Elmes Yelverton Steele Sr

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Elmes Yelverton Steele, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Coleford, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: August 18, 1865 (84)
Simco, Ontario, Canada (old age)
Place of Burial: Simco, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Steel(e); Elmes Steele and Mary Benfield
Husband of Anne Macdonald and Elizabeth Seeley Coucher
Father of Maj.-Gen. Sir Samuel Benfield "Sam" Steele, KCMG CB MVO; Richard Elmes Steele; Samuel Benfield Steele; Elmes Yelverton Steele; Millicent Pollack Steele and 8 others
Brother of Samuel Steel(e); Jascobus Steel(e); James Steel(e); Samuel (2nd child w same name) Steel(e); John Steel(e) and 2 others

Occupation: Royal Naval Officer
Managed by: Marty Beth Goodson
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About Elmes Yelverton Steele Sr

They lived in France for some time following the Napoleonic Wars and were then given a grant of several thousand acres in Medonte Township for his services as a Naval officer in those wars. It was the intention of the British Government to place experienced military personnel in central Ontario to defend against greats by the Americans.

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Elmes Yelverton Steele Sr's Timeline

1781
January 1781
Coleford, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom)
1848
1848
1857
February 1857
England (United Kingdom)
1865
August 18, 1865
Age 84
Simco, Ontario, Canada
August 19, 1865
Age 84
Simco, Ontario, Canada
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