Alfred Steel

[Jill]

Son of Harriet Glazier

Name - "official" name and what they were known as: Alfred Steel

Date and place of birth: 11 Jan 1864, Rustington, Sussex

Names of parents: William Steel & Harriet (nee Glazier)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable: 02 Feb 1864, Rustington, Sussex

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any:
1) 06 Oct 1888, Arundel, Sussex to Alice Elizabeth Jarvis
2) 06 Jun 1906 Patching, Sussex to Harriet Smith (who was a wonderful stepmother to Alfred’s 7 children and bore him 2 sons)

Occupation(s) - if any:
1881: ag lab when not on voyage otherwise Ordinary Seaman aboard Clarissa (Shoreham), Bluebell (Shoreham), Harriet (Newhaven), Warblington (Newhaven), Daring (Shoreham)
1884-8: Able Seaman aboard Raven, Egret, Mallard, Corsair, Frances Milly (all London) 1888: Mate aboard Isobel (Whitehaven),
1891: brickyard labourer,
1892: Cook/Able Seaman aboard Adela (London)
1892-95 Mate aboard Samian Gem (Guernsey) and Sarah (Littlehampton),
1895-1912 Master of the Samian Gem (Guernsey), Ebenezer (Littlehampton?) then Clio (Ardrossan).
1912 onwards: landlord of Royal Oak, East Wittering, Sussex

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1871: “cottages near railway bridge, Rustington” (Sussex)
1881: cottage, Rustington (somewhere in The Street, between The Elms & Lamb Inn)
1891: Norway [cottages], Rustington
1901: Listed twice. Aboard Clio in Aldrington Basin (part of Shoreham harbour) and at Norway Cottages, Rustington.
1911: Not found. Probably at sea, as Master of the Clio (2nd wife & most of children were at Bratton Cottage, Rustington now known as 56 Ash Lane)
C1912 until his death, The Royal Oak, East Wittering, Sussex


Date, place and cause of death: 21 Jan 1931, Royal Oak, East Wittering, Sussex of Septic Absorption, Gangrene of feet, Diabetes (no PM)

Date and place of burial / cremation. Burial date unknown, East Wittering old churchyard

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable: Probate 19 Jun 1931@ Winchester to Alfred John Steel/James William Steel, Effects £117 5s 2d resworn £990 16s 9d (left entire estate to his widow)

Memorial inscription - if any: gravestone no longer exists, (church sold off & in private hands, now identified by English Heritage as being at risk) unsure of visiting rights to graveyard.