James Gray Steele (1869 - 1938)

Born 1869 in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Margaret Courage (Sutherland) Steele — married 1897 (to 6 Jul 1906) in Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1938 at about age 69 in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

James was born in Scotland in 1869. He emigrated to Western Australia and married Margaret Sutherland there in 1897. They emigrated again to New Zealand. He passed away in Scotland in 1938.

Research Notes

• Possible second marriage in 1909: NZ BDM 1909/4878, Gertrude Caroline Gane & James Steele; Marriage notice, Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 20 October 1909, Page 7
• Gertrude's death: NZ BDM 1948/17047, Gertrude Caroline Steele, age: 67, FindAGrave: 144551404

Sources

• Scotland's People Statutory Registers, Births, surname: Steele, forename: James, year: 1869, reference: 171/ 19, registration district name: Alford
• 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census, Private House, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in household of James Steele (married, age: 27, occupation: slater and slate merchant, birth place: Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland), James Steele, son, age: 1, birth place: Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census, King Street, Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in household of James W Steele (married, age: 46, occupation: slater, birth place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland), James G Steele, son, unmarried, age: 21, occupation: railway porter, birth place: Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Western Australia BDM marriage record: 1407, surname: Steele, given names: James, spouse surname: Sutherland, spouse given names: Margaret, place of marriage: Albany, year of marriage: 1897, registration year: 1897
• Scotland, Modern And Civil Deaths & Burials 1855-2021, Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, Civil Deaths & Burials, first names: James Gray, last name: Steele, birth year: 1870, death year: 1938, age: 68, registration district number: 263, district: Laurencekirk, place: Laurencekirk, county: Kincardineshire, country: Scotland, source: Scottish civil registers
• Billion Graves record, Laurencekirk Cemetery, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries, Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, Parish Burials, first names: James Gray, last name: Steele, age: 69, birth year: 1869, death date: 8 July 1938, place: Aberdeen, periodical: Aberdeen Press And Journal, publication date: 11 July 1938, page: 1