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Posted: 18 Mar 2015 6:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Steele, Yokum, Evans, Anderson
I am a descendant of Peter Walker Steele and Susan Yokum and therefore a descendant of William Steele and Susannah Evans and in turn a descendant of Mathias Steele and Catherine Anderson. Has anyone discovered where Mathias Steele came from in Britain?

Re: STEELE, Peter Walker, William, Mathias

Posted: 23 Mar 2015 4:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: STEELE, ANDERSON, EVANS, YOKUM
Hi, What time Frame are you researching ? - When did Mathias STEELE - come to Canada
Where did he settle - marry etc
What research have you already done.

Peter Walker STEELE - m Susan YOKUM
William STEELE - m Susannah EVANS
Mathias STEELE - m. Catherine ANDERSON.

Depending on the requirements of the time - There may be information on Registrations of Marriage -/Long Form Marriage Registration.
the more accurate document - since information comes directly from Bride and Groom
Registration of Death - Long Form Death Registration - depends on requirements of the time - and knowledge of the Informant

Re: STEELE, Peter Walker, William, Mathias

Posted: 23 Mar 2015 9:40AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have done some research

1. MATHIAS1 STEELE1, 2 was born about 1781 possibly in the British Isles1. He died on 15 Jul 1840 in Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada3 . He married (1) C ATHERINE ANDERSON on 02 Mar 1801 in St. Marks Anglican Church, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada1. He married (2) MARIA BECKER on 07 Jan 1808 in Woodhouse, Ontario, Canada1, 4. He married (3) MERCY OLDS in 18181.

Mathias Steele and Catherine Anderson had the following children:

i. MARY2 STEELE1 was born about 18031.

2. ii. WILLIAM STEELE1, 2 was born about 1805 in Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada)1. He died on 18 Dec 1863 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. He married SUSANNAH EVANS. She was born about 1802 in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. She died on 20 Jan 1864 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada.

iii. AMELIA STEELE1 was born about 18061.

iv. JOSEPH FREEMAN STEELE1 was born on 24 Dec 18071. He died on 30 Jan 1888 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. He married ELIZABETH EVANS. She was born in 1809. She died on 01 Sep 1894 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada.

Mathias Steele and Maria Becker had the following children:

v. BETSY STEELE1 was born about 18091.

vi. ELIZABETH STEELE1, 2 was born on 30 Sep 18121, 2. She died on 04 Nov 1848 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. She married EDWARD EVANS. He was born on 15 Sep 1810 in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He died on 22 Sep 1872 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada.

vii. THOMAS STEELE1 was born about 18131.

viii. HENRY BOSTWICK STEELE1 was born about 18151.

2. WILLIAM2 STEELE (Mathias1 )1, 2 was born about 1805 in Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada)1. He died on 18 Dec 1863 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. He married SUSANNAH EVANS. She was born about 1802 in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. She died on 20 Jan 1864 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada.


Notes for William Steele:

William Steele is found on the 1812 Census of Woodhouse Township, age 7 years, living in the household of his father Matthias, and step-mother Maria. The dwelling place was on a rented lot at possibly Lot 14 in the Gore, a Crown Reserve Lot in the present town of Simcoe.(Information from Bill Horn).




William Steele and Susannah Evans had the following children:
3. i. PETER WALKER3 STEELE was born on 10 Oct 1828 in Ontario, Canada. He died on
7 May 1910 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) SUSAN ELLEN YOCOM, daughter of John Henry Yocom and Elizabeth Gould after 1857. She was born on
15 Feb 18255. She died on 05 Jan 1901 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. He married (2) ELLEN CADOGAN, daughter of George Cadogan and Charlotte on 19 Sep 1847 in St John's Church, York, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada6. She was born on 09 Jan 1825 in England. She died on 07 Mar 1857.

ii. MARGARET ANNE STEELE was born on 09 Feb 1830.

Generation 2 (con't)

iii. EDWARD E. STEELE was born about 1833.

iv. MATHIAS STEELE was born in 1835.

v. JOHN STEELE was born on 17 Nov 1837.

vi. MARY STEELE was born in 1839.

vii. WILLIAM H. STEELE was born in 1844.

viii. WESLEY STEELE was born in 1848.

ix. JOSEPH STEELE was born in 1850.

Generation 3

3. PETER WALKER3 STEELE (William2, Mathias1) was born on 10 Oct 1828 in Ontario, Canada. He died on 07 May 1910 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) SUSAN ELLEN YOCOM, daughter of John Henry Yocom and Elizabeth Gould after 1857. She was born on 15 Feb 18255. She died on 05 Jan 1901 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. He married (2) ELLEN CADOGAN, daughter of George Cadogan and Charlotte on 19 Sep 1847 in St John's Church, York, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada6. She was born on 09 Jan 1825 in England. She died on 07 Mar 1857.

