Steffen, John

Steffen, John

Male 1825 - 1895  (70 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 72 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Steffen, John 
    Born 19 Mar 1825 
    Gender Male 
    1860 Census 1860  Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1863 Civil War Registration 1863 
    1870 Census 1870  Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1880 Census 1880  Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Biography
    • John "Johann" Steffen was born to Jakob Steffen and his second wife Mary Elizabeth (Houbreck) Steffen in what was then Prussia,on March 19, 1825. He was the oldest of at least 7 children produced by the union (6 boys and 1 girl in the record: John, Mathias, Leonard "Conrad," Ignatz, Katharine, Franz/Francis, and Jacob Jr.),and joined two half-brothers from his father's first marriage to Katharine (Richartz), who had died in 1823 (John Jacob and Nicholas). John Steffen's own mother died in 1838 at age 40, and his father remarried again, to Anna sometime after 1838 and before 1848 (no children in record from that marriage).

      According to the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, 1895, pages 828-30 (which cover the Steffen family), John married Appolonia (Stark) Steffen in 1845 while still in Prussia.

      John and Appolonia Steffen came to the United States on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848. According to the ship manifest, they came with his father Jakob and his third wife Anna, sister Catharine, half-brother Nicholas, brothers Mathias, Conrad and his wife Lucy/Lucia, Franz and Jacob, and two other Steffens that may have been the older Jakob's nephews. In addition, they had their first child Anna, still a baby.

      Census records suggest that step-brother John Jacob Steffen had already come over earlier, in 1846 (date the latter gave on 1900 Federal Census).

      In addition to Anna (who died early, in 1850 soon after arriving in the U.S.) John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen had 8 more children, all born in the United States (oldest to youngest): Jacob, Nicholas, Peter, Ignatius David (I.D.), Frank Lewis, Martin, Mary E. and John Henry.

      When they arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY where John did wage labor. The rest of the Steffens (father, siblings) were there too. Then most of the Steffens began to relocate to the area of Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin (later including Dale and Hortonville). First was John Jacob in 1850, then Leonard "Conrad" in 1851. The next year, their father Jakob joined these two sons there, with his wife Anna and son Franz/Francis, and also son Jacob (who appears in the local records when he got married,and then enlisted in the Union Army, in 1862 in Hortonville). Then came John and Appolonia and 3 boys they had in New York State (leaving Anna buried in NY),in Spring 1855. John's brother Ignatz Steffen then came over from Germany sometime between 1854 and 1857 (records vary, latter date is one Ignatz gave on 1900 Federal Census) and joined his siblings and father/stepmother there. Siblings Matthias and Nicholas chose to stay in New York and appear in the Census established there. Sister Katharine appears to have died there in NY and so never made it to Wisconsin, according to the above Commemorative Biography.

      The Steffen "clan" was certainly a pioneering, founding family in the Dale/Hortonville area of Outagamie County.

      John Steffen was a farmer, by all accounts quite prosperous and prominent, and his wife Appolonia a farmer's wife. Their farm adjoined that of Peter and Margaret Olk, and the Steffens and Olks enjoyed by all accounts a close relationship. John and Appolonia's daughter Mary married Peter and Margaret Olk's son John J., their son John Henry married the Olk's daughter Annie, and John's nephew Frederick, son of brother Ignatz Steffen, married Peter and Margaret's daughter Lucy Olk. Three Olk/Steffen marriages in one generation.

      John's wife Appolonia died in mid-December 1893 when a blood vessel in her head burst, while she was at home and her husband out. He came home to find her. John died less than two years later, after being stricken with "bowel trouble" for a few days, on October 7, 1895.

      Both lifelong devout Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin.
    Biography Abt 1895 
    Died 7 Oct 1895  Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I173741  1FamilyTree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2015 

    Father Steffen, Jacob,   b. 15 Nov 1792, , , , Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1870, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Houbreck, Mary Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1798, , , , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1839, , , , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Family ID F49470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stark, Applonia,   b. 21 Jan 1823, Orenhofen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1893, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Bef 1848 
    Children 
     1. Male Steffen, Jacob III,   b. Abt Feb 1851, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
    +2. Male Steffen, Nicholas,   b. 18 Jun 1852, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1919, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Male Steffen, Peter,   b. 19 Feb 1854, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1907  (Age 53 years)
    +4. Male Steffen, Ignatius David "I. D. ",   b. 17 Dec 1855, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1922, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +5. Male Steffen, Frank Lewis "Louis",   b. 5 May 1858, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1917, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +6. Male Steffen, Martin,   b. 23 Apr 1860, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1926, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +7. Female Steffen, Mary E.,   b. 1 Oct 1861, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1929, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +8. Male Steffen, John Henry,   b. Abt 1866, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1943, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F60458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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