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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
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Junglinster, Luxembourg Died 1732 in
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Joannis was a herdsman.
There is some confusion as to his parents. It is
believed he was also known as Joannis Gietz, church records
sometimes in Luxumbourg before 1780 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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12-8-1754 Ernster, Luxembourg |
Susanna
Junck
Born 11-11-1731
in Manternach, Luxembourg Died 9-20-1790 in
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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
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9-19-1785 Junglinster,
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Marie Elizabeth Charneaux
Born 6-11-1764
in Bourschied, Luxembourg
Died 6-1-1834
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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 |
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5-24-1815 |
Marguerite-Josephine
Mathelin
Born 1-31-1793
in Neufchateau, Luxembourg
Died 8-4-1872
in Appleton, WI
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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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12-26-1858
in Little Chute, WI |
Katharina
Herb
Born 1836
in Baden, Germany
Died 5-6-1892
in Freedom, 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 Katharina had 5 children (3 daughters, 2 sons)

Pauline, Albert, Amelia, Alexander, Mary
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Albert
was the second child and first son to Joseph and Katharina
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Albert A
Steffens
Born 5-21-1859
in Freedom, WI
Died 4-1931
in Freedom, WI |
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married
10-28-1888 |
Matilda
Huven
Born 4-12-1863
in Freedom, WI
Died 2-27-1953
in Freedom, WI
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Albert was a grain farmer, raised stock (hogs, cattle and
horses), and marketed dairy products in Freedom, WI

Albert and Matilda 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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6-24-1919 |
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Lawrence was a paper mill worker at Appleton Coated Paper

Dora was a mother/homemaker and later worked at St. Thomas
More Catholic Church and Monte Alverno Retreat Center with her
daughter Mary as a housekeeper

Lawrence and Dora had 9 children (3 daughters, 6 sons)

Cecelia, Edward,
Charles,
Marjorie,
Florian,
Mary,
Lawrence, Eugene,
Kenneth
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Cecelia
was the first child and daughter to Lawrence and Dora
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Cecelia
Patterenill (Steffens) Smith
Born 4-2-1920
in Freedom, WI
Died 11-23-2007
in Little Chute, WI
Buried in Appleton, WI
St Joseph Cemetery
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married 3-27-1940 Appleton
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Wilford (Robert) Joseph
Smith
Born 2-24-1919 in Kaukauna, WI Died 9-18-1982
in Janesville, WI
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Ceil was a mother/homemaker and ???.

Robert was a roofer in Janesville for many years and prior to
his retirement was a custodian at Regal-Beloit Corporation.

Ceil and Robert had 10 children (5 daughters, 5 sons)

Gerald, Marion, Shirley, Charlotte, Kathleen, Charles,
Grace, Wilford, Henry Joseph, Henry John |
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