----- Original Message ----- From: "Roxanne W. Larsen" <rlarsen@visi.com> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: [STEELE-L] Searching For My Steele Roots..... > I am trying to locate my father's family. My father was > Millard F. Steele Jr., son of Millard F. Steele Sr. and grandson > of George M. Steele Sr. My father was born in Washington D.C. > in 1914 and brought back to Minnesota when he was just a > baby. He never saw his father again and his father subsequently > died on May 13, 1927, when my Dad was 12 yrs. old. > > His grandfather, George M. Steele Sr. was last known (mid-1930's) > to be in Philadelphia, PA . Besides his son, Millard F. Steele Sr., > he also had another son, George M. Steele Jr., known to be in > N.Y. and two daughers, Elsie Steele Roche and Marie Steele Stauffer, > also last known to be in Philadelphia. > > George M. Steele, Sr. Born 1860's > Married to Georgie Steele - Died 2/2/24 > Lived at 23 T Street N.W., Washington, D.C. in 1914-1928 approx. > Then moved to Philadelphia, PA and lived at 5605 McMahon Ave. > > All I have of my father's history/heritage/geneaology are a few letters > from his loving grandfather. I have no idea what religion, nor what > country they originally came from, nor their occupation. I have > searched many Steele web sites and also e-mail possible connections, > and have also posted my own information out there, but for the past > three years have come up empty. This is purely a guess, but perhaps a somewhat educated one. Millard is a family name. The original immigrant came to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in the 1630s I believe. Some descendants migrated west to upper New York State. President Millard Fillmore, for instance, whose mother was a Millard, was from western New York. Many descendants of John Steele, a founder of Hartford, Connecticut, whose name appears on the Founders' Monument there, also moved westward through New York State. You might try looking for Millards who married Steeles in that part of the world. If you can hook up, you should be able to get back to earliest New England without any trouble. Good luck. John Steele Gordon