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Marriage: Children:
  1. Maria Steffes: Birth: 13 AUG 1877 in Jericho, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 06 AUG 1964 in Chilton, Calumet Co., Wisconsin

  2. Margaret Anna Steffes: Birth: 20 JUL 1879 in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 29 OCT 1945 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin

  3. Henry John Steffes: Birth: 17 MAY 1881 in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 01 APR 1963 in Chilton, Calumet Co., Wisconsin

  4. Elizabeth Steffes: Birth: 07 DEC 1882 in Jericho, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 31 JAN 1940 in Wood Co., Wisconsin

  5. Theodore Steffes: Birth: 18 MAY 1885 in Jericho, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 05 JUN 1953 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin

  6. John Louis Steffes: Birth: 07 MAY 1888 in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wisconsin. Death: 04 JAN 1954 in Chilton, Calumet Co., Wisconsin


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Sources
1. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1860; Census Place: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1407; Page: 299; Image: 306; Family History Library Film: 805407
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
2. Title:   Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1820-1907
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
3. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin; Roll: 1418; Family History Film: 1255418; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 026
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
4. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1704; Page: 173B; Image: 349; Family History Library Film: 553203
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
5. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
6. Title:   Web: Wisconsin, Find A Grave Index, 1836-2012
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
7. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin; Roll: 1780; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 1241780
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
8. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1979; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 381
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;

Notes
a. 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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