Family Tree

click on any linked name to get to a genealogical history in family tree form of that person with
links to biographies and captioned pictures of your ancestors (everyone should be listed in
chronological birth order)

What you see below is my attempt to capture our entire family tree "list" from our parents generation forward. From this list you should know who all your extended family are now. Most of us don't look beyond our own family or keep track of our living relatives ... unless we live near or are particularly close to them. This is meant to change that and was created way before Ancestry.com or any of the other on-line ancestral services ever existed.

The links below will take you to a separate page with a direct path back (no branches) for the person's Family Tree as far as we could trace them back. That was the simplest way I found to look at exactly who your surname parents, grandparents, etc were without the clutter of all the branches, but I did list all the children born to them in order of birth. This should allow anyone seeing that page to take those branches back further if they so desire. I created these "family tree" pages for each of my (Alan's) aunts and uncles as I slowly gathered their dates, family info, mini-biographies and pictures from them. Next I created pages for my brothers and nephews, and that's as much as I had time for. If you are looking for info on parents, aunts or uncles, click on their family tree links and you'll see their mini-biographies, marriage, birth and death info and even pictures of them can be found there if I had some to link into their names. I could use your help to fill in the blanks, so if you have any info on someone below that I haven't captured, please e-mail that to me and I'll do my best to fill in everything you gave me.

I centered our genalogical search first on the Steffens ancestral path since that was my father's heritage and the direct source of my surname. I focused next on the Hooyman tree which was my mother's heritage. I then branched out to my wife Nora's side (Jenkins and Turpeinen) of the family in the 2010s and it wasn't until recently (2015 and 2018) that I had a family historian on boh those sides reach out to me with their information.

As I dug further back into the Steffens and Hooyman ancestry I couldn't keep all my aunts, uncles, brothers and nephews family trees up to date, as it was too time consuming to edit the same information into each one. Since that is all data-driven and could be generated automatically if I took the time to code all that, that will be my plan into the 2020s. I have concentrated on keeping my (Alan) and Nora's family tree pages up-to-date with the latest ancestral information. If you are looking for the latest information we have uncovered as far back as we could find, please click on my (Alan) or Nora's family tree page links under your parents surname section below.

We've managed to get the Steffens tree back 8 generations to Joannis Steffen and Maria Koel Hansen born in 1688 and 1691 in Luxembourg thanks to my "Steffens" cousins Carin Rhoden and Daniel Charneux. The Hooyman tree we have back 5 generations to Joannes Hooijman and Johanna Offenberg born in 1771 and 1774 in the Netherlands based on some hand-written notes my mother gave me in 2005. The Jenkins tree we have back to Ezekial Jenkins and Mary Gunnell born in 1700 and 1703 in Virginia with maternal ties all the way back to Pocahontas, John Rolfe and the first English settlement in America thanks to Nora's "Jenkins" cousin Julie Jones. The Turpeinen tree we have back to Pehr Pehrsson and Christina Putti-Vehkapera born in 1720 and 1731 in Finland thanks to Nora's "Turpeinen/Nayho" cousin April Dauenhauer.

Steffens
    Cecelia Patterenill (Smith)
        Gerald Clyde
        Marion Carol (Boelter)
        Shirley (Hopfensperger)
        Charlotte (Bavinck)
        Kathleen Marie (Demerath)
        Charles Lawrence
        Grace Marie (Cooper)
        Wilford Joseph
        Henry Joseph
        Harry John
    Edward Albert
        James Edward
            Neil Christopher
                 Jordan Nathaniel
                 Heidi Joy
                 Cassidy Ann
                 Keegan Edward
        Gary Lawrence
    Charles Joseph
        Bruce Charles
            Jeremy Paul
                 Halle Nicole
            Benjamin James
                 Aniston Elisabeth
                 Avery Jean
                 Ayden Marie
                 Abigail Lynn
        David Alan
            Matthew Scott
                 Charlotte Jean
                 Morgan Olivia
            Zachary Andrew
                 Scarlett Elizabeth
                 Claire Louise
        Alan Chris - latest
            Shannon Patricia
            Hailey Elizabeth
    Margaret Ann (Baer)
        Sandra (Alix)
        Sharon (Mee)
        Thomas
    Florian Francis
        Lawrence Douglas
        Amanda Nanette (McCall)
            Robert
            Candice
            Brandy
            Danielle
            Madison
    Mary Therese (Keller)
        Kevin Douglas
            Jill Marie
            Andrew Scott
        Catherine Mary (Scheider)
            Michael Jon
            Nichole Marie
        Keith Donald
            Donald Patrick
            Marc Thomas
    Lawrence George
        Linda Marie
            Brent (Brouillard)
        Brian Joseph
            Samantha Victoria
        Mark Anthony
        Daniel Patrick
            Cheyenne Sky
    Eugene Paul
        Steven Paul
        Scott David
        Todd Michael
    Kenneth Ledgard

