Tina (Mallow) Steele

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Biography

Tina (Mallow) Steele is the descendant of Palatine migrants.

Tina (Mallow) Steele has English ancestors.

Tina (Mallow) Steele has Scottish Ancestors.

Tina (Mallow) Steele has Irish ancestors.

Tina (Mallow) Steele has German Roots.

Tina (Mallow) Steele has Jewish Roots.

Tina (Mallow) Steele wrangled 16 weevils in the Connection Combat.

Tina is the 18th great grandaughter of King Edward III.

Early Life

When Tina was 6 months old her parents Peggy Ann Johnson and Joe Roy Mallow moved to Tripoli, Libya. Her father worked as a geophysicist. In 1967 the family was evacuated during the Six Day War ^[2] to Naples, Italy and also lived in Malta during that time.

Tina's family moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Tina went to an American school for Kindergarten and 1st grade where she was taught in English for half of the day, and in Spanish the other half of the day. As a child, she spoke Spanish fluently.

Her parents separated, and so Tina moved to Austin, Texas, close to family who lived in Bastrop, Texas. She attended 2nd grade there. Somewhere in between she stayed with her grandmother, Eris Ruth (McQueen) Mallow while trying to figure things out. During that time she attended 3rd grade at East Elementary in Brownwood, TX. Later that year, Tina and her mother moved to Bon Air, Virginia, where she lived with a family who had been their friends in Tripoli, Libya.

Tina's parents Peggy Ann Johnson and Joe Roy Mallow divorced January 19, 1972.^[3] Tina had been attending 3rd, 4th and 5th grade there in Virginia. Tina's mom decided to move back to Austin, Texas. where she completed 6-9th grade. In all that time, Tina's father lived many places overseas where she spent the summer, including: Acra, Ghana, and Oslo, Norway. She also traveled to Denmark, Germany, Luxenburg, and France. Her little brother was born in Norway. Tina often said that spending time overseas gave her a greater appreciation for other cultures, people, and the freedom that American's are able to have.

Then, Tina's mom, met a man named Michael Otis Grossman, and married him May 12, 1978.^[4] At that time, they moved to Giddings, Texas, where his family lived and she attended 10th grade. At that time, Gidding was a town with one stop light.

Later Years

After 10th grade, Tina decided to go live with her father, Joe Roy Mallow and her step-mom. They were living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Tina finished her 11th and 12th grades at Col-High School in Bartlesville.^[5] About that time, her father moved to Missouri City, Texas.

College

She went to college at Oklahoma State University to major in Elementary Education. But, thinking she was in love, married after one semester on Dec. 18, 1981. She and her husband had two boys.

For many years, Tina had been attending college, and teaching piano lessons to supplement her income. At this time, long-distance college had to be done through the mail. It was before computers were prevelant. She majored in Computer Science because she worked at the National Institute of Petroleum and Energy (NIPER) and they paid for tuition. In 1996, she was finally able to go to college full-time while working two part-time jobs. She changed her major to Business Education. She was able to graduate with honors in May of 1998 from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Career

• Secretary/Legal Secretary
• Database Analyst
• Elementary Computer Teacher
• High School Teacher
• Piano Teacher

Latter Years

On September 12, 1998, she married her 2nd husband. He is 14 years older than her, but they got along so well. At that time, he was an art teacher, and former football and wrestling coach. She was able to teach for many years, teaching elementary computers and keyboarding, high school basic computers, desktop publishing, yearbook and HTML basics.

After retiring, Tina is now involved with Delta Kappa Gamma ^[6] as Vice-President, creating their newsletters and keeping their web page updated. Her hobbies include playing piano, crocheting amigurumi items, and genealogy research.

According to Ancestry.com, my DNA origins are as follows^[7]:

• England and Northwestern Europe 47%
• Scotland 22%
• Ireland 20%
• Sweden and Denmark 6%
• Wales 4%
• Norway 1%

Advance Directive

To aid WikiTree in the administration of my account should I be incapacitated, or in the event of my death, I hereby give permission for all private profiles I'm managing to be transferred to the following WikiTreers, whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists: ....Alisha (Johnson) Kirby, Ragon Steele, Kyle Long, Beth Long, Renee Long, Michael Mallow, Bethany Cowan, Tara Cowan, Dominica Steele, Jake Steele, and any and all of my living grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ Six Day War [1] https://www.britannica.com/event/Six-Day-War
3. ↑ "Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY64-B4V : 12 December 2014), Joe R Mallow and Peggy A Mallow, 19 Jan 1972; from "Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Brown, Texas, United States, certificate number 000434, Texas Department of State Health Services.
4. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTPQ-JJD : 6 December 2014), Michael O Grossman and Peggy A Johnson, 12 May 1978; citing Travis, Texas, United States, certificate number 052486, Vital Statistics Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin.
5. ↑ U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: College High School; Year: 1980. Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ https://www.dkgoknu.org/
7. ↑ [1]

See also:

• First-hand information. Entered by Tina Mallow at registration.