Johann Michael Stephan was born in Muckenthal, Baden, Germany on 30 Dec 1798 to Georgius and Catharina (Schramm) Stephan.[1] On 24 Nov 1823, he married Theresia "Magdalena" Schnoerr in Kathalisch, Rittersbach, Mosbach, Baden.[2] According to baptism records they had the following children:[1]
Anna Maria Stephan, b. 4 May 1825; d. 6 Dec 1903, Michigan; m. 15 Feb 1849, Johann Joseph Ehrman.
Michael Stephan, b. 4 Apr 1836; d. 23 Feb 1923, Michigan; m. abt. 1861, Amelia Aldrich.
Peter Stephan, b. 12 Feb 1840; d. 19 Feb 1910, Michigan; m. 10 Feb 1870, Clara Ann Doard.
Franz Karl Stephan, b. 19 Apr 1842; d. 4 Apr 1918, Michigan; m. 1) 3 Oct 1865, Sarah Hunt (d. 1892); m. 2) Cynthia Sanderson.
Joseph Stephan, b. 24 Apr 1846
As Michael didn't leave Germany with Magdalena and their younger children, it is assumed he died before 1854.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
↑ Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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