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Joannis
Steffen
Born 1688
in
Ernster, Luxembourg
Died 1754
in Ernster, Luxembourg
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Maria
Koel Hansen
Born 1691
in
Junglinster, Luxembourg
Died 1732
in
Ernster, Luxembourg |
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Joannis was a herdsman. There is some confusion with regards
to his parents and surname. It is
believed he was also known as Joannis Gietz. Church records
in Luxumbourg before 1780 sometimes designated individuals not
by their family surname, but by the traditional name of the
house they were born in. His marriage date to Maria and
his death date were not recorded. Joannis lived in
Senningen, Luxembourg until 1747 (age 59) and looks to have
moved to Ernster sometime between 1747 and 1754.
Joannis and Maria had 9 children (4 daughters, 5 sons)
Margaretha (1717),
Catherine (1719), Mathias (1720), Joannes (1721), Elisabetha (1724),
Susanna (1725), Nicolas (1727),
Petrus (1729), Henricus
(1732)
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Nicolas was the
seventh child and third son to Joannis and Maria
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Nicolas
Steffen
Born 1727
in Ernster, Luxembourg
Died 12-26-1799
in Ernster, Luxembourg |
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married
12-8-1754
Ernster,
Luxembourg |
Susanna
Junck
Born 11-11-1731
in Manternach, Luxembourg
Died 9-20-1790
in
Ernster, Luxembourg |
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Nicolas was listed in records as a "farmer of a better class".
Steffen was the original version of the surname Steffens, with
the conversion to Steffens at John-Baptiste's generation.
Susanna Junck was found in official Luxembourg church records
to be Nicolas' wife. Antionette Hardy was Nicholas' wife
and John-Baptiste's mother from my original source (which I
changed to Susanna Junck based on the actual church records
and other sources).
Nicolas and
Susanna had 7 children (3 daughters, 4 sons)
Pierre (1756),
Anna Maria (1759), Jean-Baptiste (1761), Jean (1765),
Elisabetha "Elise" (1767), Barbara (1770),
Nicolaus (1775)
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Jean-Baptiste was the
third child and second son to Nicolas and Susanna
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Jean-Baptiste Steffens
Born 10-8-1761
in Ernster, Luxembourg
Died 11-23-1839
in Heinstert, Luxembourg |
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9-19-1785
Junglinster,
Luxembourg |
Marie Elizabeth Charneaux
Born 6-11-1764
in Bourschied, Luxembourg
Died 6-1-1834
in Hachy, Belgium |
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Jean-Baptiste from an early age worked with his father in the
fields. He became a farmer working/managing the Chateau
de Schuttbourg estate lands outside Kautenbach for Joseph
Hubert Chareaux (a government official of the Canton of
Clervaux in Luxembourg). He married Marie (the daughter
of his employer), and later established his own very
successful farm in Bois Rond, Luxembourg.
Jean-Baptiste and Marie had 4 children (3 daughters, 1 son)
Joseph, Charlotte, Marianne, Ambroise
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Joseph
was the first child and only son to Jean-Baptiste and Marie
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Joseph
Hubert Steffens
Born 1-24-1786
in Chibourg, Luxembourg
Died 8-28-1868
in Appleton, WI
Buried in Appleton, WI
at St. Mary
Cemetery |
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married
5-24-1815
Luxembourg |
Marguerite-Josephine
Mathelin
Born 1-31-1793
in Neufchateau, Luxembourg
Died 8-4-1872
in Appleton, WI
Buried in Appleton, WI
at St. Mary
Cemetery |
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Joseph was a farmer, forester, and school teacher. He
helped his father on the Bois Rond farm for many years.
He served in the military campaigns of Germany and Poland
under Napolean from 1805-1809, was wounded in the knee in the
battle of Wagram, spent a year in the hospital recovering, and
was honorably discharged with a yearly pension. He was
appointed the position of Forester in Bois Rond, before the
decision to emmigrate to America in 1849. He and
Marguerite settled in Wisconsin and established their own farm
in Freedom. He and Marguerite are responsible for the
Steffens family heritage in America.
Marguerite was a member of the Belgian royal family.
Upon her marriage to Joseph, she was disinherited by her
family (losing her royal status) for marrying below her rank,
and as a result given a yearly pension as compensation.
Joseph and Marguerite had 10 children (5 daughters, 5 sons)
Alexandrine, Leocadie, Edouard, Leopoldine, Joseph, Theophile,
Alfred, Aphasie, Auguste, Leopold
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Joseph
was the fifth child and second son to Joseph and Marguerite
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Joseph
Jerome Steffens
Born 1825
in Hachy, Belgium
Died 5-4-1886
in Freedom, WI
Buried in Freedom, WI |
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married
12-27-1858
Little Chute,
WI |
Katharina (Eva Catherine)
Herb
Born 4-19-1836
in Baden, Germany
Died 5-6-1892
in Osborn, WI
Buried in Freedom, WI
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Joseph worked various occupations in and around Appleton,
settled into being a farmer, and was an assessor for Black
Creek township naming the township after a creek that runs
though it's northwestern corner
Joseph and Catherine had 5 children (3 daughters, 2 sons)
Albert, Amelia, Alexander, Pauline, Mary
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Albert was the first child and son to Joseph and Catherine
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married
10-28-1888
Freedom, WI |
Mathilda
Johana Huven
Born 4-12-1863
in Freedom, WI
Died 2-27-1953
in Freedom, WI
Buried in Freedom, WI
at St. Nicholas Cemetery |
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Albert was a grain farmer, raised stock (hogs, cattle and
horses), and marketed dairy products in Freedom, WI
Albert and Mathilda had 7 children (1 daughter, 6 sons)
Joseph, Johannah, Henry, Lawrence, Leo, Fred, Paul
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Lawrence
was the fourth child and third son to Albert and Matilda
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married
6-24-1919
Freedom, WI |
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Lawrence served in the Army during World War I. He was a paper mill worker at Appleton Coated Paper
for 27 years. He retired in 1959 after a large stack of
rolled paper fell on him, he sustained very serious injuries,
taking many years to recover, and was permanently disabled as
a result of that.
