When Margaret Steel was born in 1801, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Steele, was 41 and her mother, Janet Johnston, was 37. She married Ebenezer Hyslop about 1822, in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841.
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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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