In commemoration of Albert Fredrick Steffen and his family's immigration story: Albert’s father Hans Asmus Steffen was born in the village of Passade, located in what is now the Plön District of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and his mother Lena Rohweder was born in the Schoenfeld Parish of Schleswig-Holstein. As a young man, Hans immigrated to America in 1864 with his brother Jochen Steffen, while Lena arrived in 1862 as a young child traveling with her parental family, Marx and Anna Kock Rohweder.
Three Steffen brothers (Hans, Henry, & Jochen) married three Rohweder sisters (Lena, Margaretha, and Catherina). The couples met and married in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport), a hub for Schleswig-Holstein immigrants. Then, looking for greater opportunities, all moved farther west to the Reinbeck area.
Hans and Lena Rohweder Steffen had 10 children: (1) Laura Steffen Struve; (2) Edward M. Steffen; (3) Clara Steffen; (4) Ida Steffen; (5) Albert Fredrick Steffen; (6) John Steffen; (7) Amanda Steffen Evans; (8) Heinrich Amos Steffen; (9) Amiel Steffen; (10) Anna Emilie Steffen Lewis.
All the children lived long lives, except for Clara and Ida who died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 which raged throughout Iowa. Their first cousin Amelia Steffen, who was living with the Hans Steffen family because her own mother had died a few years earlier, also succumbed during the 1881 epidemic. The Steffens farmed near Reinbeck, until ~1884, when they bought a farm near Remsen, Iowa, and achieved the immigrant dream of owing their own land.
After growing up on his parents' farm, Albert went out on his own as a farmer and also married. On 25 February 1905 Albert exchanged nuptials with Katharina Magdalena "Kate" Dressen an immigrant from Westerbelmhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Kate arrived in America as a 7-year-old with her parents Johann William Dressen and Sophia Magdalena Zornig Dressen and siblings Herman and Dora Maria. The Dressens settled in Sioux County, not far from where the Steffens were raising their family.
Albert and Kate Steffen became the parents of six: (1) Raymond Steffen; (2) Clarence Fredrick Steffen; (3)Harold Albert "Steve" Steffen; (4) Edmund William Steffen; (5) Mildred Arlene Steffen Kruse; and (6)Frances Lenora Steffen Hahnel.
bio by Carol Wilson (#48366792)
Albert Steffen, 79, Dies Saturday Night
Albert Steffen, 79, died Saturday night at 11:45 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the Ward Memorialhospital in Primghar. He suffered a stroke on "Wednesday and was then taken to the hospital by the Gaudian Ambulance Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffen had just moved into their new home on Mickley Street about four _ ago. They had lived east of town for about 25 years.
Funeral services were held at at Gaudian Funeral Home at 1:30 and at Zion Lutheran church at 2:00 with the Rev. _.H. Sohn officiating. Mrs. _ Meyer served as vocalist, accompanied by N. H. Behrens. Pall bearers were Donald, Del_, Gerald, Wesley and Loren and Henry Schoof. Interment was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Source: Paullina Times, Sep 29, 1960, Pg.1
(Poor quality newspaper scan online)
Three Steffen brothers (Hans, Henry, & Jochen) married three Rohweder sisters (Lena, Margaretha, and Catherina). The couples met and married in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport), a hub for Schleswig-Holstein immigrants. Then, looking for greater opportunities, all moved farther west to the Reinbeck area.
Hans and Lena Rohweder Steffen had 10 children: (1) Laura Steffen Struve; (2) Edward M. Steffen; (3) Clara Steffen; (4) Ida Steffen; (5) Albert Fredrick Steffen; (6) John Steffen; (7) Amanda Steffen Evans; (8) Heinrich Amos Steffen; (9) Amiel Steffen; (10) Anna Emilie Steffen Lewis.
All the children lived long lives, except for Clara and Ida who died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 which raged throughout Iowa. Their first cousin Amelia Steffen, who was living with the Hans Steffen family because her own mother had died a few years earlier, also succumbed during the 1881 epidemic. The Steffens farmed near Reinbeck, until ~1884, when they bought a farm near Remsen, Iowa, and achieved the immigrant dream of owing their own land.