Dora was a mother/homemaker, an exceptional baker, and later worked at St. Thomas
More Catholic Church and Monte Alverno Retreat Center with her
daughter Mary as a housekeeper. She made the most
wonderful rolls (in batches of 60 at a time), the smell of
those baking would fill the house, and have us all flocking to
the kitchen.
Lawrence and Dora had 9 children (3 daughters, 6 sons)
Cecelia,
Edward,
Charles,
Marjorie,
Florian,
Mary,
Lawrence,
Eugene,
Kenneth
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Charles
was the third child and second son to Lawrence and Dora
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married
8-27-1949
Appleton, WI
St. Marys |
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Chuck graduated from Appleton High School in 1941, graduated
from Kaukauna Vocational School in 1941 with a mechanics
license, was a office manager in the Army (1942-1945),
graduated from the Business Institute of Milwaukee (1946-1948)
with a AA in Cost Accounting, was an accounting clerk for Western Condensing
(1948-1955) and an accountant and
data processing manager for Kimberly-Clark (1955-1986) in
Neenah,WI, Memphis, TN, Dayton, OH, and doing a full circle back
in Neenah.
Chuck loved to fish, play cards, bowl, was talented handyman,
and enjoyed building things (playhouse off the garage at their
Rankin St house, pontoon boat, canoe, a dock at a lot they had
on a lake in Ohio, and he spent a many long days helping his
brother Ken build
his house in the 90s).
Betty graduated from Appleton High School in 1943, was a
secretary for Kimberly-Clark (1943-1950), a
mother/homemaker, an executive secretary for
Southwestern University (1963-1968) in Memphis, TN, Manpower (1968-1969)
and NCR
(1970-1977) in Dayton, OH, and Kimberly-Clark (1978-1986) back
in Neenah, WI. She enjoyed
taking long walks with her friends in Punta Gorda during their
winter stays there. Betty also enjoyed playing cards, cribbage,
solving "Jumble" word scrambles, knitting, and
visiting with family.
They lived in Appleton, WI (1949-1956), Memphis, TN
(1957-1968), Dayton, OH (1969-1977), Appleton, WI
(1978-2014), and Punta Gorda, FL (1986-2013).
After Chuck passed away, Betty remarried on May 13, 2006 to
Denton Engstrom in Appleton, WI who she met while recovering
from a stroke in 2005. For 7 years they split their time
between Appleton, WI in the summer and Punta Gorda, FL in the
winter. Their Punta Gorda condo was sold in 2014, and they
lived independently in Betty's Appleton duplex until she passed
away very unexpectedly in late 2014. Denton purchased the
duplex from Betty's estate and still lives there independently
at the ripe age of 99.
Chuck and Betty had 3 children (3 sons)
Bruce, David,
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Alan
was the third child and son to Chuck and Betty
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Alan
Chris Steffens
Born 7-8-1957
in Memphis, TN |
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married
6-25-1994
Seattle, WA
Villa Academy |
Nora
Irene Jenkins
Born 11-12-1963
in San Diego, CA
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Alan graduated from Alter High School
(Kettering, OH) in 1975, from Wright State University (Dayton,
OH) in 1980 with a BS in Computer Science, was a software
engineer for Lear Siegler (1980-1987) and Universal Avionics
(1987-1990), a Sr Design Engineer/ IT Manager for Rockwell
Collins (1990-2005), self-employed as a consultant (2006),
an IT Director for Applied Technical Services (2007-2016),
semi-retiring (working every other week) an an IT Project Manager,
and then retiring fully in August 2017. Alan started a computer consulting firm (Digital Vision) as a
side business in 1995 which is still active providing reduced
rate IT Services to deserving non-profits. Alan was a ski
instructor at Stevens Pass Ski Resort, played volleyball,
softball and bowled in leagues for many years. He still enjoys
skiing, golf, and his hobbies of genealogy, home improvement and
web design.
Nora graduated from Olympic High School (Silverdale, WA) in 1982, from
University of Washington (Seattle, WA) in 1986 with a BS in
Computer Science, was a software engineer for NOAA (1986-1988), managed the IT, Administration, Accounting, HR and
Facilities departments for Universal Avionics Redmond office
for many years, retiring after 30 years as their IT Manager (1988-2018).
She retired in July 2018 (at Alan's insistance). Nora enjoys her time with friends,
paddleboarding, skiing, has picked up golf, and is
very actively involved in her children's lives and interests.
Alan lived in Memphis, TN (1957-1968), Dayton, OH (1969-1980),
Grand Rapids, MI (1980, 1983-1984), Seattle, WA (1981-1982,
1985-present)
Nora lived in San Diego, CA (1963), Bremerton, WA (1964-1983),
Seattle, WA (1984-present)
Alan and Nora had 2 children (2 daughters)
Shannon, Hailey |
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