD, who were married 7/6/1878. Charles & Anna have 6 children listed with birthdates. Charles STEELE was apparently a child of Aaron STEELE (b. 1822) and his wife Meroah, along with 5 other brothers and sisters. There are many spouses, births, deaths, and marriages listed. THE PHOTOS: There are 8 photos, each about 2 inches by 4 inches. A couple are tin-type. None have identifying writing, and they vary from a very old man with a long beard to a couple kids. In the photograph section, is written "Photos were taken in Ingersoll, Tilsonburg, and Woodstock - Ontario, Canada." I will sell this family bible for $250 (U.S.) plus professional packaging and shipping of the buyers choice (USPS, USP, insured/certified/etc. The shipping is estimated at $25.00 to east coast US, $40.00 west coast US, but will be computed to the specific address of the buyer. Please do not ask me for lookups in this bible - I posted that to the STEEL(E) lists over a year ago, and I'm sure they are archived. Thanks to all for reading this, I hope this treasure finds it's rightful home, Jackie in Virginia