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Continued: Y-DNA of a male Steinhoff descendant indicates that William Charles Steinhoff's direct paternal line does not connect to the family of the Loyalist John Steinhoff. Instead, we descend from a Ribble family who lived near the Loyalist Steinhoff's family in colonial New Jersey and also after the Revolutionary war in Ontario, Canada.
It is not certain in what generation the connection to a Ribble man would be, but it is possible that William J. Steinhoff (d. 1860s) was not the biological father of William Charles Steinhoff (b. 1851). In this case, William Charles Steinhoff would have been the son of a Mr. Ribble. The most currect DNA analysis suggests Mr. Ribble one of the older sons of Anthony H. Ribble (1785-1879) and Nancy Ann Teeple (abt 1801/1808-1864). The top candidate for William Charles Steinhoff's father is currently Philip Ribble (1825-1907).
W. J. Steinhoff likely married Anna Perkins about 1850 or in the 1850s. Their son William Charles was born in 1851, and daughter Samantha Elizabeth was born in 1857, both probably born in Ontario, Canada.
William J., his wife Anna, and the two children, moved to Henry County, Illinois, by 1865. They may have migrated via Michigan, as some other relatives seem to have done (Anna's mother moved with relatives to St. Clair County, Michigan by the 1850s).
William J. Steinhoff, of Illinois, purchased land from Isaac Shellenberger on 4 January 1865: the east half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 24 in township 17, range 5 east, containing 20 acres; consideration not stated (Henry Co., IL, Deed Book 54, p. 607).
William James Steinhoff purchased land from Robert Mary Patton on 25 December 1866, all the west part of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 24 in township 17 north range 5 east, containing 16 acres; consideration was $24 (Henry Co., IL, Deed Book 54, p. 606).
No record of the sale of these properties was located in the deeds of Henry County.
By 1870, Anna appears to be a widow with two children. Since William J. has not been located in any census, his birth year and age cannot be estimated. But he must have died sometime between 1866 and 1870.
There is a great deal of conflicting data concerning where members of this family were born:
The 1870 census, noting only Annie and the two children, claims they were all born in New York State.
The 1880 census for Charles states he was born in Canada, no info on parents.
The 1880 census record for Samantha "Amanda" (Steinhoff) Monks, states that she was born in Michigan, that her father was born in Vermont and her mother in Pennsylvania.
The 1900 census for Charles claims he was born in Canada, his father in Germany and his mother in Canada and that they came to the United States in 1878.
The 1920 census for Charles states that he was born in Canada as a U.S. Citizen, that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Canada.
The 1920 census for Samantha E. (Steinhoff) Logie states that she and both her parents were born in Canada, and that she immigrated to the United States in 1865.
The 1930 census claims for Samantha E. (Steinhoff) Logie states that she and both her parents were born in Canada.
Samantha (Steinhoff) Monks Logie's 1931 death certificate states that she and both of her parents were born in Canada, and that she immigrated to the United States when she was 3 (so abt. 1860 or 1861).
William Charles Steinhoff's 1933 death certificate states that he and his father were born in Illinois.
I could not find an 1880 census record for Daniel Heller and Anna (Perkins) Steinhoff Heller (1833-1880) (should be in Santa Clara or Alameda counties, CA, if they were enumerated before Anna died.)
I could not find 1910 or 1930 census records for William Charles Steinhoff (1851-1933) (should be in Ventura Co. or Kern Co., CA)
I could not find 1900 or 1910 census records for Samantha (Steinhoff) Monks Logie (1857-1931) (should be in CA--possibly in Alameda, San Diego or Los Angeles counties)
The references to Pennsylvania as a birth-place are probably confused as their step-father, Daniel Heller, who was from Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. The references to Illinois are probably owing to the fact that they lived in Henry Co., Illinois for a time in the late 1860s to 1870s. The references to Canada, New York, Vermont, and Michigan, while vague seem to indicate some connections to those areas. There were a few people named Steinhoff who lived along the border with Canada in and near Vermont and Up-State New York. Some Steinhoff descendants also removed to Michigan and I noticed some Steinhoffs in Illinois later. The one claim of Germany as a birthplace is no-doubt erroneous.
Through DNA confirmation that Anna Perkins is related to the Perkins and Ferrier families of Markham Twp. in old York County, Ontario, it would seem most likely that William J. Steinhoff (whether he is related biologially to our family or not) may connect to Benjamin Steinhoff (son of the Loyalist John) who also settled in that township. More work needs to be done to determine the exact relationship, but there can be little doubt that William J. Steinhoff connects somehow to the Loyalist John Steinhoff (d. 1811) from Sussex County, New Jersey, who settled in Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario, in the 1780s.
Besides more obvious forms, the name Steinhoff was spelled many ways--from Stanoff to Stenhoof to Stineff to Stonehouse, etc.
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