Steffen, Anna E.

1863 - 1926  (63 years)

• Name	Steffen, Anna E.
  Birth	27 Jun 1863	Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Jul 1926	Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	Aft 12 Jul 1926
  From Find a Grave
  Anna Steffen was born on July 27, 1863 in Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin to Jacob Steffen, Jr. and Isabella (McMurdo)Steffen. Her father died less than a year later (March 5, 1864) while serving with the Union Army at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Her mother Isabella later married Jacob's brother Francis (or "Franz") who was also a Civil War Veteran. With Francis, Isabella had at least 6 more children, so Anna grew up with a stepfather who was also her uncle, and numerous half-siblings who were also (interestingly enough) technically her cousins! To make matters more interesting she married, on May 18, 1887, her first cousin Lewis Steffen, who was son of her father (and step-father's!) full brother John Steffen. (To put it another way, she and her husband had the same biological paternal grandparents -- Jakob and Mary Elizabeth (Houbreck) Steffen! Both Lewis and Anna's parents (and grandfather Jakob Steffen) had immigrated from Germany in 1848 with several brothers, some of whom also settled in the Hortonville area. So they both grew up surrounded by Steffen uncles and cousins. Anna and Lewis had tried briefly to homestead, as wheat farmers, in North Dakota, near Jamestown, in the late 1880's right after they got married. They had and lost a daughter there (Florence Jessie, born May 26 1889 and died August 18 1889). Back in Hortonville soon after, they had daughter Ercelle December 16 1890, and son Gerald Ira December 9 1897. In Hortonville her husband Lewis had partnered with his brother Peter in a threshing business and in the purchase and operation of their farm. Peter lived with them as a single man. The Census of 1900 and 1910 also shows they had two servants. It appears their family was quite prosperous. Lewis died in 1917. Anna followed on July 12, 1926. They are buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin.
  Burial	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin, USA
  Notes	Read biography of Francis Steffen about Anna Steffen to verify her maiden name is the same.
  Person ID	I160345	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Steffen, Jacob Jr.,   b. 28 Dec 1838, Trier, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 5 Mar 1864, Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA (Age 25 years)
  Mother	McMurdo, Isabella,   b. 28 Jan 1845, Pennfield, , New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1926, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F40792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Steffen, Frank Lewis "Louis",   b. 5 May 1858, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 22 Oct 1917, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1887
  Children	+ 1. Steffen, Ercelle Gladys,   b. 16 Dec 1890, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 19 Jan 1987, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 96 years) + 2. Steffen, Gerald Ira,   b. 9 Dec 1897   d. 9 Apr 1974, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F58735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014