Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Steele was born in 1864, in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, her father, Mathias Robert Steel, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Sebring, was 27. She married James Wesley Moe on 10 March 1886, in Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died in 1954, at the age of 90.
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- Emma Steele in household of Mathias R. Steele, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Steele - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth: about 1864; Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
- Emma Steele, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
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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