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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: downunder milt on Wednesday 04 August 10 11:38 BST (UK)
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Trying to trace the ancestors of John Steele,younger brother of my grandmother.
The Steele family moved to NZ during the 1880,altho' I can't find specific records of this.
John married Alice Bailey in 1914 and they resided in Auckland.
Any further info greatly appreciated.
Milt
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Hi
You have posted on the completed requests board so I will ask the moderator to move it to the lookup requests board
Where was John born and who were his parents.
Can you post details of the names, birthyears and birthplaces of any siblings you know of -your grandmother being one of them
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Are you after ancestors? Assuming they were born overseas?
Or do you want John's descendants here in New Zealand
There are some Steele's arriving 1880s, you can search at
auckland digital libraries http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/passengers/passenger.html
Bye
Althea
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There is a John A Steele arriving Auckland 4th Jan 1918
he is a Sgt in the NZ forces,so probably returning from WW1
There is also a 1969 probate for him at Auckland Archives
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There is also a 1969 probate for him at Auckland Archives
And for his wife Mary Alice STEELE there is a probate in Auckland plus a coroner's inquest report in Wellington.......
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/Home.do
*assuming that*
BDM NZ Historical marriage reg number 1914/6778 and
BDM NZ Historical death reg number 1982/32625 relate to the couple in question.
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/
And if the 1969 and 1982 cremation records at Purewa cemetery are our couple that would be helpful too.
http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp
Easy enough to confirm if some kind soul is able to visit the Archives
Regards
Beg
PS - I appreciate that the websites I've linked to are familiar to us all but I'm not sure if the original poster is familiar with them. Hence the links. Hope it's not bad form :-)
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Hey Milt,
John Arthur Steele is my Great Grand Father. He and Alice had 3 Children (Joan, [John] Trevor, and (*)).
(*) is still alive (at 85) still living in New Zealand. She will be attending my Wedding in November in Australia.
I was able to track back as far as John Arthur online however I think his father changed the families last name from "Steel" to "Steele" which has made tracking further back a bit harder.
Would love to chat to you more about this :)
Hopefully speak to you soon.
Cheers
Brendan
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Hi Brendan,
I see that Milt hasn't been on RootsChat since Thursday 06 January 2011,hopefully he will get notification,
Cheers Janette
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Hi Brendan,
Wonderful to hear from you especially as your great grandfather is the one I have been after as his children you list -Joan,Trevor and (*) -are people my mother talked about and/or had contact with in the past
Would appreciate further contact to update records of Steel family.
Cheers
Milton
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Great to hear from you Milton :)
I wasn't too hopeful due to the time lapse.
If you have any questions please PM me (I can't PM yet apparently) and we can go from there!
Was your mother in NZ as well?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Brendan