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Johannes Steiner (1673 - 1758)

Bishop Johannes "Hans" Steiner
Born in Oberdiessbach, Canton Bern, Switzerlandmap
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Husband of — married 1697 in Weuzbrunnen, Reothenbach, Canton Bern, Switzerlandmap
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Died at age 85 in Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Johannes Steiner was born on 13 April 1673 in Oberdiessbach, Canton Bern, Switzerland], perhaps the oldest of ten known children and seven sons of Christian and Catharina Farni Steiner. He was the brother of Benedict Steiner, Barbli Steiner, Benedict II Steiner, Christian Stoner, Barbara Steiner, Peter Steiner, Madlena Steiner, Catherine Steiner, Anna Steiner and Margaret Steiner, and a half-brother of Ulrich Steiner.

He was christened 26 November 1763 in Oberdiessbach, Bern, Switzerland.[1]

According to Find A Grave, Hans was twice married. His first wife was Barbara Meister, born 1679 in Sumiswald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, died June 18, 1751 in Langnau im Emmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. A child of Hans and Barbara’s was Johann Steiner (aka John Stoner) born in 1705, in Switzerland, died May 28, 1769, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, married Catherine Brenneman.

In 1697, when Hans was in his mid-twenties, he married Anna Brenneman, born 1680 in Canton of Bern, Switzerland, daughter of Abraham Bronimann and Magdalena (Engel) Bronimann, died 1756 in Lancaster County, PA. She bore him ten known children, six sons and four daughters:

  1. Jacob Stoner
  2. Magdalena Stoner
  3. Henry A. Stoner
  4. John Stoner
  5. Unknown Stoner
  6. Veronica Steiner
  7. Catherine Steiner
  8. Christian Steiner
  9. Abraham Steiner
  10. Christian Steiner.

On 29 October 1758, when he was eighty-five, he died in Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania], of unknown causes.

Alternate death information for Johannes: 1756 in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, PA.[2]

Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library

Jerry Filbrun database [2004]: 'Name: Johannes (Hans) Steiner, Birth: BET. 1655 - 1662 in Rothenbach, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Death: BET. 1702 - 1767 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Lived in Upper Emmenthal Valley in the Canton of Bern near the villages of Rothenbach and Eggiwil, Switzerland. Hans Steiner and Anna Brenneman were, shortly after their happy marriage forced by impending persecution and the seizure of their homestead to flee northward into the German Palatinate, which at that time was friendly to Anabaptists. Hans became a preacher in this sect, generally called Mennonites in Germany. Hans moved farther north into the Gronigen area of the Netherlands. Events moved smoothly until the Mennonites became involved in a church division.
Hans Steiner, his wife Anna, and their children made the decision to emigrate to Pennsylvania. There is no record of when they arrived there, whether they came as a group or in separate migrations, or exactly where they settled. In North America, Hans was ordained a Mennonite bishop. Bishop Hans may have served in what is now the Hess and Hammer Creek districts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or possibly in the Vincent Mennonite congregation in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. He may have even been in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [3]
Johannes married Anna E. Brenneman (b-1680) on 23 Sep 1697, daughter of Abraham and Magdalena (Engel) Brenneman in Weuzbrunnen, Rothenbach, Canton Bern, Switzerland

From Findagrave.com

Johannes Hans Steiner
Birth: Apr. 13, 1673, Bern, Switzerland; Death: Oct. 29, 1758, Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania;
Johannes Hans Steiner, Birthdate: April 13, 1673; Birthplace: Langnau Im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland; Death: Died October 29, 1758 in Conestoga, Lancaster County, PA.
Immediate Family: Son of Johannes Christian Steiner and Catharina Steiner;
Husband of
1. Barbara Meister - Born 1679 in Sumiswald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Mother of: Johannes Steiner. Died June 18, 1751 in Langnau im Emmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
2. Anna (Brenneman) Steiner - Born 1690 in Eggiwil, Signau District, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Died 1756 in Lancaster County, PA. Daughter of Abraham Bronimann and Magdalena Bronimann.
Father of Veronica Leib, John Stoner and Johannes Steiner.
Brother of Benedict Steiner, Barbli Steiner, Benedict II Steiner, Christian Stoner, Barbara Steiner, Peter Steiner, Madlena Steiner, Catherine Steiner, Anna Steiner and Margaret Steiner. Half-brother of Ulrich Steiner.
Family links: Parents: Johannes Christian Steiner (1651 - 1711); Spouse: Barbara Meister Steiner (1679 - 1751); Children: Johann Stoner (1705 - 1769), Veronica Leib (1706 - 1769)[4]; Sibling: Benedict Steiner (1677 - ____).
Burial: Unknown[5]

