Starting with my father going back on the paternal side, then the maternal side of the family. Hope that you can follow, I have put the spouse in brackets. () Glenn Wesley Hannegan (Augusta Messer) son of William Daniel Hannegan (Eva Mae Steele) son of Daniel Willam Hannegan (Margaret Wyley) son of Daniel Hannegan (Catherine Carroll) Glenn Wesley Hannegan son of Eva Mae Steele; daughter of Silas Wesley Steele(Susan Jeanette 'Nettie' Edwards); son of John Steele. In short form, Silas Wesley Steele was my father's grandfather on his maternal side. My father, Glenn, was born in Eddy, Kay County, IT in 1905. Wm. Daniel Hannegan was born in New Oregon, Howard County, IA in Aug 1870. Daniel Wm Hannegan was born in Carleton Place, Ontario in May 1841. Daniel Hannegan was born in Ireland ca 1785 And oddly enough, on the census that I have managed to find, the Hannegan's are all listed as educated. I believe the differences in the spelling of our name, and there are seven different spellings that I have found so far, had to do with their gaelic accent. The original spelling supposedly was Oh'Annachain or Oh'Annagain. The Steele's I don't know about, but if they were ministers or preachers, as they would have been called then, I would presume that they were educated too. But that is just a guess, since Silas was dead before I was born. I know that his wife Nettie was educated though. I have a picture of her, her daughter Eva Mae with my father and I, representing the four generations alive. Nettie died in 1944 when she was 90 yrs, 10 mo and 7 da old. I do have several pictures of Silas, Nettie and their children sent to me by a cousin from Texas. I also have several obits, but not Silas'. And to really show how dumb I can be, what is Lib.Va. Us. ?? I can use any help or leads that you can offer. Thanks for your offer to keep your eyes open for me. Alicemae ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patt Steele" <coolPatt@webtv.net> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [STEELE] John Steele descendants (of Caldwell Co., S.C.andPerry Co., ILL > Remodeling is great,isn't it?My things are in the family room,fun.What > relation is Silas to your father,grandfather or further back?Where was > your father,and if he knows ,his father,born? Have you tried Lib.Va.Us. > It has a tremendous amount of information.Anything I see that looks > promising,I'll let you know.Remember,I don't think too many could spell > then,close could be good.So many are trying,we're bound to find out > something some year.Talk to you soon.Patt > > > http://community.webtv.net/coolPatt/Yesterdaysflowers > > > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > Search, Subscribe & Unsubscribe STEELE-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/s/steele.html > List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >