Steinke Family Genealogy

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Friederich Wilhelm STEINKE Family
Group Sheet
Submitted by
Bonnie Eichentopf
PO Box 2815
Longview, WA 98632

Steinke Family Genealogy
FAMILY GROUP SHEET
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HUSBAND: Friederich Wilhelm STEINKE
BORN: 01 Nov 1845, Prussia
MARRIAGE: 15 Aug 1871, Vinton, Iowa
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 17 Feb 1917 Stratton, Nebraska
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Samuel Friederich STEINKE
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Anna Justina KIETZMANN
NOTES: Friederich boarded a sailing vessel as a stowaway at the age of 17 with an uncle. They were at sea 66 days before reaching the U.S. They landed in NY and later migrated to Vinton, Iowa. Later, Friederich's brother Julius and sister Julia came to the U.S. after the death of their father in Germany. Their mother had remarried a man by the name of Medetski, and although she never came to the U.S., some of the Medetski children did and their descendants live in Minnesota. Friederich became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on 24 Oct 1878, in the state of Iowa, Benton County, for the city of Vinton. It states on his naturalization papers that he was a native of Prussia, and relinquishes all attachments to the Emperor of Germany. The papers were signed by H.E. Warner, clerk of the district court and witnessed by S.G. Mayer, deputy.
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WIFE: Augusta FROEHLICH
BORN 11 Jul 1856 Germany
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 21 Jun 1936 Trenton, Nebraska
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Michael Wilhelm FROEHLICK
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
NOTES:
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CHILD 1: Gustav Adolph Herrman STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 25 Sep 1872 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE:
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: about 1873 Vinton, Iowa
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CHILD 2: Emielie Ottielie Sophie STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 07 Sep 1873 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE:
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: about 1874 Vinton, Iowa
NOTES:
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CHILD 3: Marie Matillde Amalie STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 09 Jul 1875 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE: Carl F. MARQUARDT - 26 Dec 1892 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 25 Jan 1949 Denzil Saskatchewen, Canada
NOTES:
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CHILD 4: August Julius Heinrich STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 11 Aug 1877
MARRIAGE: Gladys - married in Colorado (Divorced)
OTHER MARRIAGES: Edna - married in Reno, Nevada (Divorced)
MILITARY SERVICE: Spanish American War
DIED:
NOTES: His sons may spell their last name "STANKEY", as this is the way he spelled his name to receive his pension from the Spanish American War.
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CHILD 5: Friederich Wilhelm Emiel STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 14 Oct 1879 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE: Pauline Dorothy HEDKE - 25 Jan 1911 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 17 Feb 1955 Trenton, Nebraska
NOTES:
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CHILD 6: Ernest Albert Tehodor/Theodore STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 31 Jan 1881 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE: Grace HOUSER - 14 Apr 1904 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 09 Jul 1963 Salem, Oregon
NOTES:
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CHILD 7: Anna Johanna Sophie STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 14 Jan 1883 Hastings, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Elmer Thomas White - 24 Apr 1907 York, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 22 Oct 1965 Geneva, Nebraska
NOTES:
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CHILD 8: Emma Emilie Amanda STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 14 Dec 1884 Hastings, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Leo R. BEARDSLEE - 02 Nov 1907 Lincoln, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 18 Mar 1969 Sheridan, MI
NOTES: Emma's husband Leo also married Emma's sister Karoline.
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CHILD 9: Rosa Heinriette Auguste STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 24 Apr 1886 Hastings, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Herman Otto REDMER - 01 Jan 1901 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 15 Dec 1963 Atwood, Kansas
NOTES:
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CHILD 10: Karoline Josephine Willielmine STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 23 Jan 1888 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Leo R. BEARDSLEE
OTHER MARRIAGES: James CROWE
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 03 Sep 1963 Greeley, Colorado
NOTES:
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CHILD 11: Dorothea Eleonore Klotilde STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 23 Feb 1890 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Charles William Andrew BLANK - 14 Oct 1913 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 10 Feb 1931 Trenton, Nebraska
NOTES:
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CHILD 12: Louise Christine Catarine STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: 18 Jun 1892 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Oscar Earl WHITE - 12 Oct 1910 York, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 13: Carl Edmund Georg STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 07 Nov 1893 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Mary Alice RAYMOND - 21 Feb 1916 McCook, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES: (see NOTES)
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 16 Nov 1972 Littleton, Colorado
NOTES: He did remarry once much later, but it ended in divorce.
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CHILD 14: Oscar Evald Alfred STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: 02 jan 1896 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Lillian Magdalen LINDGREN - married in Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 20 Apr 1965 Honolulu, Hawaii
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