Ebben
Dora Harriet (Steffens)

Hooyman
    Mildred Mae (Kranhold)
        Roberta Kay (Westphal)
            Julie Ann (Klien)
            Amy Jo (Fullerton)
            Angela Maria (Hose)
            David Robert
        Linda Louise (Roemer)
            Susan Elizabeth (Martino)
        Sally Joan (Heideman)
            David Micheal
            Timothy John
             Isabella Joan
             Hannah Sophie
        Karen Lee (Bodoh)
            Brianna Kaitlyn
    Ramona Ruth (Butler)
        Maureen Abigail (Waala)
        William Bernard
        Ramona Elizabeth (Bartman)
            Lisa (Watkins)
            Thomas F
                Craig (VandenHeuval)
                Maxwell
                Samuel
        Ellen Ruth (Weber-Helms)
            Colleen (VandenHeuval)
            Mark
            Erin (Heather)
        Sheila Marie (Brucks)
            Jake
            Nicholas
            Luke
    Florence Lucille (Fentz)
        Robert
        Betty (Mueller)
            Heidi
            Heather (Christenson)
    Virginia Gladys (Bevers)
        Carla Ann (Sexton)
            Jennifer Ann (Bienert)
                Timothy Robert
                Allison Ann
            Andrew Daniel
                Luke Andrew
                Grace Claudia
                Abigail Anne
        Susan Kay (Sitzmann)
            Sara (Micheletti)
                Anna
            Catherine (Voelker)
                James
            Elizabeth (Hegna)
        Patricia Louise (Dean)
            Scott Kelly
                Benjamin
            Kristin Leigh (Wietrzny)
                Chase Ever
                Carter
        Nancy Jean (Hannon)
            Megan Nichole
    Betty Jean (Steffens)
        Bruce Charles
            Jeremy Paul
                 Halle Nicole
            Benjamin James
                 Aniston Elisabeth
                 Avery Jean
                 Ayden Marie
                 Abigail Lynn
        David Alan
            Matthew Scott
                 Charlotte Jean
                 Morgan Olivia
            Zachary Andrew
                 Scarlett Elizabeth
                 Claire Louise
        Alan Chris - latest
            Shannon Patricia
            Hailey Elizabeth

Sombke
Bertha Adalaine (Hooyman)

Jenkins
    Billie Smoot
        Holly Dee (Segerman)
            Kristi Marie (Harper)
                Jordan Nicole
                Justin Gregory
            Staci Lynn (Hunt)
                Austin James
                Addison Nicole
            Toni Michelle
                Carlynn Rae
                Michelle Dawn
            Dani Jo (Gronley)
                Tessa Alyse
                Tyler Douglas
            Wade Allen
                 Katarina Rene'
                 Kyle Daniel
        Bill Smoot Jr
            Samantha Rose (Gordon)
                 Madison
                 Xander
        Nora Irene (Steffens) - latest
            Shannon Patricia
            Hailey Elizabeth
    Clyde Jackson
        Richard Alan
        Deborah Lynn (Hyppa)
    Shirley Temple (Jones)
        Kathryn Irene (Love)
        Shelly Lynn (Fridell)
        Julie Ann
    Royce Clifton
        Clifton Royce

Rankins
Sybil Irene (Jenkins)

Turpeinen
    Patricia Katherine (Jenkins)
        Holly Dee (Segerman)
            Kristi Marie (Harper)
                Jordan Nicole
                Justin Gregory
            Staci Lynn (Hunt)
                Austin James
                Addison Nicole
            Toni Michelle
                Carlynn Rae
                Michelle Dawn
            Dani Jo (Gronley)
                Tessa Alyse
                Tyler Douglas
            Wade Allen
                 Katarina Rene'
                 Kyle Daniel
        Bill Smoot Jr
            Samantha Rose (Gordon)
                 Madison
                 Xander
        Nora Irene (Steffens) - latest
            Shannon Patricia
            Hailey Elizabeth
    Robert Alvin
        Karin Elaine (Johnson)
            Sarah (Standley)
            Matt
        Walter Daniel
        Elizabeth Ann
    Rudolf Daniel
    Kathleen Beatrice (Sturgeon)
        Jack Leroy (Silver)
        Kathi Renee
        Theresa Mae (Huff)
            Cody Arden
            Emma Kathleen
    Ray Donald
        Eric Daniel
        Krista Marie (Guzman)
    Carlos Richard
    John Frederick
        Kevin
        Keri
        John
        Christopher
    Maria Karin

Nayho
Kaarina Emilia (Turpeinen)