In September 1904, the family moved to Abington, Illinois when Edgar was hired as the history professor at Heddington College. Later, Edgar and Fannie settled in Edgar's hometown of Albion, Michigan, where they lived until their deaths in the mid 1930s. Young Alfred accompanied his parents on these trips, which developed his early love of travel. Edgar's career with the YMCA invovled him traveling all over the world to Tokyo, London, Panama, and Manila. Louis, Missouri where Edgar worked as the international secretary of the YMCA. On April 24th, 1901, Fannie gave birth to the couple's one and only child, Alfred Nu Steele, in Nashville. Edgar gave his son the middle name "Nu" in tribute to his Albion College sorority, Sigma Nu, which Alfred would later pledge at Northwestern University. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where Edgar had been hired as a professor at Nashville University. Edgar studied to be a professor at Albion College where he met his wife, Fannie Bartrem. Fannie was born in Ontario, Canada, and her family moved to Michigan after her birth.Įdgar and Fannie married on August 15th, 1899 in Fannie's family's home in Owosso, Michigan, which was one and a half hours north of Albion.
Steele, served as a minister at the local Methodist Episcopal Church. Alfred Nu Steele was born on April 24th, 1901 in Nashville, Tennessee to Edgar Alfred Steele and Fannie Bartrem Steele. Edgar Steele was born in Albion, Michigan, where his father, Newland M.
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