After growing up on his parents' farm, Albert went out on his own as a farmer and also married. On 25 February 1905 Albert exchanged nuptials with Katharina Magdalena "Kate" Dressen an immigrant from Westerbelmhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Kate arrived in America as a 7-year-old with her parents Johann William Dressen and Sophia Magdalena Zornig Dressen and siblings Herman and Dora Maria. The Dressens settled in Sioux County, not far from where the Steffens were raising their family.
Albert and Kate Steffen became the parents of six: (1) Raymond Steffen; (2) Clarence Fredrick Steffen; (3)Harold Albert "Steve" Steffen; (4) Edmund William Steffen; (5) Mildred Arlene Steffen Kruse; and (6)Frances Lenora Steffen Hahnel.
bio by Carol Wilson (#48366792)
Albert Steffen, 79, Dies Saturday Night
Albert Steffen, 79, died Saturday night at 11:45 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the Ward Memorialhospital in Primghar. He suffered a stroke on "Wednesday and was then taken to the hospital by the Gaudian Ambulance Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffen had just moved into their new home on Mickley Street about four _ ago. They had lived east of town for about 25 years.
Funeral services were held at at Gaudian Funeral Home at 1:30 and at Zion Lutheran church at 2:00 with the Rev. _.H. Sohn officiating. Mrs. _ Meyer served as vocalist, accompanied by N. H. Behrens. Pall bearers were Donald, Del_, Gerald, Wesley and Loren and Henry Schoof. Interment was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Source: Paullina Times, Sep 29, 1960, Pg.1
(Poor quality newspaper scan online)
In commemoration of Albert Fredrick Steffen and his family's immigration story: Albert’s father Hans Asmus Steffen was born in the village of Passade, located in what is now the Plön District of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and his mother Lena Rohweder was born in the Schoenfeld Parish of Schleswig-Holstein. As a young man, Hans immigrated to America in 1864 with his brother Jochen Steffen, while Lena arrived in 1862 as a young child traveling with her parental family, Marx and Anna Kock Rohweder.
Three Steffen brothers (Hans, Henry, & Jochen) married three Rohweder sisters (Lena, Margaretha, and Catherina). The couples met and married in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport), a hub for Schleswig-Holstein immigrants. Then, looking for greater opportunities, all moved farther west to the Reinbeck area.
Hans and Lena Rohweder Steffen had 10 children: (1) Laura Steffen Struve; (2) Edward M. Steffen; (3) Clara Steffen; (4) Ida Steffen; (5) Albert Fredrick Steffen; (6) John Steffen; (7) Amanda Steffen Evans; (8) Heinrich Amos Steffen; (9) Amiel Steffen; (10) Anna Emilie Steffen Lewis.
All the children lived long lives, except for Clara and Ida who died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 which raged throughout Iowa. Their first cousin Amelia Steffen, who was living with the Hans Steffen family because her own mother had died a few years earlier, also succumbed during the 1881 epidemic. The Steffens farmed near Reinbeck, until ~1884, when they bought a farm near Remsen, Iowa, and achieved the immigrant dream of owing their own land.
After growing up on his parents' farm, Albert went out on his own as a farmer and also married. On 25 February 1905 Albert exchanged nuptials with Katharina Magdalena "Kate" Dressen an immigrant from Westerbelmhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Kate arrived in America as a 7-year-old with her parents Johann William Dressen and Sophia Magdalena Zornig Dressen and siblings Herman and Dora Maria. The Dressens settled in Sioux County, not far from where the Steffens were raising their family.