Notes

Lived in Upper Emmenthal Valley in the Canton of Bern near the villages of Rothenbach and Eggiwil, Switzerland. Hans Steiner and Anna Brenneman were, shortly after their happy marriage forced by impending persecution and the seizure of their homestead to flee northward into the German Palatinate, which at that time was friendly to Anabaptists. Hans became a preacher in this sect, generally called Mennonites in Germany. Hans moved farther north into the Gronigen area of the Netherlands. Events moved smoothly until the Mennonites became involved in a church division.

Hans Steiner, his wife Anna, and their children made the decision to emigrate to Pennsylvania. There is no record of when they arrived there, whether they came as a group or in separate migrations, or exactly where they settled. In North America, Hans was ordained a Mennonite bishop.
Bishop Hans may have served in what is now the Hess and Hammer Creek districts in Lancaster County, PA or possibly in the Vincent Mennonite congregation in northern Chester Co., PA. He might have even been in Lebanon Co., PA
From "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. XI, No. 1, January 1988. p.16.
Fled to German Palitinate to escape Anabaptist persecution. Moved to
Gronigen, Netherlands. Hans ( Johannas) was a preacher. In America, he
was ordained a Mennonite Bishop.
Arrived in Lancaster Co., PA by 1718
Taxed in Conestoga Township, Lancaster Co., PA 1719
1709 Census for Enkenbach Congregation in Pfalz, Germany. Age listed as
36. Lived on farm 4 at Enkenbach, Germany in 1709
Steiner, a Mennonite family of Swiss origin, was found early on in the communities of Signau, Langnau, Trachselwald, and Eggiwil, in the canton of Bern. The first mention of a member of the family as Anabaptist was in 1538 when Margaret Steiner was brought before the officials at Signau. Members of the family have figured in each of the main Swiss Mennonite migrations. Christian Steiner (b. ca. 1661), a deacon of Diesbach, was one of the emigrants to the Netherlands in 1711. In the early 18th century some of the Steiner family moved to the Jura. By 1750 members of the family had also moved near Florimont in Alsace. A minister of the Swiss Mennonite congregation there, Hans Steiner, made several trips to the Palatinate with other ministers between 1767 and 1780 in an attempt to bring peace to two factions that had arisen in the Mennonite church there.
In the 18th century some Steiners came to Pennsylvania. Most of their descendants have anglicized the name to Stoner. While this family has also moved to Virginia and Iowa, most descendants have lived in Westmoreland, York, and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania. In 1825-35 several grandchildren of the above Hans Steiner moved with their families from Florimont and settled near Kitchener, ON, the Chippewa (now Crown Hill) settlement in northern Wayne County, Ohio, and Putnam County, Ohio. Daniel Steiner became the first bishop of the Chippewa Swiss Mennonite congregation, and Christian Steiner was the first bishop of the Putnam County Swiss Mennonite congregation.
Christian P. Steiner (1832-1910), minister of the Riley Creek (later called Zion) Mennonite Church, Ohio, was one of the early instigators of a general conference in the Mennonite Church (MC). Menno S. Steiner (1866-1911), a son of Christian P. Steiner, was a Mennonite (MC) evangelist, missionary, leader, author, and first president of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. He lived near Cranberry (now Rockport), Allen County, Ohio, and served with his father as a minister of the Zion Mennonite Church. Another son of Christian P. Steiner was Albert Steiner, a bishop (MC) in Columbiana County, Ohio.
Ulrich Steiner (1806-77) was an influential Mennonite elder in the Emmental Church. He had a glorious vision of heaven and wrote a pamphlet on the topic entitled Angenehme Stunden in Zion. This pamphlet became a part of many Swiss Mennonite homes in the canton of Bern and also in North America.

