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Hi everyone,

I have just found an inference to my great uncle after a number of years looking. His name is James Steele , he was born in 1843 if not in Leslie Fife then Inverkeithing Fife.
He is supposed to have died in 1903 at a poor house in Hamilton Scotland, He would have been 61.. I have found that he had a wife or companion named Jane Falconer, ( cant find a marriage ) she is reported to be a widow at his death so she must have been alive at the time. His father was James Steele and his mother was Isabella.

Any help finding out more about James jr. would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Jack Steele
Ontario, Canada
Can any one

What other info are you looking for

If it's a marriage then that would be on Scotlands People website which is a pay site

Have you found him on any census ?

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1901 census
NAME: James Steele
AGE: 59
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1842
RELATIONSHIP: Head
SPOUSE'S NAME : Jane C Steele
GENDER: Male
WHERE BORN: Dundee, c forfar
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 313
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Murroes
CIVIL PARISH: Murroes
COUNTY: Angus
ADDRESS: Backmuir Of Duntrune Cottage
OCCUPATION: Quarry Forman (pavement)
ED: 2
HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER: 108
LINE: 14
ROLL: CSSCT1901_113
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
James Steele 59
Jane C Steele 69
Maggie Steele 23
Robert Davie 62
Isabella S Murray 63

Or
1891 Scotland Census about James Steele
Name: James Steele
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Jane Steele
Gender: Male
Where born: Forfar, Forfar
Registration Number: 282/4
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil Parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Backmuir
Occupation: Quarrier
ED: 50
Household schedule number: 58
LINE: 7
Roll: CSSCT1891_96
Household Members:
Name Age
James Steele 50
Jane Steele 59
Maggie Steele 13

Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 50; Page: 14; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1891_96.

Same couple in 1881 but Jane father isn't a Falconer surname
1881 Scotland Census about James Steele
Name: James Steele
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relationship: Son-in-law
Spouse's name : Jane Steele
Gender: Male
Where born: Forfar, Forfar
Registration Number: 282/4
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil Parish: Dundee
County: Angusk
Address: Backmuir Duntrune
Occupation: Quarrier
ED: 42
Household schedule number: 137
LINE: 15
Roll: cssct1881_88
Household Members:
Name Age
James Christie 83
James Steele 42
Jane Steele 49
Margt Steele 3

Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 42; Page: 28; Line: 15; Roll: cssct1881_88.

Would this be him in 1851 with a younger brother
1851 Scotland Census about James Steele
Name: James Steele
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relationship: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Leslie, fife
Parish Number: 432
Civil Parish: Inverkeithing
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County: Fife
Address: High Street
Occupation: Scholar Re P Relief
ED: 1
Page: 26
Household schedule number: 130
LINE: 7
Roll: CSSCT1851_89
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Moodie 42 head of house occ washing and sewing
James Steele 8
John Steele 6



Source Citation: Parish: Inverkeithing; ED: 1; Page: 26; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1851_89; Year: 1851.

That would be this marriage but I don't think it is the correct couple.

Name: James Steele
Spouse's Name: Jane Christie
Event Date: 30 Jan 1874
Event Place: Monifieth,Angus,Scotland

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11310-1 , System Origin: Scotland-ODM , GS Film number: 6035516

Do you have the death cert? I imagine not, as your info about his death is rather vague

You say James was your great uncle. Which of his siblings was your grandparent?

Or should he be referred to as a great, great uncle, in view of his year of birth?

This is brother John, for ref.


1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Hill Street, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Margt McCormack Head Widow Female 49 1812 Char Woman Limekilns, Fife, Scotland
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John Steel Boarder Unmarried Male 16 1845 Grocers Messenger Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland



1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
99, Main Street, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Steele Head Married Male 36 1845 General Blacksmith Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Steele Wife Married Female 26 1855 Power Loom Cotton Weaver Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Catherine Steele Daughter - Female 4 1877 - Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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John Steele Son - Male 2 1879 - Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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William Steele Son - Male 0 1881 - Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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James Green Brother-In-Law Unmarried Male 22 1859 Freestone Quarrier Bishopbriggs, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Hector Green Brother-In-Law Unmarried Male 16 1865 Apprentice Moulder Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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William Moodie Boarder Unmarried Male 18 1863 Baker Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
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Elizabeth Green Servant Unmarried Female 25 1856 General Servant Domestic Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland

I see from your tree on ancestry that you have this information.



