Brief Life History of Nellie Emeline
When Nellie Emeline Steele was born on 18 December 1865, in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Omar Noah Steele, was 22 and her mother, Harriett Roselle Crocker, was 19. She married George F. Parsons on 2 February 1887, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 66, Pinellas, Florida, United States in 1940 and Pinellas, Florida, United States in 1950. She died on 25 February 1959, in Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Nellie E Hodge, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nellie E. Steele - Government record: birth-name: Nellie E Steele
- Nellie E. Steele, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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