The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameOswald Kay Steele
Birthca 1881, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
Death5 Jul 1950
Burial19 Jul 1950, Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand
OccupationCommercial Traveller
Misc. Notes
Surname and year of death from “McCaul Family Scotland” (first compiled in 1991 and updated to 2002) by Marcia Barbara (Barbara) McCaul, Canada (b. 1932, d. 2002). Barbara was the great-great grandaughter of Gilbert McCaul (b. 1765) and Janet McFarlan (b. 1770). Brian of nzolivers.com is the great-great-great grandson of Gilbert and Janet.

Given names, date of death, place of burial in the Gower family plot, from Aramoho Cemetery records found in March 2022:
Block D row 2. 1653.
In loving memory of OSWALD KAY STEELE beloved husband of Eleanor May, died 5th July 1950 Elinor May - crem. Wellington, ashes bur 13 Apr 1965

Date of burial of ashes found in Aramoho Cemetery records in March 2022:
STEELE Oswald K, - ashes bur 19 July 1950 Block D row 2 p57

Mew Zealand WWI Army Nominal Rolls 1914-1918, found in March 2022:
10/3091 Private Steele, Oswald Kay. Seventh Wellington Infantry Batln. Single. 10 Hobson Cresent, Wellington. Wellington. Mrs J.M.N. Steele (mother), Union Bank of Australia, 71 Cornhill, London E.C., England.

Year and place of marriage found in March 2022:
Name: Oswald Kay Steele
Gender: Male
Marriage Registration Year: 1929
Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Eleanor May Gower
Reference Number: 2367

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wellington North Supplementary Roll No. 1 1935, found in March 2022:
Steele, Oswald Kay, 48 Hawkestone Street, commercial traveller

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wellington North General Roll 1935, found in March 2022:
Steele, Eleanor May, 48 Hawkestone Street, married


Year and place of birth from birth record found in March 2022:
Name: Oswald Kay Steele
Birth Date: Abt 1881
Birth Place: Kilmore, Victoria
Registration Year: 1881
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: John Steele
Mother: Jane Maria Johnson
Mother Maiden Name: Johnson
Registration Number: 24400

Living in Australia with mother and siblings in 1908 from, Australia Electoral Roll - St Kilda East Roll 1908, found in April 2022:
Steele, Oswald Kay, 2 Cintra av. St. Kilda, clerk, M
Steele, Jane Maria Nugent, 2 Cintra av. St. Kilda, home duties, F [Mother]
Steele, Walter Colville, 2 Cintra av. St. Kilda, station manager, M
Steele, Marie Johnston, 2 Cintra av. St. Kilda, home duties, F

Full date of birth, where living in 1915, from application for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force WWI found in April 2022:
Name: Oswald Kay Steele
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1881
Birth Place: Kilmore Victoria Aus
Enlistment Date: 14 Jun 1915
Service Number: WW1 10/3091
Regiment or Unit: B Coy 7th
Trade or Calling: Commission Agent
Address Last Resided: 10 Hobson Cresent, Wellington, NZ
Present or Last Employer: Hanson Paragon (NZ Co.), 11 Gray Street, Wellington
Married: No
[NOTE: Oswald was 24 years old at the time of application, and is 14 years before he married Elinor].

Back in New Zealand after the War from New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wellington North General Roll 1919, found in April 2022:
Steele, Oswald Kay, 10 Hobson Cresent, commercial traveller
Spouses
Birth19 Feb 1883, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death21 Mar 1965, 22 Braithwate Street, Karori, Wellington
Burial13 Apr 1965, Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand
FatherAlfred Alexander Gower (1857-1940)
MotherEmma Bayly (1856-1925)
Marriage1929, Victoria, Australia
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