John Green Steele
Birth 1845 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Death 12 June 1913 in 16 Colledge St; Pollockshaws, Glasgow, Scotland


PARENTS



Isabella Douglas
Birth ???? in Scotland
Death ???? in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland




John Steele
Birth ???? in Scotland
Death ???? in The Gorbals, Scotland


MARRIED



Isabella Hunter Wilson
Birth 1859 ? in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
Death 25 June 1913 in Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.



Is this a different John to the one I posted above? He appears to have married a Margaret, possibly Green, and his father is John not James.

Ah, I take it Margaret died.


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Wilson Street, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Steele Head Married Male 46 1845 Blacksmith Fife, Scotland
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Isabella Steele Wife Married Female 32 1859 - Berwick, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Catherine Steele Daughter - Female 14 1877 - Renfrewshire, Scotland
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George Steele Son - Male 6 1885 Scholar Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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James Steele Son - Male 5 1886 - Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Steele Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Isabella Steele Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Hi all you amazing genealogy people.

Thank you for your efforts. I do appreciate it. I see that the James Steele who died in the poor house in Hamilton was not related to me. So onward goes the search for him. I have a copy of the page of the 1851 census showing the 2 boys living in Inverkeithing with a Mrs Moudie. Thank you for the information on the 1861 census but I wonder where James went but I would guess that at 18 years of age he would be out in the world.
Re the brother John, I have all the information on him including a picture of him and yes he was a blacksmith.
And yes his first wife Margaret Green died of TB at 28 years of age, she 3 children all had problems, mostly to do with pulmonary problems.
His 2nd wife Isabella had children one of which was my grandfather George who I knew well. He is buried in The prospect Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Thank you again.

Cheers,

Jack Steele
Ontario, Canada

His death is registered on Scotlandspeople,

STEELE James,
General Lab,
age 61.

>>>WIDOWER<<< of Jane Falconer.

Died,,,,19th December 1903.at Combination Post/Poor House, Hamilton -?residence--15 Castle Street Hamilton.

Parents,
James Steele --Handloom Weaver,
Isabella Steele ms Wilson .
both dec,

Jane precededed him by the information on the entry.
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Jane Falconer a H,L,Weaver and James STEEL a H.L Weaver married on 4th December 1885 in Hamilton.after banns. at 34 Chapel Street Hamilton.

He was aged 42 and Jane was aged 38.

His father James Steele and Isabella Steele -ms Wilson.
Janes father Alexander Falconer H.L,Weaver and Jane Falconer--,ms?

A full copy entry can be got from Scotlandspeople.

So this appears to be Jane's family.



1851 Scotland Census about Jane Falconer
Name: Jane Falconer
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relationship: Daughter
Father: Alexander Falconer
Mother: Ann Falconer
Gender: Female
Where born: Hamilton, Lanark
Parish Number: 647
Civil Parish: Hamilton
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County: Lanarkshire
Address: 59 Muir St
ED: 2A
Page: 21
Household schedule number: 85
LINE: 14
Roll: CSSCT1851_168
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Falconer 31
Ann Falconer 29
Samuel Falconer 7
Jane Falconer 4
James Falconer 2
Elizabeth Aird 18 Sister-in-law





1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Luchlee Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alex Falconer Head Married Male 40 1821 Worsted Weaver Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Jean Falconer Wife Married Female 38 1823 Tambourer Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Samuel Falconer Son - Male 16 1845 Tailor Jour Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Jean Falconer Daughter - Female 14 1847 Tambourer Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Falconer Son - Male 11 1850 Silk Weaver Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Alexander Falconer Son - Male 9 1852 Scholar Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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John Falconer Son - Male 6 1855 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Agnes Falconer Daughter - Female 2 1859 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
2, Leechlee Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alexander Falconer Head Married Male 52 1819 Silk Weaver Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Jane Falconer Wife Married Female 56 1815 Tambourer Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Jane Falconer Daughter Unmarried Female 23 1848 Tambourer Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Falconer Son Unmarried Male 21 1850 Painter Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Alexander Falconer Son Unmarried Male 19 1852 Cork Cutter Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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John Falconer Son Unmarried Male 16 1855 Tailor Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland



1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
>>34, Chapel Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alexander Falcone Head Married Male 62 1819 Watchman Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Jane Falcone Wife Married Female 60 1821 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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>>Jane Falcone Daughter Unmarried Female 34 1847 Tambourer Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Falcone Son Unmarried Male 31 1850 Painters House Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Alexander Falcone Son Unmarried Male 29 1852 Cork Cutter Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

alviegal,

Jack isnt following this man anymore as apparently as hes not his James Steele S.