Dorothea (Lamp) Steffen (1839 - 1922)

Born 9 Nov 1839 in Ksp. Gikau, Plön, Schleswig-Holstein

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Died 22 Dec 1922 at age 83 in Lone Tree Township, Clay, Iowa, United States

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1900 census shows that Dorothea had been married 35 years, with 5 children born and 3 living. The family tradition was that two daughters had died aboard ship during their immigration. No record of this or their names are yet known.

The census of 1860 shows the following information, which places Claus, his wife Elsabe, son August, son Wilhelm, and daughter Dorothea, all born in Giekau.

Dansk Demografisk Database - Holsten, , Gut Schmoel, Dorf Schwarzbock, Gut Schmoel, Ksp. Gikau, , Kathe No.33, Sc53, Vz-1860 All persons in the household Holsten, , Gut Schmoel, Dorf Schwarzbock, Gut Schmoel, Ksp. Gikau, , Kathe No.33, Sc53, Vz-1860

Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:

Claus Lamp 48 Verheir [married]. Hausvater [housefather], Schneider[tailor] Ksp. Gikau.

Elsabe Lamp 53 Verheir[married]. seine Frau [his wife] Ksp. Gikau.

August Lamp 14 Unverheir [unmarried]. ihr Kind [her child] Ksp. Gikau.

Wilhelm Lamp 9 Unverheir [unmarried]. ihr Kind [her child] Ksp. Gikau.

Dorothea Lamp 17 Unverheir [unmarried]. ihr Kind [her child] Ksp. Gikau.

Google maps shows a Kirchengemeinde Giekau (Parish Gikeau) north of Plön, and about 22 km east of Brodersdorf. Giekau is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

21 Mar 1892 • New York, New York. Dorathea Steffen, Arrival Date 21 Mar 1892, Birth Date abt 1839, Age 53, Gender Female, Port of Departure Hamburg, Port of Arrival New York, New York, Ship Name Wieland.

Dorothea's death certificate shows father as Clouse Lamp. Informant is her son in law, August Lage.

Dorothea and her husband Jacob Steffen are buried in Lone Tree Cemetery , located south of Everly, Clay, Iowa, USA

Sources

• Dansk Demografisk Database - Holsten, , Gut Schmoel, Dorf Schwarzbock, Gut Schmoel, Ksp. Gikau, , Kathe No.33, Sc53, Vz-1860

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJCD-V3Q : 27 September 2017), Drater Darnf (Dorotea Lamp) in entry for Henry Steffin and Margaretta Rhode, 15 Dec 1887, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing reference item 2 p 36, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,435,879.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJXF-TQK : 27 September 2017), Dortsea Lamp in entry for Dellef Rohde and Minn Beatris Steffin, 24 Oct 1890, Lincoln Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States; citing reference vol 1 reg 60, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,433,425.

• Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 077; Page: 213; Microfilm No.: K_1746 Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.

• Year: 1892; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 3; Page Number: 11 Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

• "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD7Y-D12 : 27 December 2014), Dorothea Steffen, 21 Mar 1892; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Wieland, departed from Hamburg & Havre, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92D-VLW : accessed 12 April 2021), Dora Steffen in household of Jacob Steffen, Summit & Waterford Townships, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 10A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,424.

• "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-M2H2 : 20 February 2021), Dora Steffens, Cass, Iowa, United States; citing card #270, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,340.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1F-4SQ : accessed 12 April 2021), Dorathy Steffen in household of August Lage, Lone Tree, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 14A, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 397; FHL microfilm 1,374,410.

• "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4R-J99H : 20 February 2021), Dora Steffen, 1915; citing Clay Township, Polk, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,437,584.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8B8-H43 : 1 February 2021), Dorthy Steffen in entry for August Lage, 1920, Lone Tree Township, Clay, Iowa, United States.

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68CT-S45V : 12 August 2021), Dortha Steffen, 22 Dec 1922, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #21167, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101768582.

• State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death Records; Reference Number: 101768582 Source Information Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

• "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVH2-YJF : 16 January 2020), Dortha Steffen, 1922.

• "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DHKB-6SN2 : 9 September 2021), Dortha Steffen, 22 Dec 1922; citing Death, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States, page , offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,412,250.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for Dorathea Steffen (1839–1922), Find A Grave: Memorial #149959664, citing Lone Tree Cemetery, Everly, Clay County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by jane austin (contributor 48482449) .

• "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXC-1XNJ : 7 November 2019), Dora Lamp in entry for Adelia Catherine Lage, ; citing Pension, Iowa, United States, multiple county Recorders, Auditors, and County Clerk Offices, Iowa; FHL microfilm 007897388.

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MD-L7D6 : 18 March 2018), Dorothea Lamb in entry for Minna Rohde, 28 Jan 1943; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .