Roseann Steele

Brief Life History of Roseann

When Roseann Steele was born about 1780, in Holywood, County Down, Ireland, her father, Arthur Steele JR, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Greenfield, was 47. She married James Withers about 1808, in County Antrim, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 1 son.

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Family Time Line

James Withers
1784–
Roseann Steele
1780–
Marriage: about 1808
John Withers
1822–

Sources (2)

  • Rosanna in entry for Jno Withers and Margaret Mills, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
  • Rosanne Steele in entry for John Steele Bolton, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"

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World Events (4)

1798

Battle of Antrim.

1798

The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.

1839

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

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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