Researching Allan Steel
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12206 people with the Steel surname? In that year Steel was ranked number 339 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Allan Steel on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Allan Steel and the Steel Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Steel Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Steel family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 9947 people with the Steel surname in the UK? Steel is now ranked number 584 for popularity in the UK. |
Steel Genealogy Databases
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Steel Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Steel surname in the USA? Steel is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Steel Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Allan Steel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Allan Steel
Allan Ivo Steel
Allan Ivo Steel (1892–1917) was an English cricketer.
Allan Steel was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the son of the Lancashire cricketer A. G. Steel. He attended Eton College, and played in Fowler's match in 1910.
As a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler, he represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and also Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1912.
He served as a lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards regiment of the British Army and was killed on active service during World War I, aged 25. His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 9 to 10.
His brother was John "Jack" Steel, who served in the Royal Navy. A Lieutenant, he was washed overboard in heavy seas, en route to take on the command of on 18 April 1918. He drowned. His memorial is at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Their mother was Georgina Dorothy, née Thomas, (17 May 1864 – 6 October 1943); she descended from the family who included Commander William George Henry Skyring (born c. 1797) who was on surveying South America, and who surveying the west coast of Africa was murdered on Cape Roxo on 23 December 1833.
Source: Allan Ivo Steel, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Steel
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