John Stewart Steele

1798 - 1858  (60 years)

• Name	John Stewart Steele  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1798	Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1833	New York, New York, USA   [3]
  Occupation	1851
  	Farmer
  Religion	1851
  	Free Church (Presbyterian)
  Residence	1851	Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Died	24 May 1858	Killean, Wellington, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario
  Person ID	I17232	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James Stewart,   b. Abt 1770, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane McLean,   b. Abt 1802, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	28 Aug 1821	Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. James Steele Stewart,   b. 21 Jan 1822, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, "out west"  [natural]   2. Peter Steele Stewart,   b. 5 Jan 1824, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 May 1899, Drayton, Pembina, North Dakota, USA  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   3. Alexander Steele Stewart,   b. 5 Jan 1825, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1874, Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   4. Elizabeth Stewart,   b. 1829, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 May 1886, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)  [natural]   5. Jane Stewart,   b. 16 Jun 1833, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Aug 1906, Chatham Gore Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   6. John Stewart,   b. Abt 1837, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F4516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Harold Stewart indicates Peter's birthplace was Meikle Logie, Perthshire Scotland, and can confirm that Peter was actually born Peter Steele to John Steele and Jean Maclean. Apparently, the Stewart name was adopted after they came to North America. A family dispute of some sort had them adopting the surname Steele instead of Stewart for an extended period of time in Scotland. OPR records in Little Dunkeld confirm this family. John Steele and Jean McLean were married in Little Dunkeld 28 Aug 1821 and their first three children were born in Little Dunkeld under the surname Steele, not Stewart. STEWART, John, 1796-1858. From Perthshire. Son of James S. To New York, 1833, later to Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario. Farmer. M. Jean or Jane McLean (q.v.) with issue: (1) James (q.v.); (2) Peter (q.v.); (3) Alexander (q.v.); Elizabeth (q.v.); (5) Jean; (6) John (m. Margaret Sinclair) (D.C. 23 Apr. 1967) (Dictionary of Scottish Immigrants, Donald Whyte) "Farmed Front-Lot 11, Concession 2, Puslinch. His son, James, farmed next door." Wellington County Atlas No marriage or childen for this couple have been found at ScotlandsPeople in Perthshire or Argyllshire.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Jackson, Anna, "Stewarts of Crieff", Puslinch Historical Society. Date of Import: Nov 1, 2002 [S80] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Wellington, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11756; Page: 30; Line: 38. http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e095/e002372155.pdf [S94] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: New York, New York; Year: 1833; Page Number: 426. [S105] 1851 Census, Wellington County, Ontario.