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Peter

If your confident Jesse is your man the census backs that up as he was a PC father Abraham a Farmer. The marriage cert would confirm this.

If you haven't seen the marriage cert for Abraham's marriage to Emma, it may give Thomas' occupation but may only say 'deceased' which you already know.

For reference bmd certs cost £9.25 and can be obtained on this site.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

You would need the reference details whch you can find on the free bmd site.

Maybe you need to at least eliminate the 1849 death. I would try the Staffordshire site I posted, they may have some reference to his biurial and further information.

Vera

just to say thank-you for everyones help, im new to this site and posted about finding "thomas steel" grave...

had lots of help and responce, and suprised with the time and effort people have done in helping me...

john from this site emailed me with some information... we had previous contact before this site regards steel family.

St Paul, Quarnford

In memory of Thomas Steel, who died March 30, 1840 aged 79 years. Also Elizabeth wife of the above who died December 3, 1849 aged 79. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”

the date on my death certificate states 1849 but the above could be human error or that the date was warn slightly so hard to read, but very unlikely another thomas steel married to elizabeth died on the exact day.

thanks again everyone

peter steele

an absolute pleasure to help you Peter - and what a lovely smile you have!!! if only I were younger :-D

Happy to help Peter :-)

Vera

ha ha thanks ann :-D


thanks vera, fantastic help :-)

oh vera, jesse is the correct one, ive actually got original pictures of him passed down to me, also got his police records, but ive tried to contact the west midlands museum for more information but unable to contact them.

i know jesse had a son also named thomas steele and he was a post man, im trying to find out if you can get post records...


pete :-)

Peter

How lovely to have a picture of Jesse and great evidence.

Found this on another site.
This could be Thomas S. Not much info on original. Minute book reference given - not sure about these records and whether the minutes will show more.
Will e mail you the original.

British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969
about T S Steele Name: T S Steele
Date Appointed: 1886
Place Appointed: Birmingham

Vera

morning vera :-)

yes you found him! thomas smith steele, great find never seen that before :-)

thanks will check my mails,

before I looked into my family tree we never knew where the name smith come from... my middle name has smith, my dads middle name also has smith and my grandads middle name also had smith and jesse as his middle name,

found that jesse steele had married sarah ann smith she was born 1841 so thats were the smith has come from

it was passed down to thomas smith steele, then thomas jesse steele, then my grandad, dad, then me :-)

so I feel a attatchment to sarah ann smith due to the name being passed down, will like to find more about her.

Ive been lucky as jesse steele was in the police, his son thomas smith steele was a postman, then thomas jesse steele was in the first world war so plenty of records to find!

I know thomas smith steele on one census had i think 6 children living with him and have not other information on harry clifford steele or beatrice, my dad remembers them when he was younger, great uncle cliff and great aunty bea :) would guess that I would have close relatives living outhere now from close relations (recent descendants)

thanks again for the postal information I have nothing at all on that and never seen anything on his information :-) looking forward to seeing it


pete