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Midlothian / Re: Constance Muriel Steell
« on: Wednesday 25 May 16 19:09 BST (UK) »
I have to hang my head in shame, due to my medical condition affecting my concentration I did not check for a STEELL when I found her name on Scottish War Mermorials forum. It appears I already had her in my records so here is a more accurate profile of Constance Muriel Steell :-
Constance Muriel Steell was born 1888 *** in Florida U.S.A. to British parents Edwin Landseer Steell and Lylie L Steel, born 1869 in Berlin , Germany. Her parents were on holiday in the U.S.A.
The 1891 census records Constance, age 3 years, *** was living with her grandfather, Gourlay Steell aged 72, an animal painter, at 2 Palmerstone Place, Edinburgh with her mother and aunt Jessie G. Steell and the 1901 census records Constance living with her parents at Hawthorn Vale, Kinross, Scotland.
No further useful information was found on the web and a letter to the G.R.O. to ascertain if Constance’s name appeared in the British Colonial Birth Register went unanswered***.
I did manage to obtain her Death Certificate that records she died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis on 20th March 1917 whilst serving as a hospital nurse at Bradford War Hospital, Horton, Her death was registered by her father of Ardenlea, Juniper Green, Edinburgh and her age quoted as 26 ***
The British Red Cross responded to my request concerning her nursing status by advising me that they had searched all their records and found no record of a Constance Muriel Steell***. However, Constance is commemorated on the Colington Parish War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Juniper Parish Church, Edinburgh as a V.A.D. and her grave memorial has a large Red Cross impression on its surface
Constance is buried in Colington Parish Churchyard, Edinburgh her headstone quotes age as 29
*** It would appear that the age, 26, on the Death Certificate is incorrect and possibly an error in her non inclusion in British Red Cross records. If Constance’s birth was not registered in the USA British Colonial Birth Register she would in fact have been an American citizen..
Forgive my error.
Tony
Constance Muriel Steell was born 1888 *** in Florida U.S.A. to British parents Edwin Landseer Steell and Lylie L Steel, born 1869 in Berlin , Germany. Her parents were on holiday in the U.S.A.
The 1891 census records Constance, age 3 years, *** was living with her grandfather, Gourlay Steell aged 72, an animal painter, at 2 Palmerstone Place, Edinburgh with her mother and aunt Jessie G. Steell and the 1901 census records Constance living with her parents at Hawthorn Vale, Kinross, Scotland.
No further useful information was found on the web and a letter to the G.R.O. to ascertain if Constance’s name appeared in the British Colonial Birth Register went unanswered***.
I did manage to obtain her Death Certificate that records she died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis on 20th March 1917 whilst serving as a hospital nurse at Bradford War Hospital, Horton, Her death was registered by her father of Ardenlea, Juniper Green, Edinburgh and her age quoted as 26 ***
The British Red Cross responded to my request concerning her nursing status by advising me that they had searched all their records and found no record of a Constance Muriel Steell***. However, Constance is commemorated on the Colington Parish War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Juniper Parish Church, Edinburgh as a V.A.D. and her grave memorial has a large Red Cross impression on its surface
Constance is buried in Colington Parish Churchyard, Edinburgh her headstone quotes age as 29
*** It would appear that the age, 26, on the Death Certificate is incorrect and possibly an error in her non inclusion in British Red Cross records. If Constance’s birth was not registered in the USA British Colonial Birth Register she would in fact have been an American citizen..
Forgive my error.
Tony