Queta (Gambie) Steley (1914 - 1980)

Born 27 Apr 1914 in St Helen's Hospital, Maryborough, Qld, Australia

Ancestors

Daughter of William Gambie and Clara Ann Frances (Griggs) Gambie

Wife of Harold Steley — married 1 Aug 1933 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 24 May 1980 at age 66 in Howard, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Queta was born in 1914.

Birth, Marriage & Death^[1]

Queta Gambie

Event date: 27/04/1914

Event type: Birth registration

Registration details: 1914/C/9679

Mother: Clara Ann Frances Griggs

Father/parent: William Gambie

Queta Gawbie (transcription error)

Event date: 01/08/1933

Event type: Marriage registration

Registration details: 1933/C/2524

Spouse: Harold Steley

Queta Steley

Event date: 24/05/1980

Event type: Death registration

Date of birth: 1914

Registration details: 1980/52976

Mother: Clara Ann Frances Griggs

Father/parent: William Gambie

Queta Gambie/Steley^[2]

Queta was born in 1914, the 4th child of William and Quetta Gambie. She attended the Howard State School

Howard State School about 1923. Queta Gambie 2nd Row, second from left.

At the age of 19 she married Harold Steley (Tiny) and the early part of their life can be seen under Tiny Steley-6.

After Tiny passed away she went to work as a barmaid at the Royal Hotel in Howard for the owner and her close friend, Doreen Lea, having her youngest two children still at school.

She lived the remainder of her life, after her youngest children moved to Brisbane in 1969, mostly on her own (except for the company of her dogs, firstly Lassie and later Misti), on the property outside of Howard, often travelling by train to visit her children at the various places where they lived including North/Central Queensland (Bruce) , Apple Tree Creek (Jane), Brisbane (Stephan, Gaynor & Dennis) and Sydney (Bob), usually for 3-5 weeks at a time. When she travelled she would usually leave her dog at the local kennels (Pattersons) in Phillip St.

She was fond of gardening and planted a multitude of trees and flowers which she had to water with Tank Water by hand as there was no connected town water. She also fed the local wildlife including Kookaburras, Butcher Birds, Rainbow Lorikeets (blueys), Scaly-breasted Lorikeets (greenies) etc.

Susie Steley feeding the birds

She passed away in 1980 at the age of 66.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
2. ↑ Personal recollections of Dennis Steley

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Dennis Steley and J.G., his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Elias Gambie and Matilda Hayden, the great grandparents of both Dennis Steley and J.G.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 255 cM across 13 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Dennis Steley and K.L., his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Griggs and Frances Gillham, the great great grandparents of both Dennis Steley and K.L.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 123 cM across 6 segments.