Leonard Steffens (1839 - 1923)

Born 21 Feb 1839 in Dankerath, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Died 29 Jan 1923 at age 83 in Saint Marks, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Leonard Steffens was born in 1839 in Dankerath, Germany. ^[1] He was the son of Bernard Steffens and Anna Maria Wirtz. ^[1]

In April or May, 1863 he married Anna Maria Neumann. They had about 4 children.
Margaret, born in 1864
Johannes Josef, born in 1865
Bernard, born in 1867
Peter, born in 1882

In 1869 Leonard and his wife and son Bernard came to the US aboard the ship Westphalia, leaving Hamburg and arriving in New York on March 25th. ^[2] It is unknown if Margaret and Josef had passed away before making the trip with the family, but they did not travel with them.

By 1870 they were living in Chicago, Illinois. Leonard was a day laborer. ^[3]

In 1880 he was a boot and shoe maker in the Saint Mark area of Sedgwick County, Kansas. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

He passed away in 1923 ^[8]and was buried at the Saint Marks Cemetery in Saint Marks, Sedgwick County, Kansas.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Researcher Thomas A. Pick genealogy website with translations of Catholic Church records of marriages & births in the Eifel region of Germany, dating from 1663 to 1966. Search for the town: DANKERATH, and then the family name: STEFFENS at (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pick/genealogy/)
2. ↑ Leonhard Steffens in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422523?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226c57774d4974684a716f2f574c5164763532586d6d6d6848773478434f5261497a4a73544f6f4a716f34593d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
3. ↑ 1870 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422454?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22423575564d5a62746a6b643154486b5857386177314d44645454584837553536643666644a49445654716f3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
4. ↑ 1880 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422352?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224a626f6b4b4539386670586254336c526c594e4545476d387375593661466a78636a72494b627275327a553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
5. ↑ 1900 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422557?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a225337307331683234326e416c52366f2b705571414e5152355345395765476c4e51304b31366647546743553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
6. ↑ 1910 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422615?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22743232656d61366c4e6b3667446a73674331646746492f5830754d536f6853393669566b31312f536b62773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
7. ↑ 1915 KS Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422634?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22486b384b614476374577724d4c4a4132664b684a466c7972432f396d577051556945474d574468763642513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
8. ↑ Garden Plain Tribune (Garden Plain, Kansas) Friday, February 02, 1923 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/garden-plain-tribune-obituary-for-leonar/134483988/)
9. ↑ FindaGrave page (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24178208/leonard-steffens)