Notes for Peter Walker Steele:



Peter Walker Steele and Susan Ellen Yocom had the following children:

4. i. LUCY4 STEEL was born on 13 Mar 1859 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. She died on 31 Dec 1936 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada. She married Israel David Hoover, son of Henry Hoover and Lydia Sherk on 17 Jan 1885. He was born on 17 Jul 1863 in Dunn Twp, near South Cayuga, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. He died on 03 Jun 1931 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada.

ii. WILLIAM H. STEEL was born on 30 Apr 1861. He died on 30 Apr 1863.

5. iii. EMMA JANE STEEL was born on 23 Mar 1863. She died on 01 Mar 1965. She married John Effinger, son of Christopher Effinger and Barbara Link on 20 Oct 1886 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada7. He was born on 19 Nov 1862. He died on 15 Mar 1959.


6. iv. ANNABELLE STEEL8, 9 was born on 17 Dec 1865 in Selkirk, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. She died on 11 Mar 1946 in Selkirk, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. She married William Henry Smelser, son of Friederich Gottfried Schmeltzer and Eve Ernold on 03 Mar 1886 in Selkirk, Ontario, Canada10. He was born on 17 Jan 1864 in Townsend Centre, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada8. He died on 16 May 1955 in Johnson Nursing Home, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada8.

Peter Walker Steele and Ellen Cadogan had the following children:

v. GEORGE WILLIAM STEELE was born on 09 Jul 1848. He married Annie Churchman on 25 Nov 1869 in Walpole Township, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada7. She was born in 1850.

vi. JOSEPH HENRY STEELE was born on 04 Jan 1851. He died in 1923.

vii. ALBERT E. STEELE was born on 18 Jan 1854.


Notes for Albert E. Steele:

An exerpt from an article in the January 4, 1935 Port Dover Maple Leaf, which was reprinted from The Niagara Falls Review, contains this quote, "Albert (Steele), was a London Ont policeman, for 5 years and was the tallest and heaviest man on the force at 6'2" and 237 pounds". This was probably in the 1870's or 1880's.
(Information from Bill Horn)

Albert Steele was married in Port Dover in 1875. He supposedly worked for the Grand Trunk Railroad in Brantford in the later 1870's, but he hasn't been found living in Brant County at that time, or in the 1881 census. He was a London, Ont policeman for about five years, but returned to Haldimand Co, to work on his father's farm. By 1897, he was living in Niagara Falls, Ont, where he probably lived until his death in 1935. (Information from Bill Horn)


viii. SUSAN E. STEELE was born in Dec 1856. She died on 12 Apr 1858.

ix. CHARLOTTE STEELE was born on 04 Dec 1856.

Sources

1 Descendants of Mathias Steele from Bill Horn.

2 The Evans Families of Walpole and Rainham Townships, Ontario, Canada from Jim McCallum.

3 Canada West Probate Court Registry.

4 London District, Upper Canada, Clerk of the Peace, Register of Marriages 1784 to 1834 (LDS FHL US?CAN Film 477532, Marriage Certificate No. 20; page 21+. Mathias Steel and maria Becker.

5 Descendants of John Henry Yocom from Larry Hamilton.

6 Marriage Registers, 1801 - 1844, Archives of Ontario, Talbot District (v.22) , LDS FHL US/CAN Film 1030054, Page 75; List 96.
7 Archives of Ontario, Registrations of Marriage, 1869-1926, (Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
8 Personal records of Edith (Smelser) Otterman.

9 The Smelsers of Rainham Twp, Haldimand Co., Ontario (Canada) by Sandra (Smelser) Leng.

10 Archives of Ontario, Registrations of Marriage, 1869-1926, (Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Registration Number 004053 - 1886 (Haldimand Co.).
11 Family Group Records from Jenny (Smelser) Townson.

12 Eletter from Robert Otterman to David Otterman, Friday, 21 May, 1999.

13 Province of Ontario: Certificate of Marriage, No. J 38220.

14 Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1911, (Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, MS929_179, page 79 No. 17 (021331).

I have a lot more but this should give you an idea of the time frame and the amount of information researched. The area is effectively Southern Ontario Canada and in particular what were Norfolk, Haldimand and Lincoln counties. My main question still stands. where was Mathias Steele (ca 1781 to 1840) born?












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