Albert and Kate Steffen became the parents of six: (1) Raymond Steffen; (2) Clarence Fredrick Steffen; (3)Harold Albert "Steve" Steffen; (4) Edmund William Steffen; (5) Mildred Arlene Steffen Kruse; and (6)Frances Lenora Steffen Hahnel.
bio by Carol Wilson (#48366792)
Albert Steffen, 79, Dies Saturday Night
Albert Steffen, 79, died Saturday night at 11:45 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the Ward Memorialhospital in Primghar. He suffered a stroke on "Wednesday and was then taken to the hospital by the Gaudian Ambulance Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffen had just moved into their new home on Mickley Street about four _ ago. They had lived east of town for about 25 years.
Funeral services were held at at Gaudian Funeral Home at 1:30 and at Zion Lutheran church at 2:00 with the Rev. _.H. Sohn officiating. Mrs. _ Meyer served as vocalist, accompanied by N. H. Behrens. Pall bearers were Donald, Del_, Gerald, Wesley and Loren and Henry Schoof. Interment was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Source: Paullina Times, Sep 29, 1960, Pg.1
(Poor quality newspaper scan online)
Three Steffen brothers (Hans, Henry, & Jochen) married three Rohweder sisters (Lena, Margaretha, and Catherina). The couples met and married in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport), a hub for Schleswig-Holstein immigrants. Then, looking for greater opportunities, all moved farther west to the Reinbeck area.
Hans and Lena Rohweder Steffen had 10 children: (1) Laura Steffen Struve; (2) Edward M. Steffen; (3) Clara Steffen; (4) Ida Steffen; (5) Albert Fredrick Steffen; (6) John Steffen; (7) Amanda Steffen Evans; (8) Heinrich Amos Steffen; (9) Amiel Steffen; (10) Anna Emilie Steffen Lewis.
All the children lived long lives, except for Clara and Ida who died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881 which raged throughout Iowa. Their first cousin Amelia Steffen, who was living with the Hans Steffen family because her own mother had died a few years earlier, also succumbed during the 1881 epidemic. The Steffens farmed near Reinbeck, until ~1884, when they bought a farm near Remsen, Iowa, and achieved the immigrant dream of owing their own land.
After growing up on his parents' farm, Albert went out on his own as a farmer and also married. On 25 February 1905 Albert exchanged nuptials with Katharina Magdalena "Kate" Dressen an immigrant from Westerbelmhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Kate arrived in America as a 7-year-old with her parents Johann William Dressen and Sophia Magdalena Zornig Dressen and siblings Herman and Dora Maria. The Dressens settled in Sioux County, not far from where the Steffens were raising their family.
Albert and Kate Steffen became the parents of six: (1) Raymond Steffen; (2) Clarence Fredrick Steffen; (3)Harold Albert "Steve" Steffen; (4) Edmund William Steffen; (5) Mildred Arlene Steffen Kruse; and (6)Frances Lenora Steffen Hahnel.
bio by Carol Wilson (#48366792)
Albert Steffen, 79, Dies Saturday Night
Albert Steffen, 79, died Saturday night at 11:45 of a cerebral hemmorhage at the Ward Memorialhospital in Primghar. He suffered a stroke on "Wednesday and was then taken to the hospital by the Gaudian Ambulance Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffen had just moved into their new home on Mickley Street about four _ ago. They had lived east of town for about 25 years.
Funeral services were held at at Gaudian Funeral Home at 1:30 and at Zion Lutheran church at 2:00 with the Rev. _.H. Sohn officiating. Mrs. _ Meyer served as vocalist, accompanied by N. H. Behrens. Pall bearers were Donald, Del_, Gerald, Wesley and Loren and Henry Schoof. Interment was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Source: Paullina Times, Sep 29, 1960, Pg.1
(Poor quality newspaper scan online)
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Laura Steffen Struve
1872–1959
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Edward Steffen
1875–1939
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Clara Steffen
1877–1881
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Ida Steffen
1879–1881
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John Steffen
1884–1952
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Amanda "Mandy" Steffen Evans
1886–1972
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Henry Amos Steffen
1888–1970
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Amiel "Emil" Steffen
1890–1964
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Emily Anna Steffen Lewis
1894–1987
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Child One of Asmus Steffen
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Child Two of Asmus Steffen
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