Jakob Steffen was born in what was then Prussia, on November 15, 1792. This writer knows nothing about his birth family beyond that. However, based on interviews with his children and more, we have pretty solid information on his life recorded for us in Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, 1895, pages 828-30 (which cover the Steffen family). He and his offspring are given attention in that book as a true pioneer family in founding what is now the community encompassing Dale and Hortonville in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
In 1820 Jakob married Katharine Richartz. He had two sons with her, or at least two recorded that survived (John Jacob and Nicholas). She died in 1832. Then he married Mary Elizabeth Houbreck (b. 1798) in 1824. She died in 1838, but not until she had given Jakob at least 7 children: John, Mathias, Leonard "Conrad," Ignatz, Katharine, Franz/Francis, and Jacob Jr.). He then remarried again, to Anna sometime after 1838 and before 1848. There are no children in the record from that marriage.
Jakob and Anna Steffen then came to America on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848. According to the ship manifest and the above Commemorative History, they came with son John and his wife Appolonia and their infant daughter Anna, Katharine, Nicholas, Mathias, Conrad and his wife Lucy/Lucia, Franz and Jacob, and two other Steffens that may have been the Jakob's nephews.
Son John Jacob had already come over earlier, in 1846 (which is the date the latter gave on the 1900 Federal Census, and fits the records identified above). Son Ignatz came over later, most likely in 1857 (the date Ignatz gave to the Census in 1900).
When the Steffens arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY for a few years. 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, Jakob and Anna joined these two sons there with Jakob's younger sons Franz/Francis, and Jacob (the latter 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 little Anna buried in NY),in Spring 1855. Ignatz came around 1857. Matthias and Nicholas chose to stay in New York and appear in the Census established there. Daughter Katharine appears to have died there in NY and so never made it to Wisconsin, according to the above Commemorative Biography.
Jakob Steffen was a farmer, a pioneer who cleared timber to put in his farm and expand it. He continued in that work right up to his death on July 20, 1870. His wife Anna lived another 24 years, dying in 1894.
Both lifelong Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin. Many of their sons and grandchildren are buried there too.
In 1820 Jakob married Katharine Richartz. He had two sons with her, or at least two recorded that survived (John Jacob and Nicholas). She died in 1832. Then he married Mary Elizabeth Houbreck (b. 1798) in 1824. She died in 1838, but not until she had given Jakob at least 7 children: John, Mathias, Leonard "Conrad," Ignatz, Katharine, Franz/Francis, and Jacob Jr.). He then remarried again, to Anna sometime after 1838 and before 1848. There are no children in the record from that marriage.
Jakob and Anna Steffen then came to America on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848. According to the ship manifest and the above Commemorative History, they came with son John and his wife Appolonia and their infant daughter Anna, Katharine, Nicholas, Mathias, Conrad and his wife Lucy/Lucia, Franz and Jacob, and two other Steffens that may have been the Jakob's nephews.
Son John Jacob had already come over earlier, in 1846 (which is the date the latter gave on the 1900 Federal Census, and fits the records identified above). Son Ignatz came over later, most likely in 1857 (the date Ignatz gave to the Census in 1900).
When the Steffens arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY for a few years. 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, Jakob and Anna joined these two sons there with Jakob's younger sons Franz/Francis, and Jacob (the latter 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 little Anna buried in NY),in Spring 1855. Ignatz came around 1857. Matthias and Nicholas chose to stay in New York and appear in the Census established there. Daughter Katharine appears to have died there in NY and so never made it to Wisconsin, according to the above Commemorative Biography.
Jakob Steffen was a farmer, a pioneer who cleared timber to put in his farm and expand it. He continued in that work right up to his death on July 20, 1870. His wife Anna lived another 24 years, dying in 1894.
Both lifelong Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin. Many of their sons and grandchildren are buried there too.
Jakob Steffen was born in what was then Prussia, on November 15, 1792. This writer knows nothing about his birth family beyond that. However, based on interviews with his children and more, we have pretty solid information on his life recorded for us in Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, 1895, pages 828-30 (which cover the Steffen family). He and his offspring are given attention in that book as a true pioneer family in founding what is now the community encompassing Dale and Hortonville in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
In 1820 Jakob married Katharine Richartz. He had two sons with her, or at least two recorded that survived (John Jacob and Nicholas). She died in 1832. Then he married Mary Elizabeth Houbreck (b. 1798) in 1824. She died in 1838, but not until she had given Jakob at least 7 children: John, Mathias, Leonard "Conrad," Ignatz, Katharine, Franz/Francis, and Jacob Jr.). He then remarried again, to Anna sometime after 1838 and before 1848. There are no children in the record from that marriage.
Jakob and Anna Steffen then came to America on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848. According to the ship manifest and the above Commemorative History, they came with son John and his wife Appolonia and their infant daughter Anna, Katharine, Nicholas, Mathias, Conrad and his wife Lucy/Lucia, Franz and Jacob, and two other Steffens that may have been the Jakob's nephews.
Son John Jacob had already come over earlier, in 1846 (which is the date the latter gave on the 1900 Federal Census, and fits the records identified above). Son Ignatz came over later, most likely in 1857 (the date Ignatz gave to the Census in 1900).
When the Steffens arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY for a few years. 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, Jakob and Anna joined these two sons there with Jakob's younger sons Franz/Francis, and Jacob (the latter 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 little Anna buried in NY),in Spring 1855. Ignatz came around 1857. Matthias and Nicholas chose to stay in New York and appear in the Census established there. Daughter Katharine appears to have died there in NY and so never made it to Wisconsin, according to the above Commemorative Biography.
Jakob Steffen was a farmer, a pioneer who cleared timber to put in his farm and expand it. He continued in that work right up to his death on July 20, 1870. His wife Anna lived another 24 years, dying in 1894.
Both lifelong Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin. Many of their sons and grandchildren are buried there too.
In 1820 Jakob married Katharine Richartz. He had two sons with her, or at least two recorded that survived (John Jacob and Nicholas). She died in 1832. Then he married Mary Elizabeth Houbreck (b. 1798) in 1824. She died in 1838, but not until she had given Jakob at least 7 children: John, Mathias, Leonard "Conrad," Ignatz, Katharine, Franz/Francis, and Jacob Jr.). He then remarried again, to Anna sometime after 1838 and before 1848. There are no children in the record from that marriage.
Jakob and Anna Steffen then came to America on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848. According to the ship manifest and the above Commemorative History, they came with son John and his wife Appolonia and their infant daughter Anna, Katharine, Nicholas, Mathias, Conrad and his wife Lucy/Lucia, Franz and Jacob, and two other Steffens that may have been the Jakob's nephews.
Son John Jacob had already come over earlier, in 1846 (which is the date the latter gave on the 1900 Federal Census, and fits the records identified above). Son Ignatz came over later, most likely in 1857 (the date Ignatz gave to the Census in 1900).
When the Steffens arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY for a few years. 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, Jakob and Anna joined these two sons there with Jakob's younger sons Franz/Francis, and Jacob (the latter 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 little Anna buried in NY),in Spring 1855. Ignatz came around 1857. Matthias and Nicholas chose to stay in New York and appear in the Census established there. Daughter Katharine appears to have died there in NY and so never made it to Wisconsin, according to the above Commemorative Biography.
Jakob Steffen was a farmer, a pioneer who cleared timber to put in his farm and expand it. He continued in that work right up to his death on July 20, 1870. His wife Anna lived another 24 years, dying in 1894.
Both lifelong Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin. Many of their sons and grandchildren are buried there too.
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