Harry
Wirt
Steele
Born in Huntington, Huntington, Indiana
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Carl Paul Steele and Earle Samuel Steele
Husband of
Elise Navarre Jack
— married
11 Dec 1920 in Texas
Father of
Nancy Elise Steele
Died
at age 68
in Houston, Harris, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Mar 2022
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Biography
- Wirt was born in 1874 in Huntington. He was the son of John Steele and Mary Tremain.
- Married 1901 in Chicago to Lou M Ullery (1870-1919)
- Married 1920 to Elise Navarre Jack (1899-1948), daughter of Samuel M Jack and Catherine Demaret. Children:
- Nancy Elise (Steele) David (1927-2007), m. 1952 to Solomon David Jr. (1924-2013)
- Patricia Demaret (Steele) Everett Jensen (1922-2003), m2. 1952 to Andrew Oden Jensen (1920-2000)
- He passed away in Houston in 1943.
Research Notes
DNA
- Paternal and maternal relationship confirmed by an Ancestry DNA match (217 cM across 10 segments) between John Ditzler and DSD, second cousins. Their MRCA are John Samuel Steele and Mary Jerusha Tremain. John is their great-grandson by their son Carl, and DSD is their great-grandson by their son Harry.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #76795590
- Texas Death Certificate, Harris County, no. 2480, 1943: H Wirt Steele, b. 24 Nov 1874 Indiana, d. 17 Jan 1943, Houston
- 1880 US Census, Huntington IN: Wirt Steel 5 and Carl Steel 1, living with parents, John S Steel 36, and Mary J Steel 28, as well as Mary's mother Margaret Tremain 45, and Mary's grandmother Catharine McLean 62
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harry:
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~12.50%
50.00%
John Ditzler 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A546496 [compare], Ancestry member John_E_Ditzler
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