Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Steele was born in 1764, in County Dublin, Ireland as the daughter of Sir Richard Steele 1st Baronet of Hampstead and Margaret. She married James Featherstonhaugh in May 1785, in Bracklin, County Westmeath, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1838, in Bracklin, County Westmeath, Ireland, at the age of 74.
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1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
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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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