Nora Venetia STEELE^{[1, 2]}

1875 - 1954  (79 years)

• Name	Nora Venetia STEELE
  Born	14 Apr 1875	Wayne or Harrison Co.IA
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	School Teacher
  _UID	5EBC505342AFD5119ECFF91D728E622DA666
  Died	Oct 1954	Sylvan Lake AB Canada
  	Nora V. Steele, father was James Steele, mother, Mary Mole Per Robert Paul Steele, son of Henry Fielding Steele, and grandson of Samuel and Martha, Nora and Henry Fielding Steele were 2nd cousins.
  Buried	Oct 1954	Bentley AB Canada
  Siblings	10 Siblings
  1. William Henry STEELE,   b. 23 Mar 1866, Wayne or Decater Co. ,   d. Abt 1912, Harrison Co. IA  (Age 45 years) ▻ Winifred M. DENTON,  m. Abt 1890   2. Eliza Ellen STEELE,   b. 14 Nov 1867, Decatur or Wayne Co. IA ,   d. 26 Oct 1950, Valleyo Solano Co. CA  (Age 82 years) ▻ Leon Lewis O'DELL,  m. 12 Oct 1892   3. Emma Josephine STEELE,   b. 23 Oct 1870, ,   d. 18 Apr 1902  (Age 31 years) ▻ Schuyler WITWER,  m. Abt 1898   4. Anna Belle STEELE,   b. 27 Nov 1872, Old Town Iowa ,   d. 13 Dec 1958, Council Bluffs, IA  (Age 86 years) ▻ John Elijah MOSS,  m. 8 Apr 1908   5. Nora Venetia STEELE,   b. 14 Apr 1875, Wayne or Harrison Co.IA ,   d. Oct 1954, Sylvan Lake AB Canada  (Age 79 years) ▻ Henry Fielding STEELE,  m. 29 Jan 1895   6. John Harvey ( Henry) STEELE,   b. 6 Oct 1877,   d. 1960, Calgory AL Canada  (Age 82 years) ▻ Lois ( Margaret ) GIBSON,  m. Abt 1903 ;   E M BANKS 2ND WIFE   7. George Wesley STEELE,   b. 9 Jul 1879, Harrison Co. IA ,   d. 15 Jan 1953, Omaha NE  (Age 73 years) ▻ Catherine Evelyn HOUGH,  m. 4 Jul 1904   8. James Robert STEELE,   b. 14 Dec 1881, ,   d. Abt 1949, Superior NE  (Age 67 years) ▻ Pearl Mable SHREVE,  m. 28 Apr 1907   9. Charles E STEELE,   b. 31 May 1884, Harrison IA ,   d. 24 Nov 1960, Brinnon WA  (Age 76 years) ▻ DIVORCED   10. Infant STEELE,   b. 8 Jan 1887, Harrison Co. IA ,   d. 1887, Harrison Co. IA   11. Orin Raymond STEELE,   b. 8 Jan 1888, Harrison Co. IA ,   bur. 16 Sep 1954, Eckville, Canada  (Age ~ 66 years) ▻ SINGLE
  Person ID	I27	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	James Henry STEELE,   b. 21 Mar 1841, St. Clair Co., IL ,   d. 5 Nov 1925, Garden Grove IA.  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Ellen MAIL,   b. 20 Dec 1847, Connersville, Sullivan, IN ,   d. 4 Apr 1925, Omaha Nebraska  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1865	Leon Decater Co. Iowa
  Divorced	SEPARATE 1889
  Family ID	F1371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Fielding STEELE,   b. 10 Jun 1872,   d. 3 Nov 1899, Pender NE  (Age 27 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1895	Missouri Valley, Iowa
  Children	1. Harold Francis STEELE,   b. 1895,   d. 1971  (Age 76 years)   2. Neve Valeria STEELE,   b. 1897,   d. 1897  (Age 0 years)   3. Paul Herman STEELE,   b. 2 May 1899, Pendar NE ,   d. 7 Mar 1962, Edmonton, AB, Can  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nora Steele married a cousing named Henry Fielding Steele According to my records, both Henry and Nora were born in CrescentCity, Iowa. Henry`s occupation is listed as Plasterer while Nora`soccupation is Teacher. As to why Grandmother came to Canada, I canonly speculate. She was living in Missouri Valley after Henry diedand was teaching school. Also, it seems that both her and Henry`sparents lived there also. About 1903, three or four brothers came toAlberta to homestead on the free land and I think they convinced herto do the same thing. She lived and worked for her brother, John, andthem moved into northern Alberta to teach. As I understand it, anumber of people from Sylvan Lake(where all the Steele`s were living)were able to get free land in that part of the province and convincedher to join them. Marg is an expert on this period of time as she hasresearched it and has visited the town where Grandmother taught. Infact, Marg actually met one of Grandmother`s former students!Eventually, she returned to Sylvan Lake, bought a farm and worked itwith my Uncle Harold. Harold never married and he and Grandmother areburied in Bentley, Alberta. I`ll have to check, but I think JohnSteele is buried in Sylvan Lake and Ray Steele is buried in Eckville,All in all, quite a trek for a 26 year old widow with two smallchildren but not uncommon for the Steele families as they seemed tohave moved around a lot. Tombstone in Canada lists her name as Nora Velnettie.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1] Imported GEDCOM file.