Alice Mae,I should have explained that Va.Lib.Us is a web site with a tremendous amount of info.If you could explain to me,too,what ia and it are?I'm not fully famliar with Canada and so wasn't sure where those places were.Do you have reason to believe they came from the US?There were Steele's who came originallyto Canada.There also are a tremendous number with the same name which really makes it hard.I don't think it's really confusing that they were listed as educated and spelled differently.I think you may be right as for the gaelic spellings.I research a lot of history just because I like it,and in those days,even though many of them really did have good educations,they were thought to be if they knew how to read,write and do simple math since everyone couldn't afford to have their children in school instead of working.You are much further back than I am,Taylor Steele is my husband"s grandfather and it's not a very common name.If you would happen to see it anywhere,I would appreciate hearing from you.Let me know where you think he may have been from and I'll check while I'm looking for mine.Good Hunting Patt http://community.webtv.net/coolPatt/Yesterdaysflowers

Patt, IA is the abbreviation for Iowa, I think. (hopefully) IT stands for Indian Territory, Oklahoma didn't become a state until 1906, and both my parents were born in 1905. Mom was born in Blaine County, OT( Oklahoma Territory) which was settled first and is in central Oklahoma, NE of Oklahoma City. I guess I should explain briefly that I was born in Oklahoma, and moved to Canada with my parents in 1950. My father brought the first Gulf Oil Rigs into Central Alberta, and he drug me up here yelling and screaming every mile of the way. All of my family is still in the states, some in Oklahoma, some in Kansas and my older brother lives in Ohio. With the death of my father and mother, the only family I have left in Canada is 4 of my five children. The fifth child lives in Georgia, outside Atlanta. Most of my emotional ties remain in OK and KS along with my extended family. But they are getting old now, and are in poor health. Stettler, Alberta is a small community of 5200 people about 146 miles North East of Calgary. This is where my family came in 1950,and where Dad decided to live when he retired. My line of the Steele's homesteaded in a townsite of Retta, Grant County, IT in what is now Oklahoma. Silas and Nettie died in Tonkawa, Grant County and are buried in the IOOF Cemetery there along with their daughter Isla who died at age 4. I have the patent info for Silas and another Steele by the name of Melvin. I do not know if he is related or not, but since it was close to Silas' homestead, I would imagine that there is some connection. I just haven't been down there to a court house to be able to prove it and obtain the papers yet. I hope to make it down there again soon, probably in the spring of 2002. Where abouts are you living? I also have the burial papers on both Silas and Nettie which is all I have to go on in trying to trace their background. Pretty limited, I know. I have been corresponding over the last few years with a Virginia Bontz, who is married to a Steele cousin of mine. I met them originally over the 'net and met them in person in Blackwell in the spring of 2000. They live in Plano, Texas now. I haven't heard of a Taylor in our family, but that does not mean a thing since I do not have any names of the collaterial lines. I am sure that Silas' had siblings, but until I can tie down the right John Steele m to Elizabeth Lair, I don't have a chance of locating any brothers or sisters. It is sooo frustrating. I will keep my eyes and ears open for your Taylor, and will keep you abreast of any discoveries I may get. Stay in touch. Alicemae ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patt Steele" <coolPatt@webtv.net> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [STEELE] John Steele descendants (of Caldwell Co.,S.C.andPerry Co., ILL > Alice Mae,I should have explained that Va.Lib.Us is a web site with a > tremendous amount of info.If you could explain to me,too,what ia and it > are?I'm not fully famliar with Canada and so wasn't sure where those > places were.Do you have reason to believe they came from the US?There > were Steele's who came originallyto Canada.There also are a tremendous > number with the same name which really makes it hard.I don't think it's > really confusing that they were listed as educated and spelled > differently.I think you may be right as for the gaelic spellings.I > research a lot of history just because I like it,and in those days,even > though many of them really did have good educations,they were thought to > be if they knew how to read,write and do simple math since everyone > couldn't afford to have their children in school instead of working.You > are much further back than I am,Taylor Steele is my husband"s > grandfather and it's not a very common name.If you would happen to see > it anywhere,I would appreciate hearing from you.Let me know where you > think he may have been from and I'll check while I'm looking for > mine.Good Hunting > Patt > > > http://community.webtv.net/coolPatt/Yesterdaysflowers > > > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > STEELE Resources at RootsWeb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/s/t/STEELE/ > List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >