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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- 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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