Bernard
Steffens
Born in Dankerath, Adenau, Rhein, Prussia, Germany
Ancestors 
Son of Leonard Steffens
and Anna Maria (Neumann) Steffens
Brother of
Peter Steffens
Husband of
Anna Maria (Strunk) Steffens
— married
14 May 1895 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father 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 88
in Healy, Lane, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jun 2019
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Biography
Benjamin Steffens was born in 1867 in Dankerath, Germany. [1] He was the son of Leonard Steffens and Anna Maria Neumann. [1][2]
On May 14th, 1895 Bennie married Anna Maria Strunk. His wife Anna 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
He passed away in 1955, and is buried at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Colwich, Sedgwick County, Ks. [5]
Sources
- ↑ 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/)
- ↑ 1880 US Census (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7422352?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224a626f6b4b4539386670586254336c526c594e4545476d387375593661466a78636a72494b627275327a553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d)
- ↑ 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/18375957/bernard-steffens)
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