Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Steele was born in August 1874, in Frenchvale, Cape Breton, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, John Steele, was 32 and her mother, Catherine McInnis, was 24. She married Donald Alexander "Daniel Schumalash" McDonald on 15 January 1899, in Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America in 1901 and Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 9 February 1953, in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Catherine Steele in entry for Cecilia Catherine McDonald, "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
- Kate Steele in household of John Steele, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Catherine MacDonald, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
Spouse and Children
1869–1930 Male
1874–1953 Female
Children (4)
1900– Female
1906–1968 Female
1908– Male
1910–1960 Male
Parents and Siblings
1842–1926 Male
1850–1944 Female
Siblings (9)
1869–1940 Male
1870–1942 Female
1871– Female
1874–1953 Female
1877–1928 Male
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World Events (4)
1879
Age 5
1909 · First Canadian Flight
Age 35
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
Age 47
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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