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Note: Anton Steffes was the fifth of eight children born to his parents Johann Theodore Steffes and Anna Marie Arenz, on November 4, 1850 in Marshfield Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. On June 11, 1874 he married Eva Wicklein in Jericho, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Six children were born to Anton and Eva: Maria (1877), Margaret Anna (1879), Henry John (1881), Elizabeth (1882), Theodore (1885) and John Louis (1888). After Eva died April 22, 1911, Anton married Maria Karls on June 13, 1912. Anton died on June 14, 1929 in Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin. He is buried in the St. Marys Cemetery in Chilton.- RW ============== From the 1860 Federal Census of the Town of Calumet, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, page 1/ 299, taken June 1, 1860, post office- Marytown, household 4; from ancestry.com, image 1 of 38. Anton is listed in the household of his parents: Anton Steffers; age- 9, male, born- Wisconsin =========== From the 1870 Federal Census of Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, page 16, taken July 7, 1870, post office- New Holstein, household 112. Anton is listed in the household of his parents: ------ Anton; age- 18, male, occupation- works at home, born- Prussia =========== From Ancestry.com. Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000: Name: Anton Steffs Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1874 County: Calumet Volume: 01 Page: 0198 ------------------------- Name: Eva Wikllein Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1874 County: Calumet Volume: 01 Page: 0198 ============ From the 1880 Federal Census of Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, district 26, page 22, taken June 21, 1880, household 221: Steffes, Anton; male, age- 29, head of household, married, occupation- farmer, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Prussia ------ Euphan; female, age- 27, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, born- Baden, parents born- Baden ------ Mary; female, age- 2, daughter, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Baden ------ Maggie; female, age- 11/12, born- July, daughter, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Baden ============ From the 1900 Federal Census of Brothertown Town, Calumet County, Wisconsin, district 3, sheet 8a, taken June 14, 1900, household 149: Seffes, Anton; head of household, male, born- November 1849, age- 50, married 26 years, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Germany, occupation- farmer, r/w's, owns home free of mortgage, home is a farm ------ Eva; wife, female, born- February 1852, age- 48, married 26 years, mother of 6 children/ 6 children living, born- Germany, parents born- Germany, immigrated to the US in 1855/ 45 years in US, r/w's ------ Margaret; daughter, female, born- July 1879, age- 20, single, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Germany, r/w's ------ Henry; son, male, born- May 1881, age- 19, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Germany, r/w's ------ Lizzie; daughter, female, born- December 1882, age- 17, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Germany ------ Theodore; son, male, born- May 1885, age- 15, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Germany ------ Louis; son, male, born- May 1888, age- 12, born- Wisconsin, father born- Wisconsin, mother born- Germany ============ From the 1920 Federal Census of Chilton City, Calumet County, Wisconsin, district 7, sheet 7, taken January 8, 1920, household 175, on Washington Street: Steffes, Anton; head of household, owns home free of mortgage, male, age- 69, married, r/w's, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Germany ------ Anna; wife, female, age- 62, married, r/w's, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Germany ------ Theodore; son, male, age- 33, widowed, r/w's, born- Wisconin, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Wisconsin, occuapation- retail merchant/ automobiles ------ Alphonse; grandson, male, age- 4 11/12, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Wisconsin ------ Katherine; granddaughter, female, age- 4 1/12, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Wisconsin ------ Alexander; grandson, male, age- 2 5 12, born- Wisconsin, parents born- Wisconsin (Anton's wife Anna is apparently his second wife, Marie Karls. The wife of his son Theodore, had died about a year earlier, and Alphonse and Katharine are two of his three surviving children. I think the child listed here as Alexander may well be his youngest surviving daughter, Elsa or Elsie, but I am not certain. -RW) ============ Carol Froode published a funeral prayer card for Anton, which contained the following information: Anton Steffes Born November 4, 1850 Died June 14, 1929
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