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JULIUS & EMMA STEINKE
FAMILY
Group Sheet
Submitted by
SUZANNE (STEINKE) VARNELL

Steinke's Everywhere!
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Steinke Family Genealogy
FAMILY GROUP SHEET
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HUSBAND: Julius August Gustav STEINKE (photo)
BORN: January 9, 1854-Margonin, GERMANY
MARRIAGE: Emma Christine SCHROEDER
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: November 5, 1934-Cedar Rapids, IOWA
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Samuel Fredrich STEINKE
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Anna Justina KIETZMANN
NOTES: BOTH SAMUEL & ANNA STEINKE WERE BORN IN MARGONIN, GERMANY, MARRIED IN GERMANY AND
DIED IN GERMANY. JULIUS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN GERMANY. HE REMAINED AT VINTON, IOWA AND HAD 13 CHILDREN. HE WAS A SHOE COBBLER BY TRADE.
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WIFE: Emma Christine SCHROEDER (photo)
BORN: May 24, 1855 in ILLINOIS
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: November 1, 1930
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
NOTES: CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A HEART ATTACK.
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CHILD 1: Frederick William STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: July 13, 1879, IOWA
MARRIAGE: Mary ????
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: March 24, 1949, Perham, Minnesota
NOTES: There was a funeral service for Fred in Perham & another one 1 hour later in Otter Tail, Minnesota.
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CHILD 2: Adolph Christopher STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: January 24, 1881
MARRIAGE: Ellen Viola PEERS
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: June 24, 1951
NOTES: OWNED FARMS IN WISCONSIN. HAD ONLY ONE SON WHOSE NAME WAS WILLARD STEINKE. WILLARD
DIED IN OCTOBER 1991 & IS BURIED IN IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN.
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CHILD 3: Gustav Edward STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: November 5, 1882 in Benton County, IOWA
MARRIAGE: Louise KRUESE
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: July 16, 1978 in Sarasota, FLORIDA
NOTES: GUSTAV & LOUISE WERE MARRIED 72 YEARS. THEY ONLY HAD ONE DAUGHTER WHOSE NAME WAS BLANCHE STEINKE. BLANCHE MARRIED TO HENRY POSSEHL. BLANCHE & HENRY HAD NO CHILDREN.
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CHILD 4: Heinrich Emil STEINKE (photo)
SEX: Male
BORN: June 7, 1883
MARRIAGE: Sophie WERNING
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: March 12, 1970
NOTES: RAISED BUT DID NOT ADOPT ONE OF HIS SISTER MINNIE'S CHILDREN AFTER HER DEATH.
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CHILD 5: Alfred Julius STEINKE (photo)
SEX: Male
BORN: February 9, 1886
MARRIAGE: Addie Viola STURTZ
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: July 21, 1980
NOTES: ADDIE WAS A SISTER TO CHARLES STURTZ WHO MARRIED TO ALFRED'S SISTER MINNIE STEINKE.
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CHILD 6: Amelia Laverne STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: June 19, 1888 in MARYLAND
MARRIAGE: Herman Richard LANGHAM
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: November 19, 1959 in Vinton, IOWA
NOTES:
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CHILD 7: Mary Henrietta STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: October 9, 1889
MARRIAGE: Allen HARGER
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: January 27, 1964
NOTES: RAISED BUT DID NOT ADOPT ONE HER SISTER MINNIE'S CHILDREN.
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CHILD 8: Louis August STEINKE (photo)
SEX: Male
BORN: May 23, 1891 in Fairboult, MINNESOTA
MARRIAGE: Marie Anna GRIMM (photo)
OTHER MARRIAGES: Frances HOWARD
MILITARY SERVICE: WORLD WAR I IN FRANCE IN 1917 & 1918; Vet-IA - PFC Btry F 141 Field Arty.
DIED: December 7, 1960 in Torrance, CALIFORNIA
NOTES: MARIE LATER MARRIED TO CHARLES LEIMBERER & THEY LIVED IN BELLE PLAINE, IOWA. MARIE
DIED IN CALIFORNIA, JULY 1999 AT THE AGE OF 99. LOUIS' INTERMENT WAS AT ELSINORE VALLEY CEMETERY-ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA.
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CHILD 9: Martha Anna STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: October 30, 1892
MARRIAGE: Melvin HARGER
OTHER MARRIAGES: Manley SHOCKLEY
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: November 12, 1957
NOTES: FIRST HUSBAND WAS MELVIN HARGER, THEY DIVORCED AND THEN MARTHA MARRIED TO MANLEY SHOCKLEY. WHEN MARTHA DIED, MANLEY REMARRIED TO A WOMAN NAMED KAY ???? ALFRED & ADDIE STEINKE WERE ATTENDENTS AT MANLEY & KAY'S WEDDING.
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CHILD 10: Minnie Justina STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: February 20, 1894
MARRIAGE: Charles STURTZ
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: February 24, 1923 in IOWA
NOTES: MINNIE & CHARLES HAD SEVEN CHILDREN. AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR SEVENTH CHILD, MINNIE
DIED 11 DAYS LATER FROM HEMMORAGING & TRAUMA. TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE RAISED BUT NOT ADOPTED BY A BROTHER & A SISTER OF MINNIE'S. TWO OF THE OTHER CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED OUT TO OTHER FAMILIES. I HAVE NO IDEA IF CHARLES TOOK THE OTHER THREE WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO THE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AREA AND LATER MARRIED TO HIS STEP-SISTER GRACE.
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CHILD 11: Alma STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: January 29, 1896
DIED:February 14, 1926
NOTES: ALMA
DIED WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN. SHE NEVER MARRIED OR HAD ANY CHILDREN. SHE COMMITED SUICIDE-WHEN SHE WAS A NURSE IN WISCONSIN. ALMA FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED DOCTOR AND COULDN'T HANDLE THE REJECTION, SO SHE PUT HER HEAD IN HER GAS OVEN IN HER APARTMENT AND DIED.
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CHILD 12: Arthur Rudolph STEINKE
SEX: Male
BORN: October 19, 1897 in MARYLAND
MARRIAGE: (1) Laura Mae MEALHAUSE
OTHER MARRIAGES: (2) Elsie JOHNSON; (3) Marvel JENSEN
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: October 30, 1976 in IOWA
NOTES: ARTHUR & LAURA HAD AT LEAST FOUR CHILDREN TOGETHER. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SIX. ARTHUR & MARVEL HAD SEVEN CHILDREN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM & MARVEL HAD CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO ARTHUR RALPH STEINKE. MARVEL'S FIRST HUSBAND JOINED UP WITH AL CAPONE'S GROUP, LEFT & WAS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN.
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CHILD 13: Helen Mathilda STEINKE
SEX: Female
BORN: February 13, 1900 in Vienna, MARYLAND
MARRIAGE: Louis RINDERKNECHT
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: May 22, 1992 in IOWA
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