When William John Steele was born on 12 November 1883, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, James Ephraim Steele, was 31 and his mother, Elvira Crompton, was 27. He married Mary Mathison Crabtree on 23 December 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States for about 15 years and Pocatello Election Precinct 6, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940. In 1950, at the age of 66, his occupation is listed as office manager. He died on 19 October 1962, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1884: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1911: Bonneville, Idaho, United States
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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’.
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