Amanda Adaline Steele

Brief Life History of Amanda Adaline

When Amanda Adaline Steele was born on 17 February 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, William H. Steele, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Brown Goodwin, was 34. She married George Lionel Farrell on 29 April 1860, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Smithfield Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 24 January 1915, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Lionel Farrell
1829–1921
Amanda Adaline Steele
1844–1915
Marriage: 29 April 1860
Margaret Alice Farrell
1862–1920
Emma Steele Farrell
1864–1945
Annie Louisa Farrell
1866–1930
Charlotte Steele Farrell
1868–1915
May Steele Farrell
1870–1960
Lionel Steele Farrell
1872–1969
Clara Steele Farrell
1875–1877
Lewis Steele Farrell
1880–1941
Francis David Farrell
1883–1976
Lorraine Steele Farrell
1887–1972

Sources (36)

  • Amanda A Farrell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Amanda A. Steele, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Amanda A. Farrell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Walnut chest of drawers

WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS Circa 1830 The following is a history of an antique walnut 3 drawer, chest of drawers that has been in my family for at least 150 years. It has crossed the plains with the Mo …

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