Stark, Applonia

1823 - 1893  (70 years)

• Name	Stark, Applonia
  Birth	21 Jan 1823	Orenhofen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	12 Jun 1848	New York, New York, New York, USA
  Name:Apolonia Steffen (STARK) Arrival Date:12 Jun 1848 Birth Year:abt 1823 Age:25 Gender:Female Port of Departure:Antwerp, Belgium Port of Arrival:New York, New York Ship Name:Luconia Name:Apolonia Steffen Arrival Date:12 Jun 1848 Age:25 Gender:F (Female) Port of Arrival:New York Port of Departure:Antwerp Place of Origin:Deutschland Ship:Luconia Family Identification:1024800 Microfilm Serial Number:M237 Microfilm Roll Number:73
  Death	11 Dec 1893	Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	Aft 11 Dec 1893
  From Find a Grave
  Appolonia Stark was born in what was then Prussia, in 1823. Other than that her parents were Christopher and Annie Stark, this writer knows little about her birth family. According to the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, 1895, pages 828-30 (which cover the Steffen family), Appolonia married John (Johann) Steffen in 1845 in Prussia. They came to the United States on the ship "Luconia," arriving in New York on June 12, 1848 with an infant daughter, at that time their only child, Anna. According to the ship manifest, they came with John's father Jakob and his third wife Anna, numerous of John's siblings, one sister-in-law to Appolonia, and perhaps a cousin or two of John's. (See John's memorial for further information.) In addition to Anna (who died early, in 1850 soon after arriving in the U.S.) John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen had 8 more children, all born in the United States (oldest to youngest): Jacob, Nicholas, Peter, Ignatius David (I.D.), Frank Lewis, Martin, Mary E. and John Henry. When they arrived in the U.S. they lived first in the area of Saratoga Springs, NY where John did wage labor. The rest of the Steffens (father, siblings) were there too. Then most of the Steffens began to relocate to the area of Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin (later including Dale and Hortonville). One of John's half-brothers in 1850, then one of his brothers in 1851, his father Jakob with his wife and two sons/John's younger brothers in 1852. Then came John and Appolonia and 3 boys they had in New York State (leaving Anna buried in NY), in Spring 1855. John's brother Ignatz Steffen then came over from Germany sometime between 1854 and 1857 (records vary, latter date is one Ignatz gave on 1900 Federal Census) and joined his siblings and father/stepmother there. Two of John's brothers chose to stay in New York and his sister Katharine appears to have died there, according to the above Commemorative Biography. The Steffen "clan" was certainly a pioneering, founding family in the Dale/Hortonville area of Outagamie County. John Steffen was a farmer, by all accounts quite prosperous and prominent, and Appolonia a farmer's wife. Their farm adjoined that of Peter and Margaret Olk, and the Steffens and Olks enjoyed by all accounts a close relationship. John and Appolonia's daughter Mary married Peter and Margaret Olk's son John J., their son John Henry married the Olk's daughter Annie, and John's nephew Frederick, son of brother Ignatz Steffen, married Peter and Margaret's daughter Lucy Olk. Three Olk/Steffen marriages in one generation. Appolonia's death on Dcember 11, 1893 was covered in The Weekly News of Antigo Wisconsin, interviewing her son I.D. Steffen, a prominent physician and oft-mayor of that town: "Dr. Steffen informs us that his father left the house at about 10 o'clock in the morning, leaving his wife attending to her household duties as usual, and apparently in the best of health. He returned in about an hour to find that she had passed away during his absence. The indications are that the blood vessel burst while she was making her bed, as there were spots of blood there. She passed out into the sitting room and dining room into the kitchen where she took a drink of water and then fell to the floor where she expired. She was 71 years old, and the old couple were preparing to celebrate their golden wedding in a few weeks. Her remains were buried Thursday." Her husband John died less than two years later, after being stricken with "bowel trouble" for a few days, on October 7, 1895. Both lifelong devout Roman Catholics, they were buried together in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin.
  Burial	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin, USA
  		Steffen, Appolonia (Maiden Name: Stark) Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I171573	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Stark, Christopher,   b. Abt 1797, , , , Germany d. 23 Jul 1832 (Age ~ 35 years)
  Mother	Reuter, Anna,   b. Abt 1802   d. Abt 1894, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 92 years)
  Family ID	F59771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Steffen, John,   b. 19 Mar 1825   d. 7 Oct 1895, Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1848
  Children	1. Steffen, Jacob III,   b. Abt Feb 1851, , , New York, USA d. Aft 1910, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 59 years) + 2. Steffen, Nicholas,   b. 18 Jun 1852, , , New York, USA d. 14 Sep 1919, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 67 years)   3. Steffen, Peter,   b. 19 Feb 1854, , , New York, USA d. 18 Sep 1907 (Age 53 years) + 4. Steffen, Ignatius David "I. D. ",   b. 17 Dec 1855, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 21 Nov 1922, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years) + 5. Steffen, Frank Lewis "Louis",   b. 5 May 1858, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 22 Oct 1917, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 59 years) + 6. Steffen, Martin,   b. 23 Apr 1860, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 Jul 1926, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years) + 7. Steffen, Mary E.,   b. 1 Oct 1861, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 29 Apr 1929, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age 67 years) + 8. Steffen, John Henry,   b. Abt 1866, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1943, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F60458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2015