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The steele Surname

steele Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: from Middle English stele ‘steel’, hence a nickname for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or metonymic occupational name for a foundry worker.

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The steele name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the steele family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of steele Families in the US in 1920
Number of steele families
 395-787
 132-394		 1-131
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1827 - Messages: 4598
ThreadAuthorReplies
Thomas Jefferson Steele, b.1846, m.Elizabeth Dickenson, b.1861 david newman 8
William Steele...1859 davidlhutchinson 3
William Steele dnewman1011 0
Fielding Steele, b 1815 VA, d 1892 KY; m 1839 KY Nancy Mynheir Dan Becraft 6
Steele/Steel tree591 1
STEEL/STEELE originating in the UK therra 17
Stuhl-Steele connection DanSSwing 0
Jean Steele from Hinton, WV Girlsandbearsmom 0
Steele Family Rhonda Michael 5
James Robert Steele dajo1971 1
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