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Ruth Gillies Steel 1892 – 1955 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Jan 1892

Birth Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Death Date: 07 Jun 1955

Death Location: Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Father: William Steel

Mother: Isabella Legge

Spouse(s): Charles Smith

Children(s): Bessie Smith, David Smith, Gillies Smith, Ruth Smith

Ruth Gillies Steel was born in 1892 in Auckland, New Zealand, the child of William Steel and Isabella Maria Legge. Ruth Gillies Steel married Charles Robert Sydney Smith, and had children including Bessie Gordon Smith, David Lowe Smith, Gillies Steel Smith, Ruth Maria Smith. Ruth Gillies Steel passed away in 1955 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Ruth Gillies Steel was born in 1892 in Auckland, New Zealand, the child of William Steel and Isabella Maria Legge.
  • Ruth Gillies Steel married Charles Robert Sydney Smith, and had children including Bessie Gordon Smith, David Lowe Smith, Gillies Steel Smith, Ruth Maria Smith.
  • Ruth Gillies Steel passed away in 1955 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruth Steel's Ancestors

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Ruth Steel
1892 – 1955
Birth Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Parents
William Steel
1865 – 1904
Isabella (Maria) Legge
1864 – 1950
Tuapeka, Tokomairiro, Otago, New Zealand
Grandparents
David Steel
1836 – 1904
Scotland, UK
Janet (Gilles) McCormick
1836 – 1913
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Edwin (Newman) Legge
1836 – 1911
London, England
Agnes (Small) Miller
1837 – 1893
Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Peter McCormick
1810 – 1915
Agnes Locheil
1812 – 1880
Charles Legge
1793 – 1856
Sarah
Andrew Miller
1804 – 1882
Mary Hope
1804 – 1882
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Legg
1753 – 1824
Jane Pitcher
1751 – 1813
William Gladman
1775 – 1875
Jane Taylor
1775 – 1875
Walter Miller
1777 –
Mary Lillico
1776 –
Thomas Hope
Nellie Pender

Ruth Steel's Descendants

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Ruth (Gillies) Steel (29 Jan 1892 – 07 Jun 1955) m. Charles (Robert Sydney) Smith
  1. 1. Bessie (Gordon) Smith (14 Jan 1916 – 28 Aug 1965) m. John (Moody) Hill
  2. 2. David (Lowe) Smith (30 Sep 1918 – 30 Jun 1970) m. Jessie Barron (13 Jan 1916 – )
    1. 1. David (Lowe) Smith (Aug 1947 – )
    2. 2. Pamela (Mary) Smith (Aug 1949 – ) m. Peter Vela
  3. 3. Gillies (Steel) Smith (18 Feb 1920 – 25 Jul 1988) m. Barbara (Marion) Hill
    1. 1. Rosemary (Gillies) Smith (08 Jan 1946 – ) m. Denne Parkinson m. Buckthought
      1. 1. Parkinson
      2. 2. Parkinson
    2. 2. Barbara (Gillies) Smith m. Ivan Lowe
      1. 1. Lowe
      2. 2. Lowe
      3. 3. Lowe
      4. 4. Lowe
    3. 3. Margaret (Gillies) Smith m. Gilbert Sinclair
      1. 1. Nicola Sinclair
      2. 2. Scott Sinclair
      3. 3. Sinclair
    4. 4. Phillipa Smith m. Murray Wood
      1. 1. Wood
      2. 2. Wood
    5. 5. Charles (Howard Gillies) Smith m. Georgina
      1. 1. Smith
      2. 2. Smith
      3. 3. Smith
  4. 4. Ruth (Maria) Smith (15 Dec 1925 – ) m. John (Reynolds) Adcock
    1. 1. Jane (Ruth) Adcock (22 Aug 1949 – ) m. Robert (Parkes Swainson) Gardner
      1. 1. Mirium (Jane) Gardner (12 Oct 1973 – ) m. Adrian Papich
        1. 1. Evaan (Robert Vladimar) Papich (21 Jun 2000 – 21 Jun 2000)
      2. 2. James (Charles) Gardner (11 Dec 1974 – )
    2. 2. Lois (Maria) Adcock (21 Jun 1951 – ) m. Ernest Thomas
    3. 3. John (Reynolds) Adcock (10 Nov 1951 – ) m. Kathryn Lochhead
      1. 1. Vanessa Adcock (25 Aug 1972 – )
      2. 2. Jarno Adcock (14 Aug 1974 – )

Ruth Steel's Timeline

2 Records

1892
29 Jan 1892
Birth of Ruth Gillies Steel in Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
1955
07 Jun 1955
Age 63
Death of Ruth Gillies Steel in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1892
    Event Place: Auckland, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 04 Oct 1999
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Jun 1955
    Event Place: Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

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