Born in Saint Marks, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Peter Strunk
and Elizabeth (Heinrichs) Strunk
Sister of
Peter Strunk, Veronika (Strunk) Geubelle, Mary (Strunk) Wapelhorst, Gertrud (Strunk) Seiwert, Louise (Strunk) Betzen, Anthony Michael Strunk, Margaret (Strunk) Roths, Frances Strunk and Josephine Anna (Strunk) Zoglmann
Wife of
Bernard Steffens
— married
14 May 1895 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Steffens) Hargot, Rosa Veronica (Steffens) Jensen, Peter Anthony Steffens, Hugo Steffens, Leonard Anthony Steffens Sr., Irene Frances (Steffens) Lancaster, Josephine Anna Steffens and Rheinhart Jacob Steffens
Died
at age 40
in Saint Marks, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2019
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Biography
Anna Maria Strunk was born in 1875. She was the daughter of Peter Strunk and Elizabeth Heinrichs. [1][2]
On May 14th, 1895 Anna married Benjamin Steffens. Benjamin, also known as Bernard, was born in Doukrath, Germany. Anna Strunk Steffens became the first person to be born, baptized, and married in St Mark, Kansas. [3]
Anna and Ben had 8 children. [4]
Elizabeth, born in 1896
Rosa Veronica, born in 1898
Bertha, born in 1899
Peter Anthony, born in 1902
Hugo Joseph, born in 1905
Leonard Anthony, born in 1906
Irene Frances, born in 1910
Josephine Anna, born in 1911
Rheinhart Jacob, born in 1914
She passed away in 1916, and is buried at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Colwich, Sedgwick County, Ks. [5]
Sources
- ↑ GEDBAS Page (http://gedbas.genealogy.net/person/show/1176079753)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYK-L7D : accessed 14 December 2020), Anna Strunk in household of Peter Strunk, Attica Town Goddard city, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 253, sheet 8A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,499.
- ↑ Rebecca Martin, Harvesters of the Prairie: St. Mark 1875-2000 (Newton, Kansas: Mennonite Press, 1977)
- ↑ 1920 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422671?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226e766d7334584f727544437535514358346f43536576346249467745465241372b584834466339666232593d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
- ↑ FindaGrave page (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18375949/anna-marie-steffens)
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Strunk-480 and Strunk-512 appear to represent the same person because: Same person! :) It looks like we even added them at about the same time.
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