Birth from certificate held byLaVerne Markart.
 
Birth Registration, Berwick Registration Office, Northumberland, England
2nd July 1846 at Milfield
Thomas Steel
Father:  John Steel
Mother:  Ann Steel, formerly Tarbitt
Fathers Occupation:  Joiner
Registered by:  John  Steel, father, Crookham  (note:  Crookham 4 miles s.e. of Milfield)
 
Entry of death, Registration District of Glendale 1898, sub district of Wooler, County of Northumberland,
 
Entry #286
2 November 1898, Balhourie Place, Wooler
Thomas Steel, 52 years old, Quarryman
Cardiac failure, 1 day,  ????? one year at least
Informant:  John Steel, son, present at the death Balhourie Place, Wooler
  (Informant was John George Steel, my grandfather) 
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Living with grandfather, William and Isabella in 1851 Census, and with William and Isabella from then on.
1861 With William and Isabella at Private House Milfield aged 14 Lab b Kirknewton
1881 Census
Milfield, Northumberland
William TARBIT/Head/Unmarried/61 years/Quarryman....Whinstone Quar (Stone
Mason)/b Wooler
Isabella TARBIT/Sister/Unmarried/63 years/Housekeeper/b Wooler
Thomas STEEL/Nephew/Unmarried/35 years/Quarryman as above (Stone Mason)/b
Kirknewton.