Brief Life History of William Riggs
When William Riggs Steele was born on 28 March 1849, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Steele, was 41 and his mother, Nancy Riggs, was 39. He married Drusie E Whisler on 16 August 1877, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1900 and Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910. He died on 19 December 1939, at the age of 90, and was buried in Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- William R Steele in household of William Steele, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Riggs Steele, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- W R Steele, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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