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Steel-Harrison (Staffordshire) & Freeman-Heath (Kent)

Updated August 10, 2009
This is general family research. The commonest names are Freeman, Heath, Steel, Harrison, Dyble, Castell, Howard, Dodds. Mainly confined to the English south and midlands, but with relatives in Canada, US, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and roots in Eire.

At the present, this research is extremely ad-hoc! I intend to produce a book of my family history once I am satisfied with its thoroughness, but this is unlikely to be until some time after I have retired from my present full-time occupation. In the meantime, I will be glad to provide electronic extracts (GEDCOM) to other family researchers or, printed extracts of ancestry to family members, only.

I am interested in all family connections, but research concentrates on my direct ancestry. However, I will be glad to link to any related sites. Please let me know of any I should consider (or if you find broken links). Details of living individuals in my own tree are hidden but I will answer any queries if I can, and it seems appropriate.

I occasionally upload this tree to the IGI and Genes Connected family research sites.

Happy hunting!
Richard John Steel
7, Filborough Way
Chalk
Gravesend, Kent DA12 4XG
United Kingdom
+44 1474 326346
richard.steel@blueyonder.co.uk

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Family Photos

  • Freeman Golden Anniversary (236 KB)
    Family & friends gather in July 1966 for Harry & Lizzie Freeman's Golden Wedding Anniversary
  • Jack Steel's Watch. Who was Dagmar Beirne? (121 KB)
    This was a 21st birthday present to JW Steel from his parents. On the back & inside the cover are scratched various family names & dates, including "Dagmar Beirne 26-12-43". Who was Dagmar Beirne, and what is the significance of the date?
  • William Robotham's Family about 1890 (33 KB)
    William Robotham and wife Mary-Jane (Arrowsmith) next to son William and daughter Mary-Jane. The picture is copied from a glass plate - possibly a "Collodion positive".
  • Works Outing (51 KB)
    Jack & Daisy Steel's Fathers on a works outing. John Steel is 3rd from left & Alfred (Joe) Harrison is 2nd from right.
  • Whose painting? (228 KB)
    This oil painting hung for years in the home of Harry & Lizzie Freeman. When it was taken down, it was found that a lable on the back read:- URGENT 17/6/24 - To Mr Mileson - 55 Milton Avenue, East Ham - From Young & Marten Ltd., Caledonian Works, Stratford E15. What's the story behind this picture?
  • Stone Castle, then... (128 KB)
    Stone Castle: see the article included below under "Related Files".
  • and Stone Castle now... (31 KB)
    Photograph taken on 20th February 2002.
  • The Author's Family (218 KB)
    Richard, Kim, Chris & kieron - Christmas 2004
  • Crashed Liberator (96 KB)
    This grainy photo is of a Liberator bomber that crashed, in 1945, on take-off when the front undercarriage collapsed. The pilot was killed and Harry Freeman, the Rear Gunner, was seriously injured and burned.
 

Related Files

  • Harrison Verse (3 KB)
    This ode to the Harrison clan was penned by Joe Harrison, with the help of niece, Joyce (Harrison) Bates, to celebrate the birth of his great nephew's first son - Kieron Richard HARRISON Steel.
  • Stone Castle (10 KB)
    Dyble family lore say that Alice (Povey) Dyble - c.1811-85 - had relatives who were occupants of Stone Castle, in Greenhithe, Kent. Tom Dyble, a descendent living in Alburquerque, New Mexico, provided this article on the history of the castle.
  • Meiklejohn Family (35 KB)
    This file contains eleven generations of the Meiklejohn family, some of whose members appear in the index of individuals on the home page.
  • Reasons for Update (19 KB)
    A brief summary of the reasons for updates was started in 2002.
 

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