Sources

  1. "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FZV-HGG8 : 10 May 2022), Hans Steiner, 1673.
  2. Unknown, comp., "Johannes Steiner," b 26 Nov 1673; d 1756. Individual Page. Worldconnect.rootsweb.com URL: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/226748/I11422/johannes-steiner/individual Accessed 22 Dec 2019.
  3. From "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. XI, No. 1, January 1988. p.16
  4. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=177899031
  5. “Johannes Hans Steiner,” Findagrave.com Record added: Jan 02, 2016. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/page/gr/http//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156633152.

See also :

  • Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7276982&pid=1135
  • [Miller, K.] “1732 reconstructed census of Mennonites” URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmiller/miller/d54cen1732.pdf. (56 pages). “Here is the reconstructed list of Mennonite males living on the west side of the Rhine River in present day Germany. [Miller] has also added Mennonites who lived in America, France and Switzerland based on [her] family files and on Jura Mennonite lists printed by Delbert Gratz.”
  • World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: August 22, 1996 Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: #R1

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Steiner-133 was created through the import of BaxterFamilyTree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Jason Baxter.
  • WikiTree profile Steiner-68 created through the import of Most 2011_7b.ged on Oct 17, 2011 by Mike Saufley. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mike and others.
  • WikiTree profile Steiner-202 created through the import of Ancestry Audrey Harrington.ged on Nov 14, 2012 by Kim Myers. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kim and others.




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I have a Margaret Steiner in my tree born in Ober Diessbach, 1609, died in Friedelsheim, Germany, 1681. She married between 1 Jan 1629 and 1630 Durs Aebi b. 1611. I know of one child, Barbara Steiner Aebi b. In Trachselwald, between 1639 - 1643. She died in Friedelsheim between 1695 - 1700.
posted by Frederick Hebel
I see a lot of confusing information. Johannes (Hans) Steiner was born in 1673 for sure. The question is whether it is April 13 or November 26. I checked the church books of Oberdiessbach for a baptism, but could not find a date. Maybe because his father was also a Anabaptist, and did not baptise him.

I did find a record for Barbli (Barbara) Meister, one of his wives. She was baptised on Februari 14, 1679 in Sumiswald. His other wife was Anna Engel Brönnimann. I have a birthdate of October 29, 1665. Others have 1680 or 1690, but then she would have been 17 or 7 when she got married in 1697. I also see a lot of different names and years of birth dates for his children. It is stated that he was taxed in Conestoga in 1719. Records of the Mennonite Church in Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Netherlands indicate that he stayed there from 1720 to 1729 together with about 100 other Mennonites from the Palatinate, one of them was Alexander Mack. Maybe the Johannes Steiner who was taxed, was his son, Johann. He apparently travelled to British Colonial America in 1719 in a group that was led by Peter Becker. This group founded Germantown in PA. Does anyone have records to verify all information about his children and who their mother was?

posted by Hans Teffer
edited by Hans Teffer
I don't have any further information.

Pat

posted by [Living Prickett]
November 26 is his christening date. I've attached the relevant record.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
edited by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
This man has two sons named Jacob - Stoner-11 and Steiner-2069

There are enough similarities to suggest that they both represent the same person. But there are enough differences to make an immediate merge difficult. I have set them as an unmerged match. More research is needed.

posted by Dave Rutherford
They are two different men. More research still needed to confirm which (if either) was son to Johannes.
posted by Gina Meyers
Steiner-261 and Steiner-68 are not ready to be merged because: More research is needed.
posted by Amy (Forstrom) Wiemer
Steiner-261 and Steiner-68 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse, same birth date
posted by Carole (Evans) Fisher
Steiner-626 and Steiner-68 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, same spouse
posted by Amy (Forstrom) Wiemer
Steiner-626 and Steiner-133 appear to represent the same person because: Johannes Steiner married Anna E. Brenneman , father of Jacob Steiner, aka Stoner
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Steiner-202 and Steiner-68 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents; same birth year and place; same wife; same death place. Death year needs resolving but is close enough to be something like the difference between the date a will was written and the date it was probated.
posted by Sharon Casteel

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