Birth Name: Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk
Date of Birth: January 4, 1962
Place of Birth: Red Hook, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: April 14, 2010
Place of Death: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Ethnicity: Polish, Russian, Icelandic, Scottish, Irish
Peter Steele was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the lead singer and bassist of the rock band Type O Negative.
Peter was the son of Annette Catherine (Pallon) and Peter P. Ratajczyk. He had said that he was of Polish, Russian, Icelandic, and Scottish descent. He also had Irish ancestry.
Peter’s maternal grandparents were Louis A. Pallon and Annette J. Patterson (the daughter of James J. Patterson). James was born in New York, to a Scottish father and an Irish mother.
Sources: Genealogy of Peter Steele (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Peter’s maternal grandmother, Annette J. Patterson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Annette J. Patterson on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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