Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Fractured Skull From Falling Tree

Notes:

!SOURCE: 1. FOUNDING FAMILIES OF GRATTON AND WILBERFORCE BY CAROL BENNETT
2. RENFREW MERCURY OCT 11 1872

!BROTHER OF JANE, RICHARD SMITH'S WIFE-SEE HER NOTES
!DEATH: THOMAS STEELE OF DOUGLAS; SON IN LAW OF R.R.SMITH WAS ACCIDENTLY KILLED LAST THURSDAY BY THE FALL OF A TREE AT THE ROCHE CAPTAINE, WHERE HE WAS WORKING ON THE ROAD ABOVE THAT PLACE. HIS SKULL WAS FRACTURED ABOUT 2 INCHES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND BRAINS OOZED OUT. THE FUNERAL PASSED THROUGH EGANVILLE ON SUNDAY LAST FOR INTERNMENT IN DOUGLAS(2)