Brief Life History of Rodney Lewis
When Rodney Lewis Steele was born on 28 January 1903, in Wilmot Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Clark Hollenbeck Steele, was 28 and his mother, Bertha Louise Morningstar, was 20. He married Beatrice P. Abrams on 2 October 1926, in Chenango, New York, United States. He lived in Wilmot, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Endicott, Union, Broome, New York, United States in 1930. He died in December 1987, in Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Rodney Steele, "United States Census, 1930"
- Rodney Steele, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Rodney Steel in household of Clark Steel, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1903–1987 Male
1905–1933 Female
Parents and Siblings
1874–1950 Male
1882–1958 Female
Siblings (6)
1901–1978 Female
1903–1987 Male
1904–1990 Male
1908–1936 Male
1911–1978 Male
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World Events (8)
1904
Age 1
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Age 14
1927
Age 24
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’, perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or for a foundry worker.
English: variant of Stile .
Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from Scots steel ‘steep bank, spur of a ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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