Brief Life History of Barbara
When Barbara Steel was born about 1745, in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Gabriel Dunlop Steel, was 45 and her mother, Margaret Stinson, was 45. She married William Speir on 5 February 1785, in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Barbara Steel - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1745; Dunlop, Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Barbra Stiel, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Barbra Steill, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Steele .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl and Swedish Ståhl or Stål, all meaning ‘steel’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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