Husband: Francis Oliphant STEEPLES
Birthdate: 3/4/1843
Birthplace: Inveresk Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland
Death date: 4/26/1881
Place of death: Zurich, Rooks Co., KS
Father: William Francis STEEPLES
Mother: Isabella Bell OLIPHANT

Marriage date: 5/8/1872
Marriage place: Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wife: Mary Ann MORISON
Birthdate: 10/20/1847
Birthplace: North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Death date: 6/19/1929
Place of death: Loveland, Co.
Father: Andrew Low MORISON, Sr.
Mother: Helen DOIG

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: David James STEEPLES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1/27/1873
Birthplace: Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.
Death date: 4/24/1953
Place of death: Palco, Rooks Co., KS
Marriage date: 11/27/1898
Marriage place: Zurich, Rooks Co., KS
Spouse's name: Myrtle FULCHER

Child No. 2: Helen Isabell 'Belle' STEEPLES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12/27/1875
Birthplace:
Death date: 12/3/1877
Place of death: PALCO, rOOKS cO., ks
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Child No. 3: Francis Oliphant STEEPLES, Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3/31/1878
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: 9/1880
Place of death: Rooks Co., KS
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Child No. 4: Helen Isabelle 'Nellie" STEEPLES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9/27/1879
Birthplace: Zurich, Rooks Co., KS
Death date: 9/27/1968
Place of death: Renton, Wa.
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Rooks Co., KS
Spouse's name: John Baptist Henry KROETSCH
 
 
Documentation:
#1. Francis Oliphant Steeples birth record per General Registrars Office, Edinburgh, Scotland.
#2. Marriage of Francis & Mary Ann verified by Scotland GRO cert #74266.
#3. Francis & Mary Ann in 1880 US Census living in Northampton, Rooks Co., KS.
#4. Per Certification of Intent, First Book 1878-1880, Rooks Co., KS, page #9, date of 4/30/1879, Francis was 36 and becoming a US citizen.
#5. Rooks Co. Certification of Intent, Book 2, page 19, 11/14/1884, lists Mary A. Burns (second marriage) age 35, from Scotland.