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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel married Mary Neilson 1860s
« on: Tuesday 20 June 17 04:10 BST (UK)  »
I really don't know where my Steel relatives went to school. It is possible that it was in Ayr as all but my grandfather and his descendants remained in Scotland. I would love to be able to find out.

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel married Mary Neilson 1860s
« on: Saturday 06 June 15 03:55 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for that information, Mk2_Zephyr
I haven't been working on family history for a while but your message came through via my emails and I'll now be able to file it with my other family information.
How is it that you are connected to the Neilson family?
Cheers

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel married Mary Neilson 1831
« on: Sunday 05 May 13 08:45 BST (UK)  »
Thank you AMBLY for the information.
The marriage date of 1860s is wrong. I now know that John Steel, who married Mary Neilson, was born in 1806 and they married in 1831, as you correctly stated. John was a banker/accountant and also a shoe maker whose business did well enough for him to fund the building of the Govan Railway.
His son, John Neilson Steel, was born in 1836 and married Jane Owens in 1858. Their eldest son, Robert Neilson Steel was my grandfather and he was born around 1858-60, I believe.
It is the parents of the John who married Mary Neilson that I have been unable to trace.
once again, thank you. Every little piece of the puzzle helps.

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Lanarkshire / John Steel married Mary Neilson 1860s
« on: Sunday 05 May 13 02:37 BST (UK)  »
Some time ago, I posted questions about a John Steel who married a Mary Neilson in Lanarkshire, Scotland, somewhere around 1863. Now I'm trying to find out the name of John's parents.  John was born in about 1806, I think.  Is there anyone else who is tracing this family tree? I know that Mary Neilson was the daughter of John Neilson and Margaret Baird. Any leads would be much appreciated.

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel and Mary Neilson
« on: Sunday 20 May 12 02:16 BST (UK)  »
Yes maggie1895 it is !!! and thanks to you we have more info than we would have otherwise found as well.

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel and Mary Neilson
« on: Thursday 17 May 12 23:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi Islay,
I have to go out now for most of the day but when I'm home later I'll send a message through the PM system (if I can work out how to do it :-)
I know that John will be happy to send you a copy of the master mariners certificate as he has sent me a copy already. We met through a geneology site, too.
Will write as soon as I get a chance (hopefully tonight) but my daughter and grandson are arriving mid afternoon and things will be busy for a couple of days.
Cheers, Blackfacesheep.

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel and Mary Neilson
« on: Thursday 17 May 12 14:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi Islay,
Yes, it is amazing that we are all linked and doing similar research from different parts of the world.
The man who has John Steel's mariners certificate is the grandson of Dad's brother, Robert, also named John Steel. If you send me your email address, I can put you in touch with him.
I will look up John Neilson. I did read quite a bit about JB Neilson and remember a brother being mentioned.  I now realise that this person is our direct ancestor (my great great great grandfather). Fascinating! Gradually the pieces of the puzzle are coming together.
Do you know the occupation of the John Steel who married Mary Neilson? and do you know the name of that John Steel's father and mother?  Do you know where those earlier family members lived? Was it Lanarkshire, Scotland, as I believe it was?
It is late here in Australia and time for me to get some sleep but will keep in touch.
Cheers. Blackfacesheep

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel and Mary Neilson
« on: Thursday 17 May 12 08:56 BST (UK)  »
How very interesting Islay.
Like you, I'm not good with computers and I've been struggling with negotiating my way around the site.
Yes, I also knew Uncle Stewart who settled in New Zealand and visited us when he was in port as he was in the merchant navy (as was Dad before he joined the Royal Australian navy). Stewart was a twin and the other twin died at birth. As well as meeting Aunt Margaret's family, I also met her in the 1960s when she visited Australia briefly with her husband.  I have also met John and David Dodds who are Aunt Lil's sons. Both have visited Australia and I visited Liverpool, UK, in 1992.
There was a very strong seafaring tradition in the Steel family as I'm sure you already know. Cheers Blackfacesheep

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Lanarkshire / Re: John Steel and Mary Neilson
« on: Monday 11 April 11 12:52 BST (UK)  »
Maggie1895
Yes, I am in Australia's southern highlands of NSW.
Isn't technology wonderful? We can access information our forebears could not have dreamed of. All those secrets never revealed when they were alive are now ours to discover.
My husband's great great grand father was an Irish convict, sent to Australia in 1831. Nobody in the family had any idea until a cousin began doing some research a few years ago and now they have a line traced back to the 1700s in Ireland (complete with DNA confirmation).

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