When Jean Steel was born on 7 October 1781, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Steele, was 21 and her mother, Walker Campbell, was 27. She married David Hood on 2 January 1800, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland in 1781. She died on 15 November 1850, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 69.
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English: variant of Steele .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl and Swedish Ståhl or Stål, all meaning ‘steel’.
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